Github: fatal: Authentication failed Support for password was removed on August 13, 2021

% git push       
Password for 'https://ghp_1aXuIxxxx4wy2sjdvxxxxxxxxxxxx3ZFHfZ@github.com': 
remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.
remote: Please see https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/getting-started
 -with-git/about-remote-repositories#cloning-with-https-urls 
for information on currently recommended modes of authentication.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/user/mynotes.git/'

If you were trying to push a branch up to origin GitHub and you received, the above error when you were asked to authenticate with a password, then it's most likely that your Personal access tokens has expired.

Solution:

Login to your GitHub profile,
Go to Settings -> Developers Settings,
Now checkout Personal access tokens and see if your token has expired,
If yes create a new one.
And start using it instead: Set new Token using command line.

As the page states: ✏️ Personal access tokens function like ordinary OAuth access tokens. They can be used instead of a password for Git over HTTPS, or can be used to authenticate to the API over Basic Authentication.

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