<p>In my case this was because the token I was creating, though it had the <code>read_repository</code> and <code>write_repository</code> permissions, it was not set to the role of &quot;Developer&quot; or higher.</p>
<p><strong>Recreating the token with the role of Developer instead of Guest solved the problem for me.</strong></p>

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Evan Carroll
<p>When I try to use a project access token, I'm getting</p>
<pre><code>$ git clone https://asdf:token@acme.com/evancarroll/foo.git
Cloning into 'foo'...
remote: You are not allowed to download code from this project.
fatal: unable to access 'https://acme.com/evancarroll/foo.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403
</code></pre>

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When using a Project Access Token, I'm getting "The requested URL returned error: 403"
Evan Carroll
# When using a Project Access Token, I'm getting "The requested URL returned error: 403"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-20)

When I try to use a project access token, I'm getting
$ git clone https://asdf:token@acme.com/evancarroll/foo.git
Cloning into 'foo'...
remote: You are not allowed to download code from this project.
fatal: unable to access 'https://acme.com/evancarroll/foo.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

**Tags:** gitlab, gitlab-ci


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-03-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

In my case this was because the token I was creating, though it had the `read_repository` and `write_repository` permissions, it was not set to the role of "Developer" or higher.

**Recreating the token with the role of Developer instead of Guest solved the problem for me.**


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