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Error: Must specify access token via Authorization header.

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, javascript

Research direction

Start by reviewing pull request #15, which the issue identifies as the tested fix, and inspect the GitHub API request path in this repository. Confirm that the workflow can create the empty commit on Ubuntu and that the dependency updates remove the reported deprecation warnings.

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  • version: master
  • platform: ubuntu-latest (github actions)
  • expected behavior: should commit
  • actual behavior: 400 bad request

[Error: {"message":"Must specify access token via Authorization header. https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-10-deprecating-auth-through-query-param","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/v3/#oauth2-token-sent-in-a-header"}]

Just merge #15 to fix this. i tested it.

  • also update some deps and locks.json too. it shows deprecated warnings.
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