On IDE start - prompt asking access to IntelliJ Platform GitHub token is shown

Problem

When the IDE is started, a prompt is shown requesting access to the IntelliJ Platform GitHub token which is stored in the user's native credentials keychain.

GoLand wants to use your confidential information stored in “IntelliJ Platform GitHub token” in your keychain.

Cause

GitHub plugin uses the credentials token to store the user's credential information for authenticating to the GitHub platform. If the information is not stored, the user would have to authenticate to GitHub platform on each IDE start. User's credentials can be stored in two keychains:

• OS native keychain If the credentials are stored in the native keychain, IDE asks the user for the password to the keychain.
• IDE embedded keychain (default KeePass keychain provided in the IDE installation) If the credentials are stored in the IDE embedded keychain - IDE has access to it by default.

Resolution

There are two options:

• Provide the OS native keychain password to the IDE (e.g. for macOS), and it will be used to store and fetch the credentials automatically
• In Settings (⌘ + , or Ctrl + Alt + S) > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Passwords > select the In KeePass option. In this case IDE will not require any password to be provided by the user – since the default (embedded) keychain will be used.