Ask HN: GitHub flagged my org two weeks ago. No reason given, no appeal response
The is-an-ai organization on GitHub was flagged two weeks ago without any explanation, resulting in loss of public visibility, broken OAuth, and halted Actions. The organization's maintainer filed a support ticket immediately but has received no response to date. The incident has raised concerns about GitHub's transparency and appeal process for flagged accounts.
- ▪GitHub flagged the is-an-ai organization without providing a reason.
- ▪Public access to the organization's repositories was disabled, affecting services and integrations.
- ▪The maintainer filed a support ticket two weeks ago but has not received a response.
- ▪Details including a timeline, screenshots, and the original ticket are documented on the is-an-ai blog.
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Two weeks ago GitHub flagged the is-an-ai organization, which runs an open-source free-subdomain service modeled on is-a.dev. Public visibility went to 404. OAuth broke. Every Action stopped.GitHub gave no reason. I filed a support ticket the same day.Two weeks later, still no response.Full timeline, screenshots, and the original ticket text: https://is-an.ai/blog/flagged-on-githubIf you've been through something similar on GitHub — did the appeal eventually go through? How long did it take? Anything that worked beyond the standard support form?
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