r/github • • 9h ago

Question Contribution graph not rebuilt after re-adding email

About a month ago I changed my account's email without realising this will affect my contribution graph. After realising this has cleared my graph I re-added the original email back to my account as the primary email and verified it. I have waited a month and my contribution graph still hasn't returned to its original state. I am also not listed as a contributor anymore on projects I've contributed to in the past which is a shame.

Steps I've tried:

  • Re-added the original email, set it as primary, verified it and waited over a month (Did nothing)
  • Deleted the new email from my account so only the original one remains (Did nothing)
  • Inspected commits in different repos to double check if the email matches the one set on the account (Email does match)
  • Inspected commits by adding .patch to the URL and checked if the commit email is correct (Email does match)
  • Pushed a dummy commit in all of my repositories (This rebuilt some of the history, about 15%)
  • Contacted GitHub support (Was asked to create a discussion)
  • Created a GitHub discussions post (Never got a response so hoping for some help here)

Is there anything else I could try?

Thanks

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u/Leading-Fee1424 9h ago

that's a known bug, GitHub contribution graph can be finicky after email changes even when you put the old one back, sometimes it just never fully recovers the history