nixpkgs-update cannot authenticate to GitHub
nixpkgs-update cannot authenticate to GitHub, so pushes fail and the PR is never opened even with a valid token.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
28 public reports · first reported 10 October 2026 · last reported 11 October 2026
What's going wrong
People running nixpkgs-update to update packages they maintain report that it cannot authenticate to GitHub.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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