contribution is not showing on my git graph

[Sujoy-mondal14]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Verification Help & Guidance

Hi everyone,

Dear GitHub Support Team/GitHub Community ,
I am writing to request assistance with my GitHub contribution graph, which is currently missing a significant number of my recent contributions.
Before reaching out, I reviewed the common troubleshooting steps for missing contributions and can confirm the following:
The email address used for these local commits is actively linked and verified on my GitHub account.
The commits were made in a standalone repository (not a fork) or have been merged into the upstream repository's default branch.
The commits were pushed to the default branch of my repositories.

Could you please look into my account and help refresh or sync my profile graph so these contributions are accurately reflected?
Thank you for your time and support.

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[tahleho3968]

Since you've already verified the email and pushed to the default branch, here are the remaining conditions the graph checks — all of them need to hold:

1. Author email (not committer). GitHub keys the graph on the commit author email, not the committer. Append .patch to a commit URL (e.g. https://github.com/you/repo/commit/<sha>.patch) and check the From: line — that's the exact address GitHub matches. A visually-similar address (different case, suffix, or @users.noreply.github.com vs. your real address) is a common silent killer even when the commit still links to your account.
2. Default branch. Commits only count on the repository's default branch (or gh-pages for Pages sites). Confirm via GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} → default_branch that the branch is actually the default — commits on other branches never count until merged into default via a PR.
3. Not a fork. Commits in a fork don't count unless merged upstream. Standalone repos are fine.
4. Rolling 12 months. Only the last year appears on the graph.
5. Up to 24h refresh delay. A qualifying commit can take up to a day to show up.

If everything above checks out and it's been more than a week, that points to a graph re-index problem on GitHub's side (similar current threads: #206099, #198780). Contact GitHub Support with a specific commit SHA, the .patch output proving the author email, and confirmation of the default branch — they can trigger a manual re-index.

[Sujoy-mondal14]

Thank you for the insights, but my previous commits are not showing up either.

[tanimomor]

GitHub says a qualifying commit may take up to 24 hours to appear on the graph.

Happy coding!

[Sujoy-mondal14]

Thank you for the insights, but my older commits are not showing up either.

[tanimomor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/160e8b4/am_i_misunderstanding_what_counts_as/

Check this hope it helps

[JEETJM]

If your older commits are also missing, I would first check whether the commits are actually associated with your GitHub account.

You can check a specific commit and look at the author information. The email used as the commit author needs to be added and verified on your GitHub account.

You can also run:

git log --format="%h %an <%ae>"

This will show the author name and email used for your commits.

If the email is correct, then check that the commits are on the repository's default branch and that the repository isn't a fork. After making sure everything is correct, give GitHub some time to update the contribution graph.

If older qualifying commits are still missing after these checks, I would recommend contacting GitHub Support with a few example commit SHAs so they can investigate the contribution graph.