stderr: remote: Bitbucket Cloud recently stopped supporting account passwords for Git authentication. remote: App passwords are recommended | returned status code 128 Jenkins Bitbucket | How to Create app passwords in Bitbucket?

When you are creating any freestyle jobs or pipeline jobs in Jenkins, when you try to checkout a project from Bitbucket and If you are using Bibucket password, you may get this error.

Reason for this error - returned status code 128 Jenkins Bitbucket:

Beginning March 1, 2022, Bitbucket Cloud users will no longer be able to use their account passwords when using Basic authentication for Git over HTTPS and the Bitbucket Cloud REST API. The removal of account password usage for Basic authentication when using Git over HTTPS and/or the Bitbucket Cloud REST API is due to Bitbucket Cloud's ongoing effort to align with internal infrastructure and improve Atlassian account security. App passwords are substitute passwords for a user's account and are designed to be used for a single purpose with limited permissions.

How to Create App Passwords in Bitbucket?

Go to Bitbucket--> Settings

Click on App passwords --> Create app password

Now enter label name and click on read/write under repositories

Click on Create, this will generate app password.

Now you can this app password in Jenkins jobs.

Watch these steps in Action in YouTube: