Account stuck in 'Spammy' limbo for 2 months - GitHub support is not responding

[maty7253]

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My friend's account has been in limbo for almost 2 months and GitHub support has gone silent.

Timeline (not very accurate):

• Oct 30: Account suspended for "suspicious login" (was just his VM where he was developing a kernel driver, or copilot VSC extension)
• 27 days: No response from support ticket #3871213
• Nov 24: Finally got response, reset password, account "reinstated"
• But account is NOT actually reinstated:
  • Has "Spammy" badge on profile
  • Returns 404 to other users (github.com/pilot2254)
  • Organization returns 404 (github.com/michal-flaska) - org where all of his learning projects are
  • GitHub Pages all broken
  • 1000+ contributions missing
  • Profile READMEs not displaying

Current situation:

• Nov 24: Reported these issues via ticket #3871213
• 16+ days: Complete silence from support
• Dec 7: Tried creating new ticket - blocked as "duplicate"
• Replied to existing ticket 3 days ago - still nothing

He's a 16-year-old student. His security log shows GitHub's own automated system deleted topics from his repositories (and likely the whole repos) after the suspension, not any attacker. He reported this and got ghosted.

The account can log in but is publicly suspended with a "Spammy" flag. It's been almost 2 months of this nightmare.

Has anyone else dealt with being stuck in "Spammy" status? How do you actually get GitHub support to respond after they partially reinstate an account but leave it broken?

Ticket: #3871213 - @pilot2254

[maty7253]

[pilot2254]

its back now.

[fahryfirdaus]

Why are u doing to get removed from "Spammy"?

[yohanfernando]

Hi, what did you do to get it reinstated? I am facing the same issue since this morning without any real way to get it unblocked.

[pilot2254]

@fahryfirdaus @yohanfernando

hi guys, sorry for late responses. the only thing i did was just contacting github support trough different accounts and posting this on twitter, reddit, etc. And i also escalated this to microsoft.

[hemanth55244]

Only GitHub Support can assist with account suspensions, spam flags, and account restoration issues. Community members and moderators do not have access to support tickets or account details. Please continue to work through your existing support ticket (#3871213). Creating additional tickets will typically be merged as duplicates and will not expedite the review process.

[pilot2254]

mate my problem is solved for half a year already... no need to farm discussion badges ahaha

[maty7253]

always the indians 💀😭🥀

[pilot2254]

yh even upvoted his own post bruh