terminal prompts disabled / 410 Gone (private module) Go Origin: Application & API OSI layer 7 · Application Last updated 4 Nov 2026

Go: fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled

Go tried to fetch a private repository without credentials (and, via the public proxy, got 404/410).

Exact message you may see 410 Gone go get privateverifying module: 410 Gonego: module: reading https://proxy.golang.org: 404 Not Found
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Seen on: Go Git Docker

Meaning

Tell Go the module is private with GOPRIVATE, and give git credentials non-interactively: a ~/.netrc, a git insteadOf rewrite to SSH, or a token in CI. Without GOPRIVATE Go asks the public proxy, which cannot see your repo.

Common causes

  • GOPRIVATE not set
  • No credentials for HTTPS git
  • SSH key not available in CI/Docker
  • Token expired
  • Public proxy/sumdb queried for private paths

⚡ Quick fix

  1. go env -w GOPRIVATE=github.com/yourorg/*
  2. git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
  3. In CI use a token: git config --global url."https://x:${TOKEN}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

Detailed fix by platform

Docker

  1. Use BuildKit secrets or SSH mounts (RUN --mount=type=ssh go mod download) instead of baking tokens into the image

How to diagnose

  1. GOPRIVATE — Set?
  2. Auth — SSH or token?
  3. CI — Secrets available?

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Origin: Application & API. Errors that are often confused with or caused by this one (click to open):

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