Contributions not appearing on profile after merging two GitHub accounts

[SaifEKhaled]

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Hello,

I am experiencing an issue with my GitHub contribution graph after consolidating two accounts.

Background:

• I originally had two GitHub accounts:
• A personal account, and a university account associated with my academic email address
• Many of my commits were authored using the academic email and those contributions were originally associated with that email.

What I did:

• I deleted the university GitHub account.
• I added and verified the email address on my personal GitHub account.
• The repositories are public.
• The commits are on the default branch (main).
• Commit pages now correctly show my username (SaifEKhaled) and avatar as the author.
• The repository contributor list also correctly recognizes me.

Issue:

Although the commits are now linked to my personal account, they do not appear on my contribution graph.

My question:

Should these historical contributions automatically appear on my contribution graph after the email is verified and the old account is deleted, or is there an additional step required to trigger a recalculation/reindexing of contributions?

Thank you.

[Farhan71140]

When you merge accounts, GitHub contributions are tied to the commit author email. Even if the commits now show your username and avatar, the contribution graph only updates if the email used in those commits is:

1. Added to your current GitHub account, and
2. Verified as an email address in your account settings.

Since you’ve already added and verified your academic email, the commits should eventually sync to your contribution graph. However:

• Contribution graphs don’t update instantly; it can take some time for GitHub’s backend to re‑index.
• Only commits on the default branch (main/master) of public repos count toward the graph.
• Commits must be authored with your verified email exactly as it appears in the commit history (case‑sensitive).

If everything is correct but the graph still doesn’t update after a few days, open a support ticket with GitHub. Include your username, the repo links, and the commit SHAs so they can manually re‑index your contributions.

In short: verify the email on your current account, wait for re‑indexing, and escalate to GitHub Support if the graph remains stuck.