not found

GitHub REST API 路 GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} 路 HTTP 404

Status: 馃數 official 路 first seen 2026-10-20

A request for a private resource without proper authentication returns 404 Not Found, not 403 Forbidden, so that the existence of private repositories is not confirmed.

What to do

  1. Request OAuth scope repo.

Dimensions

env: prod 路 plan: any 路 region: any 路 account_state: any

Evidence

official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api#404-not-found-for-an-existing-resource

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/repos/{owner}/{repo}"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"not found"}}'

YAML: facts/github/private-repo-404-not-403.yaml

Data: CC BY 4.0 路 apifacts registry 路 This page is generated; edit the YAML, not the page.