My contribution graph is not updating

[lodestar123]

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I'm encountering a problem where my past contributions are not being reflected in my GitHub contribution graph. For over half a year, I was committing to repositories using GitHub Desktop, but the email address used for these commits was not yet registered or verified on my GitHub account.

I recently added this specific email address to my GitHub account, and it is now "Verified." I've confirmed this verified email precisely matches the one used in my past commits. I also changed my GitHub username recently. It has been over 48 hours since I verified the email address, but my past contributions are still not appearing.

I've checked that the email used for commits now matches my verified GitHub account email, and the repositories are public (or I've enabled "Private contributions" in my settings for relevant repositories). Commits are pushed and are on the default branch or merged into it. I have also waited for over 48 hours and cleared my browser cache.

Despite these steps, my contributions are still not appearing. I would appreciate any advice or common solutions for this issue.

#ContributionGraph, #GitHubProfile, #MissingContributions, #EmailVerification

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[nmo-genio]

Hey @lodestar123 — sounds like you’ve already done most of the right things, especially verifying the email and waiting the 48+ hours.

A few extra things to double-check:

The email in your Git config (not just GitHub Desktop) matches the verified one exactly — you can run this in terminal:

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git config --global user.email
Make sure the commits are actually authored by you, not just pushed by you. You can check this by viewing the commit history — your name/email should be in the "author" field.

If you renamed your GitHub username recently, the contribution graph might take extra time to catch up — especially if commits were under the old username.

One more trick: try re-pushing one of the old commits (like amending the commit and pushing again to a test branch). Sometimes that can trigger GitHub to re-evaluate it for contributions. I had the same issue!