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Github confirms random 401 responses on unauthenticated git clones are no mistake (eviltoast.org)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Since yesterday a lot of users in Europe found their workflows failing due to Github seemingly randomly throwing HTTP/401 on git clone/git pull when interacting with public repos without authentication.

It was now confirmed by staff member that this indeed is intentional and no further steps are planned at this point.

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[–] 8 points 4 days ago

but they had reliability problems recently

Like GitHub, yes. But if you're not going to selfhost Forgejo they're the best option.

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