My github account seems to be locked.
I have 2FA and the code (from my phone - google authenticator) is not working.
I have saved my recovery codes (16 of them) safely in my lastpass during account creation and they are also not working.
There was an option to use "previously used personal access tokens" and that is also not working (It is in my keychain - so no way of losing it).
Don't know what to do.
Can somebody help me please.
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I am using google authenticator for github 2FA code. My scenario is as follow
I can enter my password.
Google authenticator is gone after lost my phone. So I cannot type 2FA.
I choose Use a recovery code or request a reset.
I don't have recovery code and I choose Locked out? Try recovering your account.
Step 1: I do Verify an email associated with this account.
Step 2: I try Verify a device, SSH key or personal access token, I got the situation as follow.
I cannot choose any options in Step 2. The options are disable. I would like to know why this is happened. And I would like to get suggest to get out of this stuck. I would like to know directly mail contact for github support. I am asking in here because I cannot login to ask in support.github.com.
I am officially blocked with 2FA! I cannot login to my Github account while I was able to do it before using one of the recovery codes. I changed my phone and the authentication app doesn't work on the new one. I used one of the codes before to login and it was successful but now none of the codes are working. I also don't have a recovery token. Does anyone have any idea what to do at this point?
Oct. 2022: see also "How to recover github password without using 2FA credentials".
Apr. 2019: If none of the methods described in "Recovering your account if you lose your 2FA credentials" would work (like a fallback number), then you would need to:
create a new GitHub account
contact GitHub support and see if it is possible to negotiate merging back your old account with this new one.
This situation is problematic for private repos, and GitHub does mention:
For security reasons, GitHub Support may not be able to restore access to accounts with two-factor authentication enabled if you lose your two-factor authentication credentials or lose access to your account recovery methods.
Still, only the support can tell you definitively what is possible in your case.
The OP Rubbic confirms in the comments:
I contacted github and what I ended up doing was creating a new account and they suggested that after six month they can reassign my previous email to the new account.
But I lost my previous projects and everything in it!
Lesson learned: use text message authentication, it's the easiest and safest option.
Wally adds in the comments:
Github replied after a few weeks.
The only thing they could do was to release my email and username from my account.
It is still possible to push through Git Bash and some other third party tools such as TortoiseGit (if those tools had been installed before you lose your 2FA credentials).
I had to get a new laptop and at the same time had to format my mobile where Google Authenticator was installed. Now when I try to login to my GitHub Account it asks for this 2FA option whereas I don't have it and also not sure what recovery keys its asking.
Is there anyone who has seen this issue. How can I get that bar code generated again for my account?
I have tried checking the internet but didn't find anything which could resolve this.
Have issue with only my Github Account.
GitHub provides instructions for recovering access to your account.
The first option it recommends is to use a recovery code¹, but it sounds like you don't have those. You would have received them when you first set up 2FA, and would have been prompted to put them in a safe place.
Another good option is to use your fallback phone number, assuming you configured one.
If neither of these options will work for you, please read the rest of the options listed on the page I linked above. You may need to contact GitHub support.
¹Note that you should also have received recovery codes for Google Authenticator itself. You should be able to use these to regain access to Google Autenticator which you can then use to log into GitHub.
I don't know if anyone has any suggestions but I am in a bind!
I've lost access to my GitHub account via switching phone numbers and having 2FA enabled.
ssh -T git#github.com
I get denied, but I've provided GitHub with essentially everything I can, which are all my public SSH keys, password, correct email, a keychain on my Mac saying that I've logged in. I've made the mistake not getting recovery codes and I don't have access to the old phone. My past 1.3 years work of code is on GitHub for my company and I don't store any of my code on hardware as fear of theft, I know that's also a mistake, but it's a fear of mine.
It looks like I'm out of options according to GitHub, which is why I've came to StackOverflow. Are there any workarounds, I know EVERYTHING about the account, my credit card is on file.
The only thing I can think of is showing up to the offices with my ID and credit card on file. As my profile picture is me.
Any suggestions are appreciated. I have the public SSH keys, and a public key generated for one of my organizations, and still couldn't get 2FA disabled.
There should not be a workaround, especially for private repos, considering that "Recovering your account if you lost your 2FA credentials" states:
If you've lost access to your account after enabling two-factor authentication, GitHub can't help you gain access again.
Having access to your recovery codes in a secure place, or establishing a secondary mobile phone number for recovery, will get you back into your account.
So if the Git repos are cloned anywhere in your company, you might get them back. But not from GitHub itself.
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Please login to use the PayPal sandbox feature
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DISCLAIMER: This question is specifically for the Paypal forum.
I have two Sandbox test accounts. parijat_kalia#hotmail.com (PERSONAL) and parijat_kalia-facilitator#hotmail.com (BUSINESS). The second one has the API credentials and I am using the NVP API to test our e-commerce subscription plan
. The response I get is :
10501: Invalid Configuration This transaction cannot be processed due to an invalid merchant configuration. Occurs when the billing agreement is disabled or inactive.
Hence, to activate it, I presume I need to log in with this sandbox account into the sandbox website so as to activate the billing agreement. The steps I follow are pretty basic.
Login to developers.paypal.com
Click on Applications tab in the horizontal menu
Click on Sandbox accounts in the vertical menu
Click on the specific accounts 'parijat_kalia-facilitator#hotmail.com' dropdown arrow button.
Click on Sandbox site
When i click on sandbox site, it loads in the PERSONAL account in the email i.e 'parijat_kalia#hotmail.com'. I obviously change this and try to login with the business account credentials. However it does not log me in whatsoever. I have changed the password, literally copy pasted it, but it does not work. Nor does deleting the cookies/clearing the cache and terminating the history help. Also, I am using Chrome, not IE.
Also, I presume this error is with Paypal's sandbox website, since the API call is technically logging me in with the credentials (I infer this since I am getting error 10501).
Can you please tell me what is going wrong?
I had an issue similar to that the other day. I was trying to switch from one developer account to another, but it kept logging me in as the first one. So, I couldn't use any of the sandbox accounts for the 2nd account.
I circumvented this issue by switching to private browsing mode in chrome (ctrl+shift+N) and logging in that way.
I can't guarantee this will fix your issue because it's not the same as mine, but it might help.
Misplacedme's answer worked for me, but I don't have enough rep yet, so I'll reply and add some info.
Chrome: Use an Incognito Window (ctrl+shift+N)
Opera: Use a New Private Window (ctrl+shift+N)
IE: No need for special window. It works as it used to.
Firefox: No need for special window. It works as it used to.
Safari: No need for special window. It works as it used to.
Note: These are all on a Windows 8 PC (sorry, I know most people in their right mind aren't using win8 much less developers)