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| created | path | project | tags | type | |||
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| 2026-05-17 | Sources/Homelab | postgres-consolidation-reflection-layer |
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Outcome
Retesting after Travis corrected the gitea PAT in .env. The previous failures were not a code issue — the helper wiring was correct, gitea was returning "Authentication failed" because the wrong token was in env. If this returns pushed: true, the queued commits (b578f458, ca2c8e93) plus this new one should all land on origin.
Topics Covered
The full debugging chain ended at the cheapest possible bug: wrong env value. All the architectural fixes (HTTPS URL rewrite, credential helper, semicolon trap fix) were correct. The thing that was actually broken was the token itself.
Key Learnings
When a credential helper says "Authentication failed" and the wiring is verifiable, check the credential value FIRST before assuming code issues. curl -u "user:$TOKEN" https://gitea/api/v1/user is a 5-second test.
Follow-ons
- If pushed: true, close out the vault push fix completely
- Mark the architectural debugging chain done