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Hi GitHub Community 👋

Same here. I am @Kavi274, and the Pair Extraordinaire achievement has not been awarded to my GitHub profile, although other achievements such as Pull Shark, YOLO, Galaxy Brain, Starstruck, and Quickdraw have appeared normally.

I have tested co-authored commits in multiple public repositories. The Co-Authored-By trailers are correctly formatted, the pull requests were successfully merged, and GitHub displays both credited accounts on the commit pages.

1. Co-authored pull requests

Repository: [Kavi274/my-wiki-test](https://github.com/Kavi274/my-wiki-test)

• [PR #1 – Improve README documentation](Update README.md Kavi274/my-wiki-test#1) — Merged on October 28, 2026.
• [Commit 86487af](Kavi274/my-wiki-test@86487af) — GitHub displays Kavi274 and Thaara-2003 as co-authors.
• [Commit 4dfce76](Kavi274/my-wiki-test@4dfce76) — Co-authored commit with the same credited accounts.
• [Commit c549926](Kavi274/my-wiki-test@c549926) — Another co-authored commit.

2. Fork-based pull request

Repository: [Kavi274/my-wiki-test](https://github.com/Kavi274/my-wiki-test)

• [PR #2 – Add project overview to README](Add project overview to README Kavi274/my-wiki-test#2) — Merged on October 28, 2026.
• Created a fork under Thaara-2003.
• Committed README documentation changes through the fork.
• Opened a pull request to Kavi274/main.
• Resolved a merge conflict and successfully merged the PR.
• Merge commit: [73d9466](https://github.com/Kavi274/my-wiki-test/commit/73d9466).

3. Earlier co-authored pull request

Repository: [Kavi274/dp800-study-app](https://github.com/Kavi274/dp800-study-app)

• [PR #3](w Kavi274/dp800-study-app#3) — Merged on October 6, 2026.
• [Commit 5941169](Kavi274/dp800-study-app@5941169) — GitHub displays Kavi274 and fenrir2608 as credited authors.
• fenrir2608 is a different person's GitHub account.
• The co-author attribution was added manually; the credited person did not actually contribute to the changes.
• The repository collaborator invitation remains pending.

4. Achievement status

• Pair Extraordinaire: Not awarded as of October 28, 2026.
• Other GitHub achievements: Appearing normally.
• Show Achievements on my profile: Enabled.
• GitHub Support: Previously contacted, but I was directed toward Community Discussions and documentation.

Questions

1. Is there a currently known issue affecting Pair Extraordinaire achievement processing?
2. Does GitHub require evidence of actual collaborative work beyond a correctly attributed co-authored commit?
3. Does a pending collaborator invitation affect eligibility, or is collaborator access unrelated?
4. Is there an expected processing delay after a qualifying pull request is merged?
5. Is there an official way to verify whether a particular merged pull request qualifies?

I understand that a co-author trailer alone does not prove genuine collaboration. I would appreciate clarification about the eligibility requirements and whether there is a known achievement-processing issue.

Thank you!