# Github token warning

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/github-token-warning/1201>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/github-token-warning/1201 "2020-02-13T01:41:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![p3nguinc4g3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@p3nguinc4g3](https://forum.makecode.com/u/p3nguinc4g3)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/github-token-warning/1201/1 "2020-02-13T01:41:08Z")

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I’ve been getting this warning for the last few days. Is there something that I need to do in order to keep having access to my git repo?

_On February 13th, 2020 at 00:34 (UTC) your personal access token (MakeCode Arcade) was used as part of a query parameter to access an endpoint through the GitHub API:_

_[https://api.github.com/repositories/229359152/git/refs/heads/master](https://api.github.com/repositories/229359152/git/refs/heads/master)_

_Please use the Authorization HTTP header instead, as using the `access_token` query parameter is deprecated and will be removed July 1st, 2020._

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**Author:** ![jwunderl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/jwunderl/32/5308_2.png) [@jwunderl](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jwunderl)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/github-token-warning/1201/2 "2020-02-13T02:11:28Z")

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That should be fixed in beta, just hasn’t made it’s way to the live site yet - there was just a minor change in how tokens need to be passed to work with github. @peli do you think we need to do a patch to the live site with the fix for this?

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**Author:** ![p3nguinc4g3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@p3nguinc4g3](https://forum.makecode.com/u/p3nguinc4g3)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/github-token-warning/1201/3 "2020-02-13T02:37:13Z")

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Getting the notifications doesn’t bother me. Just so long as a patch goes out by that July deadline, I’m good to go. I just wanted to make sure someone knew about it and that it wasn’t just me.

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**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/github-token-warning/1201/4 "2020-02-13T02:48:38Z")

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It is annoying indeed, but the patch will be there on time.