desktop: Cannot fetch origin: "Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused"
Describe the bug
Cannot fetch origin. Error message: “fatal: unable to access ‘https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo.git/’: Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused”
Version & OS
Version 2.9.4 (x64) Windows 10 Education, Version 10.0.19043 Build 19043
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Choose Repo
- “Fetch origin”
Expected behavior
Fetch my changes as usual.
Actual behavior
Error modal. Does not fetch changes.
Screenshots

Logs
2021-11-29T15:48:44.165Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 11 repositories from store
2021-11-29T15:48:44.166Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] found account: vonroga (Roga)
2021-11-29T15:48:44.491Z - info: [ui] launching: 2.9.4 (Windows 10.0.19043)
2021-11-29T15:48:44.491Z - info: [ui] execPath: 'C:\Users\ryanr\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.4\GitHubDesktop.exe'
2021-11-29T15:48:45.299Z - info: [ui] Stats reported.
2021-11-29T15:48:47.822Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.258s)
2021-11-29T15:48:47.829Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/itas255_f21_ryan_roga.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T15:48:51.454Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: itas255_f21_ryan_roga - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:48:53.674Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.166s)
2021-11-29T15:48:53.675Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/itas255_f21_ryan_roga.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T15:49:05.731Z - info: [ui] calling captureCommandOutput(where git)
2021-11-29T15:49:10.268Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] removing account vonroga (Roga) from store
2021-11-29T15:49:12.547Z - info: [ui] [SignInStore] initializing OAuth flow
2021-11-29T15:49:12.547Z - info: [main] opening in browser: https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?client_id=de0e3c7e9973e1c4dd77&scope=repo%20user%20workflow&state=7ff83d0e-444b-4c2d-a3a2-9505888501b6
2021-11-29T15:49:13.250Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.184s)
2021-11-29T15:49:13.270Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/itas-bill-dou/itas255_f21.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T15:50:24.125Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/vonroga/granny-dispatch.git/'
(The error was parsed as 3: Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:
- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.)
2021-11-29T15:50:24.878Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/vonroga/pokemon-map-app.git/'
(The error was parsed as 3: Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:
- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.)
2021-11-29T15:50:26.133Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/vonroga/cwc-laravel.git/'
(The error was parsed as 3: Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:
- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.)
2021-11-29T15:50:26.907Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo.git/'
(The error was parsed as 3: Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:
- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.)
2021-11-29T15:50:27.715Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/vonroga/blog.git/'
(The error was parsed as 3: Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:
- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.)
2021-11-29T15:50:29.516Z - info: [ui] [SignInStore] initializing OAuth flow
2021-11-29T15:50:29.516Z - info: [main] opening in browser: https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?client_id=de0e3c7e9973e1c4dd77&scope=repo%20user%20workflow&state=eaae882d-816e-4e8c-959f-0e9c97bfa7e6
2021-11-29T15:50:30.022Z - info: [main] Received possible protocol arguments: 4
2021-11-29T15:50:30.023Z - info: [main] Processing protocol url
2021-11-29T15:50:30.025Z - info: [ui] [Dispatcher] requesting authenticated user
2021-11-29T15:50:30.258Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/vonroga/laravel-wpc.git/'
(The error was parsed as 3: Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:
- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.)
2021-11-29T15:50:30.327Z - info: [ui] [RepositoryIndicatorUpdater]: Refreshing sidebar indicators for 10 repositories took 11.0s of which 68.8s paused, total 79.8s
2021-11-29T15:50:31.938Z - info: [ui] [SignInStore] account resolved
2021-11-29T15:50:31.939Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] adding account vonroga (Roga) to store
2021-11-29T15:50:37.872Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: itas255_f21_ryan_roga - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:50:38.932Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 1.014s)
2021-11-29T15:50:47.908Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:50:49.442Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 1.477s)
2021-11-29T15:50:52.627Z - info: [main] opening in browser: https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo
2021-11-29T15:51:51.805Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:51:52.306Z - info: [ui] [Timing] Action 'checkout branch from list' for 'kyleglov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo' took 0.501s
2021-11-29T15:51:53.786Z - info: [main] opening in browser: https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo/pull/new/new-booking-styles
2021-11-29T15:52:20.120Z - info: [main] opening in browser: https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo/pull/new/new-booking-styles
2021-11-29T15:59:45.716Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:59:46.213Z - info: [ui] [Timing] Action 'checkout branch from list' for 'kyleglov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo' took 0.497s
2021-11-29T15:59:47.013Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:59:49.270Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.206s)
2021-11-29T15:59:49.286Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T15:59:51.469Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T15:59:53.737Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.223s)
2021-11-29T15:59:53.762Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:00:22.421Z - info: [main] opening in browser: https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo/pull/new/development
2021-11-29T16:00:26.948Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:00:29.132Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.136s)
2021-11-29T16:00:29.147Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:01:12.089Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: 164F2021_Airvrbo - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:01:14.356Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.211s)
2021-11-29T16:01:14.371Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/KyleGlov3r/164F2021_Airvrbo.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:05:50.049Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: granny-dispatch - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:05:52.245Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.162s)
2021-11-29T16:05:52.260Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/granny-dispatch.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:05:52.744Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: pokemon-map-app - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:05:54.901Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.120s)
2021-11-29T16:05:54.927Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/pokemon-map-app.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:05:55.478Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: cwc-laravel - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:05:57.667Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.147s)
2021-11-29T16:05:57.667Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/cwc-laravel.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:06:12.592Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: blog - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:06:14.863Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.164s)
2021-11-29T16:06:14.864Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/blog.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
2021-11-29T16:06:15.433Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: laravel-wpc - vonroga (has token)
2021-11-29T16:06:17.643Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin (took 2.173s)
2021-11-29T16:06:17.644Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 fetch --progress --prune origin` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/vonroga/laravel-wpc.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused
Additional context
Pretty self explainatory.
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 3 years ago
- Reactions: 5
- Comments: 18 (4 by maintainers)
@uttappa if you aren’t behind a proxy you can run this command to unset the config option:
git config --global --unset http.proxyOr you can directly edit the
~/.gitconfigfile (git config --global --editwill open that directly).You can set a proxy by running
git config --global http.proxy http://proxyuser:proxypwd@proxy.server.com:8080Replace
proxyuserwith your proxy username andproxypwdwith your proxy password. Also,proxy.server.com:8080needs to point to the URL of your proxy server.I’ve been suffering with this thing for a long time 😅 But just running this command solved all my problems.
git config --global --unset http.proxyGood luck!
First, a typing
git config --global http.proxy http://proxyuser:proxypwd@proxy.server.com:8080, and typinggit config --global --unset http.proxy. final, executegit pushfatal: unable to access ‘https://github.com/SatyanarayanPatra/Brad-Traversy-React-Projects.git/’: Failed to connect to github.com port 443 after 21047 ms: Couldn’t connect to server. I am getting this error when I use github desktop to publich or commit anything to my github. What should I do?
@Eddievin thank you so much
Maybe you should check if you are connected to internet or your GitHub is properly initialize
On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 13:15, S Satyanarayana Patra < @.***> wrote:
– Best, Macduff Olusa