New GitHub repositories block LinkedIn url scrapes

[jameslazo]

Issue Resolved

Issue Summary

Recent repositories in GitHub are failing the LinkedIn link validation and cannot be added to LinkedIn profiles as a result.

Issue Details

From one's LinkedIn profile, attempting to add a newer repository throws the error message "Sorry, we were unable to retrieve information about your link. Please try another link."

LinkedIn provides a link inspector and the result of inspecting newer repositories by any owner is the message "We did not re-scrape https://github.com/[owner]/[repository] because the URL or one of its redirects is blocked."

OpenGraph Requirements

Per LinkedIn Support feedback, sites shared on LinkedIn profiles should follow OpenGraph requirements. To that end, I have created and added a custom image based on the Social preview template under the repo settings, which did not work.

I have also uploaded the OpenGraph image of the repository from https://opengraph.githubassets.com/[hash-or-version]/[owner]/[repo] to the Social preview setting, which also did not work.

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[Sk-Azraf-Sami]

I face the same problem actually. I already contact with Linkedin support center but don't get any solution from them.

[ceasarattar]

I am having the same issue as well

[Kaizokugari1992]

Same issue here

[Raad2004]

Please fix!!

[Kurokosama]

Same issue here, please fix it.

[tawhidmonowar]

Same issue

[AryanK1511]

+1

[arturfse]

Same

[jaredr-branscum]

+1

[Gabri177]

same problem

[Andres-Borges]

I'm facing the same issue; thank you for bringing this to Git Hub; thought I was the only one!
Hopefully, this gets fixed relatively soon

[khaykingleb]

I'm experiencing identical issues with LinkedIn URL scraping on my personal website (and it used to work), so this is likely a LinkedIn-side problem rather than specific to GitHub

[YousafImtiaz]

I'm also having this issue

[andrii-zhygalko]

I’m experiencing the same issue when trying to add a repository link (created 30 days ago) to a LinkedIn project (Add media > Add a link).

While the error mentioned by @jameslazo appears, I also see the following error in the browser console:

"The following errors occurred: (400 statusCode) for Ingestion Task failed for URL at contentcreationDashExternalUrlPreviewByUrl"

It seems that LinkedIn is failing to fetch and process metadata from the GitHub repository, but I can't determine the exact cause. When testing the social media preview by sharing the repo link elsewhere, it works fine, and the image appears. However, LinkedIn still fails to parse the URL.

[jameslazo]

The odd thing is that older repositories can still be added to one's LinkedIn profile, which suggests there is some kind of change or update to the OpenGraph image generation on GitHub's side.

[Rayden98]

Same problem here!

[the-corg]

I seem to be facing exactly the same issue.

[Sivasuthan9]

Same here for me (from Sri Lanka), And Verification is also not available

[YousafImtiaz]

I contacted LinkedIn support and they said they are aware of the issue. might just have to wait it out

[JORGEBAYUELO]

Facing the same issue here!

[oHastee]

Same issue here

[Sk-Azraf-Sami]

Guys, problem may be solved, I can add my GitHub link to the project section and as well as to the featured section of LinkedIn now.

[Kaizokugari1992]

Can confirm, problem on my end is solved.

[AryanK1511]

Yep! My problem was solved as well

[Sivasuthan9]

Yeah, It's solved

[Andres-Borges]

Problem solved on my end! Thanks to everyone involved

[Rouli-M]

Encountering the same issue, but with github.io url...
Edit: unrelated issue, fixed it by implementing open graph to my pages website

[robertmorelli]

same issue