# Error while trying to checkout using ssh with jgit

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**Created:** [August 11, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/error-while-trying-to-checkout-using-ssh-with-jgit/35049 "2025-08-11T18:50:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/error-while-trying-to-checkout-using-ssh-with-jgit/35049/1 "2025-08-11T18:50:12Z")

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Im getting the following error while trying to do a `checkout` to my instance of GitLab via SSH using Jgit. Git Client works just fine with the same credential, but can get to work using jgit

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hudson.plugins.git.GitException: org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException: ssh://git@REDACTED: [ssh-connection]: Failed (NoSuchProviderException) to execute: JCE cannot authenticate the provider BC
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.JGitAPIImpl$4.execute(JGitAPIImpl.java:1729)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler$GitCommandMasterToSlaveCallable.call(RemoteGitImpl.java:173)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler$GitCommandMasterToSlaveCallable.call(RemoteGitImpl.java:164)
    at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:225)
    at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:50)
    at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:391)
    at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService.lambda$wrap$0(InterceptingExecutorService.java:81)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:842)
    Suppressed: hudson.remoting.Channel$CallSiteStackTrace: Remote call to Docker-RedHat
        at hudson.remoting.Channel.attachCallSiteStackTrace(Channel.java:1923)
        at hudson.remoting.UserRequest$ExceptionResponse.retrieve(UserRequest.java:384)
        at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:1112)
        at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler.execute(RemoteGitImpl.java:155)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteGitImpl.java:140)
        at PluginClassLoader for git-client/jdk.proxy26/jdk.proxy26.$Proxy288.execute(Unknown Source)
        at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1221)
        at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM._checkout(GitSCM.java:1311)
        at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1278)
        at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:540)
        at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1250)
        at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:649)
        at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:85)
        at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:522)
        at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1833)
        at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:44)
        at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:101)
        at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:446)
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException: ssh://git@REDACTED: [ssh-connection]: Failed (NoSuchProviderException) to execute: JCE cannot authenticate the provider BC
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.api.FetchCommand.call(FetchCommand.java:249)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.JGitAPIImpl$4.execute(JGitAPIImpl.java:1717)
    ... 10 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException: ssh://git@REDACTED:
[ssh-connection]: Failed (NoSuchProviderException) to execute: JCE cannot authenticate the provider BC
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory.getSession(SshdSessionFactory.java:267)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory.getSession(SshdSessionFactory.java:1)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.SshTransport.getSession(SshTransport.java:107)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh$SshFetchConnection.<init>(TransportGitSsh.java:285)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh.openFetch(TransportGitSsh.java:152)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchProcess.executeImp(FetchProcess.java:153)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchProcess.execute(FetchProcess.java:105)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport.fetch(Transport.java:1458)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.api.FetchCommand.call(FetchCommand.java:238)
    ... 11 more
Caused by: org.apache.sshd.common.SshException: [ssh-connection]: Failed (NoSuchProviderException) to execute: JCE cannot authenticate the provider BC
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.future.AbstractSshFuture.lambda$verifyResult$2(AbstractSshFuture.java:146)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.future.AbstractSshFuture.formatExceptionMessage(AbstractSshFuture.java:206)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.future.AbstractSshFuture.verifyResult(AbstractSshFuture.java:145)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.future.DefaultAuthFuture.verify(DefaultAuthFuture.java:56)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.future.DefaultAuthFuture.verify(DefaultAuthFuture.java:35)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.future.VerifiableFuture.verify(VerifiableFuture.java:110)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.future.VerifiableFuture.verify(VerifiableFuture.java:96)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSession.connect(SshdSession.java:171)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSession.connect(SshdSession.java:100)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory.getSession(SshdSessionFactory.java:260)
    ... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.base/javax.crypto.ProviderVerifier.verify(ProviderVerifier.java:123)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.verifyProvider(JceSecurity.java:190)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.getVerificationResult(JceSecurity.java:218)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.getInstance(JceSecurity.java:128)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.KeyAgreement.getInstance(KeyAgreement.java:240)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.util.security.SecurityEntityFactory$2.getInstance(SecurityEntityFactory.java:130)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.util.security.SecurityUtils.getKeyAgreement(SecurityUtils.java:817)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.kex.MontgomeryCurve.<init>(MontgomeryCurve.java:116)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.kex.MontgomeryCurve.<clinit>(MontgomeryCurve.java:92)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.kex.BuiltinDHFactories$16.isSupported(BuiltinDHFactories.java:341)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.NamedFactory.lambda$setUpTransformedFactories$0(NamedFactory.java:64)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:178)
    at java.base/java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:992)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:509)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:499)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:921)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:682)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.NamedFactory.setUpTransformedFactories(NamedFactory.java:66)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.ClientBuilder.setUpDefaultKeyExchanges(ClientBuilder.java:194)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.ClientBuilder.fillWithDefaultValues(ClientBuilder.java:125)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.ClientBuilder.fillWithDefaultValues(ClientBuilder.java:56)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.BaseBuilder.build(BaseBuilder.java:274)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.ClientBuilder.build(ClientBuilder.java:165)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.ClientBuilder.build(ClientBuilder.java:56)
    at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.BaseBuilder.build(BaseBuilder.java:298)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory.lambda$0(SshdSessionFactory.java:225)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSession.<init>(SshdSession.java:92)
    at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory.getSession(SshdSessionFactory.java:196)
    ... 19 more
ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin'

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