Too many invalid password attempts

[mitchnroll]

Hi,

since few weeks I receive this error message when I update my bitbucket repo with sourcetree:

Pushing to https://mitchnroll@bitbucket.org/mitchnroll/iriparo.com.git

remote: Too many invalid password attempts. Try logging in through the website with your password.

fatal: unable to access 'https://mitchnroll@bitbucket.org/mitchnroll/iriparo.com.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

To fix it I have to remove my account, wait a little, and then re-add it.

Is there a way to fix it definitely?

I login with google sign in, can it be the problem?

Thanks

[alloydylan]

Their own git client, Sourcetree, has serious problems authenticating with Bitbucket accounts and always has. It constantly causes problems for anyone trying to reliably commit their code. I recommend staying far away from it. It will literally cost you money, a client, or a job one day. 

[minnsey]

Hi

Bitbucket will semi lock your account if it gets too many errors. You can unlock it by going to the Bitbucket website, logout and then log back in.

This can happen if Sourcetree is making repeated REST calls using bad credentials for example. If you are using HTTPS and OAuth credentials Sourcetree should be auto-refreshing the OAuth tokens to prevent this from happening.

Are you using SSH or HTTPS for your git/hg remote urls and are you using OAuth or just Basic Auth for account credentials in Sourcetree?

[mitchnroll]

Ok but the credentials are correct, I would like to change the password but I can't because my account is logged in with Google.

I'm using Source tree with OAuth and SSH.

I'm source tree user from different years and it never gave me this kind of problems.

[Syed Waqas]

@minnsey That is probably the case, but I am not able to figure from where these requests are coming from which are causing the BitBucket account to get locked. Is there a way in Bitbucket to find this?

[minnsey]

@Syed Waqas unfortunately not