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JeroenVdb
New Contributor
2 years ago

Can't use passkey on Github.com

I added a passkey to my Github account via Chrome on my Macbook with MacOS. When I created the passkey 1Password asked to save the passkey to my Github entry, which it did and all went fine. When ...
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XIII
Trusted Contributor
2 years ago

I think what might be happening here is that you saved a passkey for two-factor authentication rather than for login. If you were using a passkey for sign in then the Github page should say "Sign in to Github" but it says "Two-factor authentication" in your screen recording.

GitHub is rather smart about that and will offer to upgrade “2FA passkeys” to “real passkeys”.

At least, that’s what happened for me (for already registered YubiKeys).

More info: https://github.blog/2023-07-12-introducing-passwordless-authentication-on-github-com/#how-to-upgrade-security-keys-to-passkeys