How to fix remote: The organization has enabled SAML SSO. Please authorize your credential. in Git

Before you can authorize credentials, you must have a "linked external identity" by authenticating through your organization's IdP at least once:

1. Go to your organization's GitHub page: https://github.com/YOUR_ORG_NAME
2. You should see a prompt to authenticate via SSO
3. Click Continue or Authorize to be redirected to your IdP (Okta, Azure AD, etc.)
4. Complete the SSO login with your corporate credentials
5. After successful authentication, you'll be redirected back to GitHub

If you don't see the SSO prompt:
- Go to [github.com/settings/organizations](https://github.com/settings/organizations)
- Find the organization and click on it
- Look for a "SAML single sign-on" banner and complete authentication

This creates the linked identity that's required before you can authorize any credentials.

If you're using HTTPS authentication with a Personal Access Token (PAT), you need to authorize it for each SSO-enabled organization:

For existing tokens:
1. Go to [github.com/settings/tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
2. Find the token you're using (check token names/descriptions)
3. Click Configure SSO next to the token
4. Find your organization in the dropdown
5. Click Authorize next to the organization name
6. You may be prompted to re-authenticate with your IdP

Creating a new token with SSO authorization:
1. Go to [github.com/settings/tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
2. Click Generate new token > Generate new token (classic)
3. Set name, expiration, and required scopes (repo for repository access)
4. Click Generate token
5. Immediately click Configure SSO on the new token
6. Authorize it for your organization

Note: Fine-grained PATs are authorized during creation - you must select the SSO-protected organization when creating the token.

After authorization, retry your Git command:

git push origin main

If you're using SSH authentication, you need to authorize your SSH key for SSO-enabled organizations:

1. Go to [github.com/settings/keys](https://github.com/settings/keys)
2. Find the SSH key you're using for Git operations
3. Click Configure SSO next to the key
- If you don't see this option, ensure you've authenticated via SSO at least once (Step 1)
4. Find your organization in the dropdown
5. Click Authorize next to the organization name

Verify your SSH key is working:

# Test SSH connection
ssh -T [email protected]

# Should show: Hi username! You've successfully authenticated...

If the key was revoked:
If an organization admin revoked your SSH key's authorization, you cannot re-authorize that same key. You must:

# Generate a new SSH key
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

# Add to SSH agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

# Copy public key
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Then add the new key to GitHub and authorize it for SSO.

If you're still seeing the error, cached credentials may need to be cleared so you can re-authenticate:

Windows (Credential Manager):

# Open Credential Manager
control /name Microsoft.CredentialManager

# Or via command line
cmdkey /delete:git:https://github.com

1. Open Control Panel > Credential Manager > Windows Credentials
2. Find and remove entries for git:https://github.com or github.com
3. Try your Git command again - you'll be prompted to re-authenticate

macOS (Keychain):

# Remove GitHub credentials from Keychain
git credential-osxkeychain erase
host=github.com
protocol=https
# Press Enter twice

# Or open Keychain Access app and delete github.com entries

Linux:

# If using credential store
rm ~/.git-credentials

# If using GNOME Keyring
# Open Seahorse (Passwords and Keys) and remove GitHub entries

Git Credential Manager:

# Re-initialize GCM
git credential-manager unconfigure
git credential-manager configure

After clearing, the SSO authentication flow should automatically appear when you next try to push or pull.

For automated systems like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or other CI/CD tools accessing SSO-protected repositories:

GitHub Actions (same organization):
- The built-in GITHUB_TOKEN automatically works for repositories in the same organization
- No additional SSO configuration needed

GitHub Actions (cross-organization access):

# Use a PAT that's been authorized for SSO
steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    with:
      repository: other-org/repo
      token: ${{ secrets.SSO_AUTHORIZED_PAT }}

The PAT stored in secrets must be:
1. Created by a user who has SSO access to the organization
2. Authorized for SSO (Configure SSO > Authorize)
3. Have required scopes (repo for private repositories)

Other CI/CD systems:
1. Create a dedicated service account or use a team member's credentials
2. Generate a PAT with appropriate scopes
3. Authorize the PAT for SSO
4. Store the token securely in your CI/CD platform's secrets management
5. Update your pipeline to use HTTPS with the token:

git clone https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/org/repo.git

Deploy keys:
Deploy keys set up on individual repositories don't require SSO authorization - they're scoped to that specific repository.

Confirm your credentials are properly authorized for SSO:

Check token authorization:
1. Go to [github.com/settings/tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
2. Find your token
3. Look for a green checkmark or "Enabled" next to the organization name under SSO

Check SSH key authorization:
1. Go to [github.com/settings/keys](https://github.com/settings/keys)
2. Find your SSH key
3. Look for "Enabled" status next to your organization

Check organization membership:
1. Go to [github.com/settings/organizations](https://github.com/settings/organizations)
2. Verify you're a member of the organization
3. Check for any pending SSO authentication requirements

Test access:

# For HTTPS
git ls-remote https://github.com/ORG_NAME/REPO_NAME.git

# For SSH
git ls-remote [email protected]:ORG_NAME/REPO_NAME.git

If these commands succeed, your credentials are properly authorized.