Release bad credentials - HttpError 401

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#1

Hello all,

I’ve been using electron-builder for a long time to build and update my Electron app using a GitHub repo, but today I’ve realized that updates are no longer working. Every time my app tries to update from GitHub repo it throws this error:

Error: Unable to find latest version on GitHub (https://api.github.com/repos/cityadpro/player/releases/latest), please ensure a production release exists: HttpError: 401 
{
  "message": "Bad credentials",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest"
}

For some reason I don’t understand, it looks like now GitHub refuses to allow my Electron app to download the new release, but I haven’t changed anything from my app’s update process so I think it must be something related to GitHub itself, but I don’t know what.

I can perfectly access and download from my GitHub repo’s lastest release (https://api.github.com/repos/cityadpro/player/releases/latest) with a browser so I cannot understand why electron-updater can’t.

Does anybody have any clue?

Thank you!

Https://github.community/t/release-bad-credentials-httperror-401/250266?u=mahmut8923
#2

Don’t suppose you have any more information? Is this inside a workflow, or is it a local operation?

If it’s a local operation, I’d want to increase the logging. GitHub responses include a header x-github-request-id: which their engineers can use to investigate problems.

Anyway, if it’s a workflow, someone might be able to investigate a little w/o (or even try to reproduce).

Occasionally /latest things have broken. Sometimes the fix is to publish a new thing.

But, in general, I’d file a ticket:

#3

Hello @jsoref , thank you for your reply. I’ll try to contact GitHub Support as you recommend.

Best regards!