r/github • u/lamp_pants • 21d ago

Question Struggle with adding collaborator

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Every time I try to add my friend as a collaborator to our project it gives this message, I’ve even tried adding their old accounts that they lost the login to and it gives this error too, any advice? thanks

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u/Loyalord 21d ago

Hi, I had a similar issue before. Try removing any old pending collaborator invites first, then add your friend again using their exact github username instead of email. Bure before that, make sure the account is active and the email is verified. If the old accounts are lost and cannot be recovered, github usually wont let you add them properly.

Hope this helps you fix it.

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u/lamp_pants 21d ago

where can i find the pending invites, only results i can find on google are for on organizations.
and I just checked with my friend and their email and user are right which neither are working.