Git@hf.co: Permission denied (publickey)

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I am having trouble authenticating with my SSH key when trying to access a Hugging Face Git repository. When I attempt to connect, I receive the following error message:

git@hf.co: Permission denied (publickey).

I have provided more detailed debug information of ssh -vvvT git@hf.co below:

debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: get_agent_identities: bound agent to hostkey
debug1: get_agent_identities: agent returned 1 keys
debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/kenshin/.ssh/hf_id ED25519 SHA256:P0dAH1Z2UlBk...q8eLtjxg4 explicit agent
debug1: Offering public key: /Users/kenshin/.ssh/hf_id ED25519 SHA256:P0dAH1Z2UlBk...q8eLtjxg4 explicit agent
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
git@hf.co: Permission denied (publickey).

I have verified that:

  1. My private key has not been corrupted or modified.
  2. I have added public key to my ssh account.
  3. I have tried generating new key pairs several times.
  4. My network works fine.

Despite these checks, I am still unable to authenticate successfully. I would greatly appreciate any assistance or guidance you can provide to help me resolve this issue. Please let me know if you need any additional information.

Thank you for your help!

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I am facing the same error since yesterday. Did you get any support?

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Indeed, it seems there is some problem on hugging face end, I am also facing the same issue since yesterday, checked everything, is there any official hugging face channel where we can report this issue other than this forum ?

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I am using almost the same way on Github without any problem,
but it just doesn’t work on Huggingface

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Same here, I even re-created my SSH key at the peak of the denial phase.

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Also have this trouble since yesterday

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any one have the luck to find any solution for this?

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same issue here. I use the same ssk key pari on github which works fine.

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same issue here

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same issue here

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i believe its fixed now, working fine for me.

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@kenshinn I believe it has been fixed by now, can you retry and confirm if it works on your side ?

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Now, it works successfully

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yes! it works fine now

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I got this error when I use the git clone command in Window Command Prompt, but using the command with the Git Bash works just fine. Hope this will help someone out there.

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Hi, just now also had this issue on Win 11 with Powershell.
Udapting GIT to the newest Version and using GIT-Bash resolved it.

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Make sure the SSH-Agent is running:
powershell

sc config ssh-agent start=auto
sc start ssh-agent

Add the private key:

ssh-add %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\id_rsa

Edit or create the file “C:/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/.ssh/config”:

Host hf.co
    HostName hf.co
    User git
    IdentityFile C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\.ssh\YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY

Then run

git clone git@hf.co:datasets/USERNAME/YOUR_REPO_NAME
"Example: git clone git@hf.co:datasets/rzgar/ckb_wikipedia_kurdish_sorani_urls"

If your key is protected by a passphrase, use Git Bash, and remember that the passphrase is session-specific. Once you close the terminal, you will need to add the key again:

ssh-add "C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\.ssh\YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"

For a permanent solution, remove the passphrase (less secure).

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