Git Push hangs up unexpectedly. RPC Failed. Error in HTTP2 framing layer

Question

Been getting this error since the last 5-6 hours trying to push a 138kb commit to a repository hosted on Google Cloud.

I have been pushing to this repo for a long time now but just got this error today.

error: RPC failed; http2 499 curl 16
fatal: the remote hung up unexpectedly.
fatal: the remote hung up unexpectedly.

I have tried the following:

1. Increasing the http.postBuffer to 1 GB
2. Run the garbage collection
3. Remove the remote origin & re-add it

I cannot use ssh for git. It does not allow me to clone (permission denied).

499: Client Closed Request: I suspect it is timing out.

I am using Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4 Git version 2.26.2

Git push freezes after the following output:

Enumerating objects: 61, done.
Counting objects: 100% (61/61), done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (31/31), done.
Writing objects: 100% (41/41), 138.25 KiB | 15.36 MiB/s, done.
Total 41 (delta 27), reused 18 (delta 10), pack-reused 0

Answer 1

[SOLUTION]

So, I solved it by resetting and using the Git Large File Storage Extension - Article on how to use it

Steps I took to resolve:

1. Perform a soft reset to the commit before HEAD (git reset --soft HEAD~3)
2. Delete the file and commit the rest of the changes
3. Start tracking .jpg files using the lfs extension git lfs track ".jpg"
4. Add the file
5. Commit & push

BOOM! It worked. I have officially spent 8 hours on this problem. Hope this helps someone else who faces this kind of a problem.

Usually, such RPC errors have something to do with a large file (chunk) in your commit. Good Luck!

Answer 2

I had the same issue but it was not caused by a file being too big. Resetting back to the master's HEAD with git reset --soft HEAD~2 and just commiting everything again solved the problem.

Thanks to Varun Joshi.