How do I push to Git Repo given the following error: An internal Exception occurred during push: ssh://[email protected]/xxx/xxx.git: session is down

Question

I recently set up a github account to store the source code of a project I have been working on.

I am using egit eclipse plugin to push changes to github.

I successfully pushed the initial code and 2 subsequent changes. However when I attempted to push the third change I was not able. The following excepiton appears in the eclipse error log.

If someone could tell me the cause of this error, or tell me how I can go about debugging the problem it would be a great help.

org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.JGitInternalException: Exception caught during execution of push command
    at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:156)
    at org.eclipse.egit.core.op.PushOperation.run(PushOperation.java:227)
    at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.push.PushOperationUI.execute(PushOperationUI.java:145)
    at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.push.PushOperationUI$1.run(PushOperationUI.java:202)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException: ssh://[email protected]/xxx/xxx.git: session is down
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:154)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:118)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession.exec(JschSession.java:91)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh$SshPushConnection.<init>(TransportGitSsh.java:306)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh.openPush(TransportGitSsh.java:152)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PushProcess.execute(PushProcess.java:130)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport.push(Transport.java:1120)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:152)
    ... 4 more
Caused by: com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: session is down
    at com.jcraft.jsch.Session.openChannel(Session.java:750)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:147)
    ... 11 more

Answer 1

I experienced the same issue. Resolution follows:

• Delete origin push and fetch in remote(Eclipse view --> Git repositories).
• Close Eclipse.
• Go to .ssh folder(Users/.ssh) and delete the key files(public and private).
• Start eclipse and regenerate the keys(Window --> Preferences --> General tab --> Network connections --> SSH2).
• Copy the key and add it to github/SSH Keys
• In Eclipse add new remote and push.

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Edit You may not need to delete all the key files. If you have already added a key file previously (perhaps while setting up native Git), you can just add the name of that file in list of keys, and it will work.