# Validation checking fails for your repository ## Error message: Validation checking fails for your repository Users may encounter this error message when a Merge is failed. This occurs when repository credentials are expired or have been modified and not updated in ARM. 1. Navigate to **Admin > VC repos**, select your repository, and perform a test connection. Please verify your repository credentials are not expired or modified. 2. Re-run the CI job after you confirm that the repository connection is successful. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://knowledgebase.autorabit.com/product-guides/arm/troubleshoot/arm-faqs/common-errors-and-resolutions/validation-checking-fails-for-your-repository.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.