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Hi Sakibur,

Thank you for the detailed report and for already checking the common causes — that genuinely helps narrow things down.

What you're describing is most likely a display/indexing delay rather than a data loss issue. GitHub's contribution graph can lag by a few minutes to a few hours, especially during periods of high platform load. Since your commits are visible in the repository history and your email is verified and matched, the underlying data is intact.

A few things worth confirming on your end:

1. Timezone mismatch — GitHub counts contributions based on UTC. If your local timezone is ahead of UTC, commits made after midnight local time may appear on a different day in the graph.
2. Cache — Try a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R / Cmd+Shift+R) or open your profile in an incognito window to rule out browser caching.
3. Private contributions — If the repository is private, make sure "Show private contributions" is enabled in your profile settings.

If the graph still doesn't update after 24 hours, that would be worth escalating for a manual index check on your account.

Hope this helps — let us know if the issue persists!

Every reason your contribution graph might not show commits (checked in order)

This is one of the most common GitHub questions. Here is a complete diagnostic checklist:

1. UTC timezone cutoff (most likely)

GitHub counts contributions in UTC, not your local timezone. Commits made at 11pm local but 2am UTC count for the next day. Check actual UTC timestamps:

git log --pretty=format:"%h %ad" --date=iso -10

2. Email mismatch (very common)

The email in git config user.email must match one of your verified GitHub emails exactly — case-sensitive, no typos.

git config user.email
# Compare with: https://github.com/settings/emails

Also verify the actual commits have this email:

git log --pretty=format:"%h %ae %an" -5

If old commits used a different email, they will not count retroactively.

3. Must be on the default branch (or merged via PR)

Only commits on the repo default branch count. Feature branch commits do NOT count until merged. Commit directly to main/master or merge a PR.

4. Forked repos do not count

Working in your own fork does not light up the graph. Only commits to the source repo (or an upstream PR that gets merged) count.

5. Private contributions hidden

Profile → Contribution settings → enable "Include private contributions". Private repo commits are hidden by default on your public graph.

6. Cache/indexing delay

GitHub can take up to 24 hours to reindex the contribution graph. If nothing else is wrong, just wait.

Verify

Go to https://github.com/<username>?tab=overview&from=YYYY-MM-DD for the daily breakdown — this shows whether GitHub sees your commits at all. If they appear there but not on the graph, it is a caching issue.