Private commits correctly linked to my account are missing from my contribution graph

[CaballeroSebastian]

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Bug

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My contribution graph shows 0 contributions for 2026, although I have multiple qualifying commits in a private organization repository.

I have verified the following:

The commits are present in the repository’s default branch (main).
The repository is not a fork.
The commits are more than 24 hours old.
The author email exactly matches a verified email on my GitHub account.
GitHub correctly links the commit author to my profile, CaballeroSebastian.
“Include private contributions on my profile” is enabled.
The organization does not use SAML SSO.
I have access to the private repository through the affected personal account.

The commits were made between June 9 and June 17, 2026, but my profile still shows 0 contributions for the entire year.

Is there another eligibility condition I may be missing, or does GitHub need to rebuild the contribution graph for my account?

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[initial-d]

Based on your checklist, you have already covered the most common causes. The remaining things I would verify are the less obvious contribution-graph rules.

GitHub’s contribution rules for commits are here:

• Profile contributions reference: https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/reference/profile-contributions-reference
• Troubleshooting missing contributions: https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/how-tos/contribution-settings/troubleshooting-missing-contributions

For commits to count, the docs require the commit email to be associated with your account, the repository not to be a fork, and the commits to be on the default branch or gh-pages. But they also say that at least one of the following must be true:

• you are a collaborator on the repository or a member of the organization that owns it
• you forked the repository
• you opened a pull request or issue in the repository
• you starred the repository

Since this is a private organization repository, I would specifically check whether your account is an organization member or only has repository access through an outside-collaborator/invited access path. The commits can still link to your profile while not satisfying all contribution-graph eligibility conditions.

A few concrete checks:

# Confirm the commit author/committer dates and emails
# Add .patch to a commit URL and inspect From/Date headers, or locally:
git show --format=fuller COMMIT_SHA

# Confirm the default branch right now
gh api repos/ORG/REPO --jq '{default_branch, fork, private}'

# Confirm the commit is reachable from the current default branch
git merge-base --is-ancestor COMMIT_SHA origin/main && echo reachable

Also check the author date vs committer date. GitHub notes that the contribution graph uses the author date for commits, so if author dates are outside the visible range or unexpected, the graph may not show them where you expect.

If all of these are true:

commit email is verified on your account
commit is reachable from the current default branch
repo is not a fork
private contributions are enabled
you are an org member/collaborator satisfying the contribution rules
author dates are in June 2026
commits are older than 24h

then I would treat this as a contribution graph indexing/account issue. At that point only GitHub can rebuild or inspect the private contribution state, so I would open Support and include:

• affected account: CaballeroSebastian
• private repo owner/name
• 2-3 commit SHAs
• confirmation that each commit is reachable from the default branch
• screenshot of private contributions enabled
• whether you are an organization member or outside collaborator
• screenshot/API output showing the commits link to your profile

One more small UI note: private contributions are anonymized on public profiles, so other people will not see repository details. But you should still see the private contribution counts on your own profile when private contributions are enabled.

[CaballeroSebastian]

Thanks. I completed the remaining checks.

The repository is owned by a personal account, not an organization. My account, CaballeroSebastian, is formally listed under “Direct access” as a collaborator on the private repository.

For example commit 9771eb6:

• It is directly reachable from origin/main.
• main is the default branch (origin/HEAD).
• The author and committer are both linked to my account.
• The author and commit email match my verified GitHub email.
• AuthorDate and CommitDate are both June 17, 2026.
• The repository is private and is not a fork.
• Private contributions are enabled on my profile.
• The commit is more than 24 hours old.

I also have 18 newer commits on a feature branch, but I understand those are not eligible until merged into the default branch. Those newer commits are not the issue.

The issue is that the 8 older qualifying commits already present in main are still missing, and my profile shows 0 contributions for 2026.

At this point, all documented eligibility requirements appear to be satisfied. Could this be a contribution graph indexing issue that requires my profile graph to be rebuilt?

[initial-d]

Thanks for completing the remaining checks. With the commit reachable from the default branch, the author and committer linked to your verified email/account, the private repository not being a fork, direct collaborator access confirmed, private contributions enabled, and the commits older than 24 hours, the documented user-side causes appear to be exhausted.

At this point the useful next step is GitHub Support, because they can inspect or reindex the contribution attribution data for the private repository. Share the private repository name, representative commit SHA, default branch, author/committer emails, and approximate dates only through the private ticket; do not post those private repository details publicly.

I would describe it as a contribution-graph attribution/reindexing issue rather than an email-linking question, and mention that newer commits in the same repository are affected too. That distinction should help Support route it past the standard checklist.

[nexradjosh]

I have the same issue on my profile, although this is after moving the email address tied to the commits to another Github account. It's been over 72 hours and while the commits themselves have the author properly updated, the contribution graph on my profile does not show them.

[mordanmile2]

You've already checked the usual causes, so this does sound like it may need GitHub Support to refresh or investigate the contribution graph. Hope it gets resolved soon, and thanks for the detailed report hh98 game download is also worth a look.