fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/xxx': OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to github.com:443

When l try to use git push, an error reports:

> Fatal: fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/xxx';: OpenSSL > SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to github.com:443

My git version is 2.16.2 for windows

It worked well before this day, and reinstalling git seems to not work.

Can anyone help me with that? Thanks in advance!

If you are behind a proxy, try the following:

git config --global --add remote.origin.proxy ""

After reinstalling Git did nothing, I found an issue on GitHub that helped me solve it.

In your terminal run this command first:

git config --global http.sslBackend "openssl"

Then this one:

git config --global http.sslCAInfo "C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\ssl\cert.pem"

You may need to change your path depending on where you have it installed.

Opening a new terminal session worked for me

git config --global --add remote.origin.proxy "127.0.0.1:(proxy http port number)"

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if your using proxy try to go to run and enter inetcpl.cpl then connections then Lan settings then advance and now you see your proxy, use the http one.

then open Git Bash then enter this command

$ git config --global http.proxy 

if theres no output of it then the proxy in Git Bash is not set then set it with these command and use proxy and port shown in the 1st paragraph

$ git config --global http.proxy proxyaddress:port

then enter this command again

$ git config --global http.proxy 

and there you go it is set

to reset the proxy on Git Bash just enter this command

 $ git config --global --unset http.proxy 

i was also having these problem lately i was using psiphon vpn on desktop as a newbie it was also hard to find this solution glad i could help. :)

Sometimes, it can be simply because your system was unable to connect to GitHub, possibly because you were not connected to the Internet (or you had a lousy connection).

(It's true - this problem can be reproduced. Just disconnect your LAN/WiFi and then do git pull, you will get the same error).

PS: This happened with me. Sometimes the problem is your internet connection rather than configs.

I solved this same problem changing the git url in 'clone' step - use SSH instead of HTTPS link.

I recently installed git 2.24.1 and not sure what changes I made, but it was not allowing me to clone or push without admin account on my machine.

This solved my issue:

1. In your terminal run this command first:

    git config --global http.sslBackend "openssl"
   

2. Then this one:

    git config --global http.sslCAInfo "C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\ssl\cert.pem"
   

For Shadowsocks users:

1. Click the Shadowsocks icon, go Preferences:

2. Suppose that your local proxy listen port is XXX, run this:

git config --global --add remote.origin.proxy "127.0.0.1:XXX"

I tried many answers and it still failed with the same error, including the following one:

git config --global http.sslBackend "openssl"

However, I tried reverting that by:

git config --global --unset-all http.sslBackend

then restart my laptop, and everything started working again.

I'm not exactly sure what went wrong initially, but lesson learned is that the correct config isn't the same for everyone.