Error: "Missing access token" keep showing in File > Settings > Version Control > GitHub – Support | JetBrains

Problem

A user is experiencing an issue where there is a "Missing access token" message in IntelliJ when navigating to File > Settings > Version Control > GitHub. Even after logging in and providing GitHub access token, and close/reopen the settings page, the message is shown again.

Exception found in idea.log file:

2024-12-10 05:55:41,075 [  11942] SEVERE - #c.i.c.PasswordSafeSettings - secret_password_lookup_sync error code 8, error message Failed to execute child process ���dbus-launch��� (No such file or directory) 
java.lang.Throwable: secret_password_lookup_sync error code 8, error message Failed to execute child process ���dbus-launch��� (No such file or directory) 
at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger.error(Logger.java:376) 
at com.intellij.credentialStore.SecretCredentialStore.get$lambda$6(linuxSecretLibrary.kt:253) 
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.run(CompletableFuture.java:1768) 
at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:101) 
at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:101) 
at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:107) 
at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:101) 
at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ContextRunnable.run(ContextRunnable.java:27) 
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144) 
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642) 
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:735) 
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:732) 
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:400) 
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1.run(Executors.java:732) 
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

Cause

The issue seems to be related to IDE's inability to save the access token in the native keychain on the user's operating system.

Resolution

Switch to the In KeePass option in Settings > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Passwords and restart the IDE.

This option uses the IDE default (bundled) keypass database to store the access tokens.

Note: StackOverflow post related to the user's exception: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/34175#issuecomment-727772434.