Repository navigation bar not showing in Chrome on Android

[rsenden]

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When not signed in, I can see the Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, ... navigation bar on all public repositories in my organizations.

When signed in, this navigation bar briefly appears and then disappears, making it difficult/impossible to view issues, PRs, workflow runs, ...

This used to work fine just a couple of days ago. I already cleared all data for GitHub.com through Chrome Site Settings, but same result. I'm experiencing this issue in Chrome browser on Android 16.

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Possible causes:

GitHub UI experiment/feature flag
GitHub sometimes rolls out interface changes to specific accounts.
A bug in one of these experiments can hide repository tabs after page load.
Browser extension or content blocker
If you use AdGuard, uBlock, Brave Shields, DNS filtering, etc., try disabling them temporarily.
Corrupted account settings/cache
Even after clearing site data, account-specific settings can still cause issues.
GitHub mobile web bug
Test the same repository:

1. In Chrome Incognito (sign in there)
2. In another browser (Firefox, Edge, Samsung Internet)
3. On a desktop browser

[rsenden]

Thanks for the responses. I did some further tests and narrowed it down to (most likely) the following organizational setting:

With this setting:

• Repository navigation bar renders fine:
  • On both public and private repositories in my organizations that are not permitted to use GitHub Actions
  • On my personal repositories
  • On 3rd-party repositories
• Repository navigation bar is incorrectly being hidden:
  • On both public and private repositories in my organizations that are permitted to use GitHub Actions

The above is reproducible on my Android 16 device:

• With both Firefox (newly installed) and Chrome (after clearing site settings, and same behavior in Incognito tabs)
• With both my personal GitHub account (member of those organizations) and my enterprise account (which is not a member of those organizations; account only allows for Copilot access)

[sahare-mayur-0071]

Interesting investigation. The fact that you've reproduced it:

• Across Chrome and Firefox on Android
• Across multiple GitHub accounts
• In Incognito mode
• Only on repositories where GitHub Actions is permitted

makes this look much more like a GitHub mobile-web UI regression than a browser, cache, or account-specific issue.

One thing that may help further isolate the trigger:

• Does the navigation bar disappear only when the Actions tab would normally be visible?
• If you temporarily disable GitHub Actions for a test repository, does the navigation immediately return on mobile?
• Does the issue occur on repositories with Actions enabled but no workflows configured?

Since you've already ruled out multiple browsers and accounts, the organization-level Actions setting seems like a very strong lead. It may be worth checking whether the page is switching layouts after the Actions-related permissions/UI state loads, causing the repository navigation component to be hidden unexpectedly.

Thanks for posting the additional testing results — they make this much easier to reproduce and investigate.