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newly generated personal access token in GitHub is not visible

I am trying to generate a personal access token, I have followed steps mentioned in github documentation for the same

Expected output:

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but instead, the token is not visible as soon as click the generate button

Actual output:

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proof-of-concept video

why the token is not visible here, are there any changes needed to be done before generating personal access token?

Solution

  • I cleared browser data (cache, cookies, old form fields data) and disabled all addons/extensions, which made PAT to be visible

    Note: whenever a UI functionality not working, it must be checked with different platforms/browsers, as there might be compatibility issue. Also, clean cache, cookies, old form fields data of the browser, such data might cause functionality to produce unexpected results or not at all