Commits on default branch not counted in contribution graph

[hubilic]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

Body

Hi,
My account is hubilic. Commits pushed to the default branch (main) of my public repositories are not appearing on my contribution graph.
Details:

• Repo: hubilic/pandas-exercises (also seen in hubilic/numpy-projects)
• Six commits dated September 29, 2026 have been missing for more than 24 hours
• The repositories are not forks; I own them
• Commits are on the default branch (main)

What I checked:

• Not a fork
• Email is linked to my account
• Commit dates are correct

Could someone check whether these commits are being indexed, or whether my contribution graph needs to be rebuilt?

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[srujanchidarla]

Thanks for the detailed report — this does not sound like a repository indexing problem by itself.

The contribution graph only counts commits that GitHub can attribute to your account, and the usual cause is the email used in the commit author metadata not matching the email associated with your GitHub account.

Please check:

The email in your local Git config: git config user.email
Whether that exact address is listed under GitHub → Settings → Emails
Whether you are using a noreply email or a different address than the one used when you committed
GitHub counts public repository commits only when they match your account, and the commits must be authored on the default branch (or otherwise counted as contribution activity). If the author email does not match, the commits will not appear on your graph even though the repo is public and owned by you.

Also, GitHub updates the contribution graph asynchronously, so a delay of a few hours is normal, but if the commits remain missing after 24–48 hours, then it is worth checking the exact email mapping and confirming the commit SHA is associated with the correct email.

If the email is correct and the commits still do not show up, then it would be reasonable to report it to GitHub Support with:

repo URL
commit SHAs
author email(s)
screenshots of GitHub Settings → Emails
the date/time of the commits
In short: first verify the commit author email matches your GitHub email; if it does, then it is likely a support issue rather than a repo problem.