Something went wrong! file an issue at https://tiny.one/readme-stats Maximum retries exceeded Please add an env variable called PAT_1 with your github token in vercel

[faeztgh]

Describe the bug

Something went wrong! file an issue at https://tiny.one/readme-stats
Maximum retries exceeded Please add an env variable called PAT_1 with your github token in vercel

Expected behavior

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[ZainAmjad68]

getting the same issue:

[akinmustafa]

I did some research. Looks like there are 3 options to fix the issue.

- First Option
Deploying your own Vercel

- Second Option
Adding "sigma-five" inside the domain name so it resets the maximum retries.

For example, this gives error:

<a href=""> <img align="center" src="https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/top-langs/?username=YulietM&theme=react&line_height=40&hide=css"/> </a>

and code down below is the one with added "sigma-five" text, it fixes the issue.

<a href=""> <img align="center" src="https://github-readme-stats-sigma-five.vercel.app/api/top-langs/?username=YulietM&theme=react&line_height=40&hide=css"/> </a>

Even though the second option fixed the issue, it removes custom themes for some reason. So deploying your own Vercel might be a better option.

- Third Option
Wait for the developers to increase maximum retries amount.

[qwerty541]

@faeztgh @ZainAmjad68

This happens because our public instance is being rate-limited by underlying GitHub API (see #1471). As noticed @akinmustafa, you can deploy your own instance using your own GitHub API token in order to fix this or wait until the public instance is longer rate-limited.