I've hit this over the past week browsing the web UI. For some reason, github se...

Novosell · 2025-05-14T21:56:32 1747259792

Hmmmm, Github keeps me logged in for months I feel like. Unless I'm misunderstanding the github security logs, my current login is since march.

1oooqooq · 2025-05-15T01:58:28 1747274308

GH is Microsoft's most successful social network.

GH now uses the publisher business model, and as such, they lose money when you're logged out. same reason why google, fb, etc will not ask you for a password for decades.

dghlsakjg · 2025-05-15T01:57:32 1747274252

Something strange is going on. I think GH has kept me logged in for months at a time. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had to authenticate.

zarzavat · 2025-05-15T01:57:01 1747274221

Yes, it's not the rate limits that are the problem per se but GitHub's tendency to log you out and make you go through 2fa.

If they would let me stay logged in for a year then I wouldn't care so much.

tux3 · 2025-05-15T11:11:46 1747307506

You might be afflicted with some SSO or enterprise thing, I haven't logged into Github on my personal account in years.

zarzavat · 2025-05-16T02:06:28 1747361188

Nope, just normal GitHub account.

Though GitHub did force me to use 2fa earlier because they said I have a "popular repo", so perhaps my account is considered high risk. Or maybe it's triggered by travelling and changing IP locations? I have no clue, but it's annoying to have to 2fa more than once in a blue moon.