"LibGit2Sharp.LibGit2SharpException: could not initialize security context" while cloning

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, git

Research direction

Start by reproducing the clone failure on .NET 8 and Windows using the provided CredentialProvider, CertificateCheck, and Repository.Clone snippet. Trace the reported path through Core/Ensure.cs, Core/Proxy.cs, and Repository.cs, then verify that cloning completes without the security-context exception.

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Description

Reproduction steps

providing valid credential to the CredentialProvider using the below snippet
cloneOptions.FetchOptions.CredentialsProvider = (url, usernameFromUrl, password) =>
new UsernamePasswordCredentials{ Username = gitCredential.UserName, Password = gitCredential.Password };

cloneOptions.FetchOptions.CertificateCheck = (certificate, valid, host) => true;

Repository.Clone(Credential.RepositoryUrl, workingDirectory, cloneOptions);

Expected behavior

Should clone the repository to the working directory.

Actual behavior

LibGit2Sharp.LibGit2SharpException: could not initialize security context:
at LibGit2Sharp.Core.Ensure.HandleError(Int32 result) in //LibGit2Sharp/Core/Ensure.cs:line 154
at LibGit2Sharp.Core.Ensure.ZeroResult(Int32 result) in /
/LibGit2Sharp/Core/Ensure.cs:line 172
at LibGit2Sharp.Core.Proxy.git_clone(String url, String workdir, GitCloneOptions& opts) in //LibGit2Sharp/Core/Proxy.cs:line 278
at LibGit2Sharp.Repository.Clone(String sourceUrl, String workdirPath, CloneOptions options) in /
/LibGit2Sharp/Repository.cs:line 824

Version of LibGit2Sharp (release number or SHA1)

v0.30.0

Operating system(s) tested; .NET runtime tested

.NET8, windows OS

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