GitHub Trigger Not Working

[rori4]

Describe the bug
Github trigger returns There was a problem running the workflow: Github error response [404]: Not Found

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a GitHub trigger for any repository that exists
2. Run the workflow
3. See error

Expected behavior
To execute the workfow as in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w7xIMKLVAg

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• n8n Version: 0.72.0
  (using the server setup with docker-compose from the documentation https://docs.n8n.io/reference/server-setup.html#_5-create-docker-compose-file)

[janober]

Please ask by default all questions in the forum here:
https://community.n8n.io/
Only if you are 100% sure that it is a bug open an issue on Github. Only if we stick to that rule can we be sure that people find solutions for their problems easily. Thanks!

GitHub allows only to set webhooks for repositories you are part of. I guess the problem you are having is that you try to set it for repositories you are not.

[rori4]

OK I will post this in the community. However, I am sure I am trying with a repo that I am part of.

[janober]

Thanks a lot!

Are you member or owner?

[rori4]

I am a member of the organisation and contributor to the repo

[janober]

Did you try with a repro you own or are an admin of? Is possible that it works only for those.

[rori4]

yes on my own repo it works fine but org repos it doesn’t for some reason

[janober]

hm, then there is probably sadly nothing we can do about it as that would be something GitHub would have to change. All we can do is to use their API and if it behaves strange or unexpected they would have to "fix" it. I expect however that it probably behaves like this on purpose and they will not change it.

[rori4]

Yeah sadly it is so. I wanted to use this for notifications but I found an alternative and I have shared the workflow here => https://n8n.io/workflows/471

I will be closing this now as apparently its not a bug but an issue with GitHub permissions on their side.

[janober]

Ah really cool. Thanks a lot for sharing your workaround! Is very appreciated.

[posixpascal]

I've found a solution for this as it's happened to me as well. I got 404 errors when trying to trigger actions (i.e. issue creation/releases) on an organization repository. The problem is not within the workflow integration but rather how GitHub handles it's permissions.

Background: I'm signed into my Workflow using OAuth2 and my personal account. I'm the owner of the organization.
The workflow fails with your given error message.

I then headed to my organizations access page: (github.com/org/repository/settings/access) and added my user account (it wasn't in this listed because I didn't add myself thinking I already had "admin" access.).

After adding myself, the workflow is running smoothly.