# Git clone often gives 403 or 429 errors

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SSL configuration errors and token configuration errors are common causes. Also, in Windows environments, it is easier to stabilize git-lfs as well as git by reinstalling them using the installer. The default ones are kind of old.

> [@Connection Error when Accessing Dataset URL on Hugging Face](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fconnection-error-when-accessing-dataset-url-on-hugging-face%2F67418)%3A
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> I am currently experiencing an issue while trying to access my private dataset in my repo for example: ([https://huggingface.co/dataset/Mustafa21/dataset](https://huggingface.co/dataset/Mustafa21/dataset)) The error message I encountered is as follows: ionError(f"Couldn't reach {url} ({repr(head\_error)})") ConnectionError: Couldn't reach https://huggingface.co/datasets/Mustafa21/dataset/resolve/main/dataset\_infos.json (ConnectionError('Unauthorized for URL https://huggingface.co/datasets/Mustafa21/dataset/resolve/main/dataset\_infos.json. Pleas…

> [@Error 403! What to do about it?](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ferror-403-what-to-do-about-it%2F12983)%3A
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> I can not save the model, it gives HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: [https://huggingface.co/api/repos/create](https://huggingface.co/api/repos/create) - You don’t have the rights to create a model under this namespace how to fix?

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