You may be prompted to register a passkey during sign-in, or you can choose to register a new passkey in your account settings. For 2FA users, you can upgrade existing eligible security keys into passkeys.
Who can use this feature?Personal account owners who manage their own credentials
About managing your passkeysIf you are connecting to GitHub from an eligible device and browser, GitHub may prompt you to register the device as a passkey during sign-in. You can also add passkeys to your account from your account settings. For more information, see Adding a passkey to your account.
If you use two-factor authentication (2FA), GitHub may prompt you to upgrade existing eligible security keys (such as Mac TouchID, or Windows Hello) into passkeys after authenticating to GitHub. You can also upgrade eligible security keys from your account settings. For more information, see Upgrading an existing security key to a passkey.
For information on how to remove a passkey from your account, see Removing a passkey from your account.
Adding a passkey to your accountNote
Before starting the upgrade procedure, make sure that you are using the device that's linked to the existing security key. Then, when you click Add a passkey in your account settings, GitHub will automatically bump you into the "Upgrade to a passkey" flow.
Many passkeys support syncing, where your passkey is backed up by the provider's account system (iCloud, Google account, password manager, etc.). If you ever lose your device, you can recover your synced passkeys by signing in to your passkey provider.
In some cases, your passkey may be "device-bound," which means the passkey cannot be synced and is not backed up to the cloud. For example, you can register FIDO2 hardware security keys (such as a YubiKey) as a passkey, but that passkey will not be synced. If your passkey is device-bound, and you lose or wipe the device, the passkey cannot be recovered. If you are only using device-bound passkeys, it is a best practice to register passkeys on at least two different devices, in case you lose access to one.
You can see which of your passkeys are synced, and which are device-bound, under "Passkeys" in your account security settings. Synced passkeys will include a blue Synced
label next to their name.
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