Commits Not Triggering Deployments on Hobby Account

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Commits by contributors to my GitHub project are not getting deployed and don’t appear in Vercel. In the commit, I get this comment: “Git author must have access to the project on Vercel to create deployments.” This issue started recently, and everything was working fine last week.

Environment:

  • Account Type: Hobby (no Teams set up)
  • Git Provider: GitHub
  • Project Type: React/Vite

Steps I’ve already taken:

  1. Verified that the Git integration setup is correct.
  2. Confirmed that repository permissions are set correctly.
  3. Checked that Git user permissions are appropriate.
  4. Ensured that Git commit metadata (author name and email) is configured correctly.
  5. Disconnected and reconnected the Git repository to Vercel.

Additional Information:

  • The site is currently deployed using the last working commit.
  • We haven’t made any changes to the configurations since it was last working.
  • The issue is affecting all contributors to the repository.

Questions:

  1. Has there been any recent change to how Hobby accounts interact with Git integrations?
  2. Are there any additional troubleshooting steps I can take to resolve this issue?
  3. Is this a known issue that Vercel is currently working on?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Hi there,

Collaboration has never been allowed on Hobby, but a bug allowed some teams to bypass this limitation. Our team recently shipped a fix that ensures our collaboration limits are enforced in GitHub.

Let us know if you have any more questions!

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Ooh ok! There is no way I can collaborate in GitHub but use a Hobby account? I don’t need any of the Teams functionalities, just to commit changes from 2 different accounts. Only the owner manages the Vercel project.

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That’s correct. You cannot use collaborator on Hobby plan as of now. You would need Pro account for that.

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For me also getting same error but until yesterday it worked correctly. Without prior intimation it’s stopped working today and saying Git author must have access to the project on Vercel to create deployments.