Unable to add app - because forking this repo does not seem to work #3675

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1. probonopd commented on Feb 10, 2026

   

   probonopd

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   Now that is an interesting one. Right now I am clueless about the cause.
   Thanks for reporting.
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3. zugaldia commented on Mar 22, 2026

   

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   I just encountered the exact same problem.
4. zugaldia commented on Mar 22, 2026

   

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   I tried again to see if it was an intermittent issue, but I got the same error a few hours later. Looking at the Chrome Developer Console, these are the details I'm seeing:

   fetch-patch.ts:10 
    POST https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/new/master/data 422 (Unprocessable Content)
   o.cg.o.cg.fetch	@	fetch-patch.ts:10
   window.fetch	@	fetch-patch.ts:86
   s	@	verified-fetch.ts:30
   t	@	EditIssues.tsx:84
   s6	@	react-dom-client.production.js:12317
   (anonymous)	@	react-dom-client.production.js:12867
   tP	@	react-dom-client.production.js:1498
   un	@	react-dom-client.production.js:12455
   cd	@	react-dom-client.production.js:15306
   cc	@	react-dom-client.production.js:15274
   

   Opening the PR using the standard GitHub flow after manually forking does the trick.

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5. durandarthur commented on Nov 1, 2026

   

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   Same issue on Firefox.

   

   I noted that there's no payload in the "Request" tab. No clue if that's normal.
6. probonopd commented on Nov 2, 2026

   

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   All I can say is that we do get successful submissions, so some people seem to be able to fork this repository.
7. durandarthur commented on Nov 2, 2026

   

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   In the meantime, here's what I did with GitHub CLI:

   gh repo fork AppImage/appimage.github.io --clone=false
   
   base=$(gh api repos/[YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME]/appimage.github.io/git/ref/heads/master --jq .object.sha)
   
   gh api -X POST repos/[YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME]/appimage.github.io/git/refs -f ref=refs/heads/add-[YOUR_REPO_NAME] -f sha="$base"
   
   gh api -X PUT repos/[YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME]/appimage.github.io/contents/data/[YOUR_REPO_NAME] \
       -f message="Add [YOUR_REPO_NAME]" -f branch=add-[YOUR_REPO_NAME] \
       -f content="$(echo 'https://github.com/[YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME]/[YOUR_REPO_NAME]' | base64 -w0)"
   
   gh pr create --repo AppImage/appimage.github.io --base master --head [YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME]:add-[YOUR_REPO_NAME] --title "Add [YOUR_REPO_NAME]"

   Note: Depending on your shell you might have some syntax errors with the base variable, just check the specifics for your shell