Packaging with Twine: prompt for password is displayed, but cannot write

[TesterSzymoon]

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1. What is your operating system and version?

Windows 10

2. What is your Python version?

3.8.3

3. What version of pip do you have?

20.1.1

4. If following an online tutorial or guide, please provide a link to the page or section giving you trouble:

https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/

5. Could you describe your issue in as much detail as possible?

I followed this great tutorial and wanted to upload my package to TestPyPi. I wrote my name, and then prompt for password was displayed, but I couldn't write. I just clicked enter and 403 error has occured, that's all. Here's visualistation:

Uploading distributions to https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
Enter your username: __token__
Enter your password: <CANNOT WRITE HERE>

Do someone know how to fix that?

[merwok]

It’s possible that the input code receives your character, but doesn’t echo any * or other symbol, to avoid revealing the password length. Can you try entering the username, then pasting or typing the password + Enter?

[bhrutledge]

@TesterSzymoon Are you sure you're using the token for TestPyPI? As noted at https://test.pypi.org/help/#invalid-auth:

PyPI and TestPyPI each require you to create an account, so your credentials may be different.

[bhrutledge]

@TesterSzymoon It looks like there's an issue with pasting passwords in Windows. I wrote up the details at pypa/twine#671 (comment). Can you read that, and confirm that one of the workarounds works for you?

[layday]

I'll close this now but feel free to comment below if the problem persists.