Deployment fails since update #4062
Description
How did you install the Amplify CLI?
Amplify Console is in use
If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?
No response
Amplify CLI Version
latest from the console
What operating system are you using?
Amplify CLI with a Flutter web app
Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.
Describe the bug
Since a few days, in the console the deployment is failing due to submodules:
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2025-07-08T04:26:23.614Z [INFO]: Successfully cleaned up Git credentials
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2025-07-08T04:26:23.614Z [INFO]: # Checking for Git submodules at: /codebuild/output/src1568553444/src/repository_name/.gitmodules
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2025-07-08T04:26:23.615Z [INFO]: # Updating Git submodules...
2025-07-08T04:26:24.005Z [WARNING]: # Unable to update submodules: Error: Command failed: git submodule update
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Cloning into '/codebuild/output/src1568554444/src/repository_name/backend'...
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fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such device or address
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fatal: clone of 'https://github.com/company-org/backend.git' into submodule path '/codebuild/output/src1568553302/src/repository_name/backend' failed
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Failed to clone 'backend'. Retry scheduled
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Cloning into '/codebuild/output/src1568554444/src/repository_name/lib/core_lib'...
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fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such device or address
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fatal: clone of 'https://github.com/companyorg/core_lib.git' into submodule path '/codebuild/output/src1568554444src/repository_name/lib/core_lib' failed
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Failed to clone 'lib/core_lib'. Retry scheduled
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Cloning into '/codebuild/output/src1568553302/src/repository_name/backend'...
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fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such device or address
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fatal: clone of 'https://github.com/company-org/backend.git' into submodule path '/codebuild/output/src15685534444/src/repository_name/backend' failed
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Failed to clone 'backend' a second time, aborting
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2025-07-08T04:26:24.022Z [INFO]: # Retrieving environment cache...
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### Expected behavior
Deploy the app
### Reproduction steps
Deploy with submodules to Amplify a web app
### Project Identifier
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