Repository homepage shows stale Claude contributor, while Insights shows only actual contributors

[Jeries9947]

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I’m seeing inconsistent contributor information on my repository Jeries9947/fusa_cpu.

The repository homepage Contributors section shows an additional Claude contributor, but Insights → Contributors shows only the two actual contributors: Jeries9947 and natalieGha.

I also verified the current commit history and the relevant commits are authored and committed by the actual repository contributors. Some historical commit messages contain text such as Sonnet 4.6 noreply@anthropic.com, but those lines are part of the commit message and are not Co-authored-by: trailers or commit author metadata.

The incorrect contributor has remained visible on the repository homepage for several days, including after additional pushes and refreshes.

Has anyone encountered this stale contributor/sidebar behavior, and is there a way to force GitHub to rebuild the homepage contributor data?

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[ktravers]

👋 Hello @Jeries9947, I've refreshed the contributors list, so it should be up to date now. If you run into this problem again, please contact GitHub support.

From our docs:

After force-pushing, rewriting history, or deleting commits, repository contributor displays and statistics can take about 24 hours to refresh.

If you're a repository owner and contributor data is still incorrect after waiting about 24 hours, contact GitHub Support. For more information about creating a support ticket, see Creating a support ticket.

[chrissotraidis]

The same stale sidebar behavior is affecting another public repository:

https://github.com/chrissotraidis/cobolens

As of September 1, 2026:

• the repository overview still lists claude under Contributors;
• the REST Contributors API returns only chrissotraidis;
• Insights → Contributors lists only chrissotraidis; and
• reachable Git history contains no Claude/Anthropic author, committer, or Co-authored-by attribution.

The overview sidebar therefore disagrees with both the API and Contributors graph. I also submitted the documented support request, but the Standard-plan portal automatically closed it and directed me to self-service Community resources.

Could GitHub staff please refresh or rebuild the contributor data for chrissotraidis/cobolens, as was done for the repository in this discussion?

Thank you.