User could not be added

[Yggdrasills]

Hello. Please tell me why I can not add a user to a private repository? The user is displayed in the list of found users, but after an attempt is made to invite, the page is refreshed and an User could not be added error appears

[fadyat]

Any screenshots?

Go to Settings > Collaborators and select a user.
They will receive an invitation and can accept or decline it.

It's always works fine for me.

[Yggdrasills]

Any new user can be added to the repository without problems. But there is one account that I can only invite to the public repository. If it is private, then an error is shown. Also, if you open a repository, add a user and then close it, the user does not see this repository

[m-hugo]

Github users from US-sanctioned regions cannot interact in any way with private repositories

[tonybirol]

Just had this weird issue today, there's no way that this is the reason and answer why I can't add a collab into a private repo. In case this is the answer, why?

[goldic342]

that's ugly

[LEBEST0]

J'ai le même problème actu

[Vaserrrz]

how can this be fixed? I mean can GitHub revoke the sanction?

[mhamidjamil]

why is this shit mentioned as an answer it's not the answer everyone here is looking for just because of this uncomplete answer the support show us this shit, i'm trying to add my class fellow as a collaborator but i also get the same error but the key point is my account was deleted by the GitHub for more then 5 months and i got it back last week after the recovery (thanks to GitHub support not for replying my mails after 5 months but to recover this account) I'm unable to perform some actions but before my account was deleted i have added 3 collaborators (my class fellows on the same repo)

[randevb]

I am from sri lanka, but I am unable to add another user from sri lanka. why is that?
I checked moments ago, Sri Lanka is not sanctioned by US

[kclubdigital]

Hello support. I am based out of Indonesia but is a holder of Australian passport, I have a repository which I am inviting my collaborator also from Australia, and also other countries like Indonesia, from last week I am not able to add any collaborators to my repository on multiple accounts. Every time I am adding user either via the username or email, the result is "User could not be added" error is posted. Can you please let me know how I can resolve this ongoing issue.

[fundly-tech]

I am facing same issue. I am from India and collaborators invited by me are in India. Every time, I am getting same message "User can not be added". Why?

[queenofcorgis]

We’re glad you could get this solved and we want to make sure others can do the same so we’ve reopened this discussion for better discoverability for our members.

[a7iiid]

I am facing the same issue. I am from Palestine, and collaborators invited by me are in Palestine. Every time, I am getting the same message: "User cannot be added.". Why?

[gamtroller1]

It's happening to me too.

[ChetanReddyC]

the same problem ive even tried as private and public repos but it isn't working still the same error , if any one got a solution for this situation iam requesting to share it

-thanks in advance.

[SepidehDastoorani]

I have the same problem, and I can't add my professor to the project!!!

[abhishekraaut]

please give solution, After I created a Repository on Github and tried to invite collaborators, I am shown the message 'User could not be added'.

[SmartekIbero]

I have the same problem. Any idea how to solve it??

[lmolinario]

I have the same problem too.

[sekeiryuutei]

Hola, tengo el mismo problema, como pudieron resolverlo?

[krinya]

Having the same issue, it isn't very pleasant. Not able to work...

[aqdas-united]

Having the same issue, Please help me resolving this issue

[M-125]

same issue with a guy from germany

[Adatasol-Inc]

There doesn't appear to be any answers to this yet - the accepted answer does not seem to be valid for all situations, as many here have said.

I'm in the US trying to invite somebody else from the US to my Private Project (free tier Github).