4 people reported
All time, since Sep 24, including 1 thumbs-up on GitHub.
GitHub API gated behind push
“A read-only capability is therefore gated behind a write permission.”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/2885/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends
Cloud sessions cannot use GitHub API on repos without push access. add_repo with access "read" only enables anonymous git reads, while access "push" is refused, so issues cannot be read or created on others' repositories.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- add_repo tool
- Error text
you need push access to anthropics/claude-code for Claude to make changes there- Versions
- 2.1.300 to 2.1.308
- Platforms
- Windows
- How bad
- Stops work: a core feature can't be used. Some reports say it used to work. Some reports say it blocks them completely.
Not quite your bug?
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Original reports3, newest first
- Cloud sessions (regular and Projects) can't open issues on public repos: add_repo demands push access that issue creation doesn't need#104415
- No way to attach a public repository for read-only API access: read is gated behind push#102320
- add_repo/GitHub API access to public repos now requires push permission, breaking read-only issue checks#96813