Solution for 'ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out' error

git-ssh-error-fix.sh

$ git clone git@github.com:xxxxx/xxxx.git my-awesome-proj
Cloning into 'my-awesome-proj'...
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

$ # This should also timeout
$ ssh -T git@github.com
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out

$ # but this might work
$ ssh -T -p 443 git@ssh.github.com
Hi xxxx! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

$ # Override SSH settings

$ vim ~/.ssh/config
```
# Add section below to it
Host github.com
  Hostname ssh.github.com
  Port 443
```
$ ssh -T git@github.com
Hi xxxxx! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not
provide shell access.

$ git clone git@github.com:xxxxxx/xxxxx.git my-awesome-proj
Cloning into 'my-awesome-proj'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 15, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (15/15), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 15 (delta 0), reused 15 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (15/15), 22.90 KiB | 4.58 MiB/s, done.

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Adding these two lines to my ssh config fixed my problem. Thx!!

Hostname ssh.github.com
Port 443

I've been working for ages without adding those two lines with SSH enabled repositories.
Why is this config necessary now?

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Niubility +1, looks that this happened recently.
Actually, there is an explanation here why we need to add Port 443: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52817036/2497876

new error " Failed to connect to github.com port 443 after 21051 ms: Couldn't connect to server" after adding the cofig file

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Why? the port 22 doesn't work?

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suggest using url..insteadOf setting instead of overriding the connection for github.com in ~/.ssh/config (that's what the documentation describes), like so:

git config --global "url.ssh://git@ssh.github.com:443/.insteadOf" git@github.com:

thx!

new error " Failed to connect to github.com port 443 after 21051 ms: Couldn't connect to server" after adding the cofig file

Try another port and try again

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For guys who are confused about "How to save config files"in Vim:
Press ESC to enter command mode.
Type :w and press Enter to save changes.
Type :q and press Enter to quit.

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Why? the port 22 doesn't work?

What happened? I am also confused.

What happened? I am also confused.

This gist is probably to workaround some GitHub server outage in the past, but it got hot recently in Chinese community. Why?

Because the Great Firewall of China has blocked the default IP of github.com, 20.205.243.166, since Jan 16.

Chinese programmers have coexisted harmoniously with GFW and are not even aware of its existence.

Even if you never care about politics, it would first come to you. TALK ABOUT POLITICS!

---

Update: The block was lifted on Jan 31.

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git config --global "url.ssh://git@ssh.github.com:443/.insteadOf" git@github.com

Not worked. It reports the following error after I set the config:

git pull
致命错误：远程错误：
is not a valid repository name
Visit https://support.github.com/ for help

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how you fixed it? it seems doesn't work for me!

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suggest using url..insteadOf setting instead of overriding the connection for github.com in ~/.ssh/config (that's what the documentation describes), like so:

git config --global "url.ssh://git@ssh.github.com:443/.insteadOf" git@github.com:

it's work's for me. thank you

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what would be the extension of config file ?

what would be the extension of config file ?

~/.ssh/config do not have file extension

The first solution works if you your .ssh/config file got deleted

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The purpose of this command is typically to test or use the SSH connection to GitHub, especially when the default port 22 is blocked or for some reason unavailable.

By using port 443, the connection can bypass firewalls that only allow HTTPS traffic, which is useful in restrictive network environments.

More details can be found here. https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/github-ssh-acces…ls-with-port-443

I appreciate you for this tutorial.