A per_page above 100 on GET /users/{username}/followers is silently reduced to 100: HTTP 200 with 100 items, no error, and Link URLs that repeat the requested per_page.

GitHub REST API · GET /users/{username}/followers

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 224 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

  1. Paginate by link via page, ≤ 100 per page.

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: anonymous

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:followers-per-page-cap (declarative, source) · official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api#changing-the-number-of-items-per-page

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://api.github.com/users/{username}/followers"}}'

YAML: facts/github/per-page-silently-capped-at-100.yaml

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