docs/content/organizations/managing-saml-single-sign-on-for-your-organization/accessing-your-organization-if-your-identity-provider-is-unavailable.md

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Accessing your organization if your identity provider is unavailable	Organization owners can sign into {% data variables.product.product_name %} even if their identity provider is unavailable by bypassing single sign-on (SSO) and using their recovery codes.	/articles/accessing-your-organization-if-your-identity-provider-is-unavailable /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/accessing-your-organization-if-your-identity-provider-is-unavailable	ghec *	Organizations Teams	Unavailable identity provider	Organization owners can use a recovery code to bypass SAML SSO.

About recovery codes

Organization owners can use one of their downloaded or saved recovery codes to bypass single sign-on. You may have saved these to a password manager. For more information about downloading recovery codes, see "AUTOTITLE."

{% data reusables.saml.recovery-code-caveats %}

Using a recovery code

1. Attempt to access the organization. {% data reusables.saml.recovery-code-access %}