🐞[Bug]: GITHUBAPI Error 403 - Authentication/Authorization Issue Preventing Community Stats Display

[adarsh0011]

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Describe the bug

Description:

We're experiencing a GITHUBAPI error 403 that is preventing our community statistics from being displayed properly on our platform.

Current Issue:

• API returning 403 Forbidden error
• Community metrics showing "State may be cached or incomplete"
• All statistics displaying as "0" (stars, projects, contributors)
• "Timed Out" message appearing in the interface

Technical Details:

• Error Code: 403
• API: GitHub API
• Affected Component: Community statistics display
• Message: "Timed Out" / "State may be cached or incomplete"

Possible Causes:

• GitHub API token expired or invalid
• Rate limiting issues
• Insufficient permissions for the API token
• IP-based restrictions
• Changes in GitHub API authentication requirements

Expected behavior

Expected Behavior:

1. Proper display of community statistics:

• Stars across all GitHub repositories
• Live public projects on RecodHive
• Number of amazing contributors
• Repository forks count

2. Real-time data from GitHub API
3. No authentication/authorization errors

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What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

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[sanjay-kv]

its loading properly on my window

[risrajawat]

/assign

[Adez017]

Its working @adarsh0011 , kindly check out

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