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H3n
25 Aug, 2026, 13:27

After upgrading to 1.9.6 i noticed that i cannot search for new repositories when trying to add new functions.

I removed the existing github connection via Settings -> Git configuration.

After that I tried to add the connection again. I can confirm the installation on github and get redirected to: /v1/vcs/github/callback?code.... with a 500 error.

Looking at the appwrite log i can see the following:

TypeScript
appwrite                            | http.request · 5.3ms · 6391691e
appwrite                            |
appwrite                            |   level              error
appwrite                            |   http.method        GET
appwrite                            |   http.path          /v1/vcs/github/callback
appwrite                            |   http.response.code 500
appwrite                            |
appwrite                            |   Ahc\Jwt\JWTException: Signing key cannot be empty
appwrite                            |     at /usr/src/code/vendor/adhocore/jwt/src/ValidatesJWT.php:34
appwrite                            |     at /usr/src/code/vendor/adhocore/jwt/src/JWT.php:89
appwrite                            |     at /usr/src/code/vendor/utopia-php/vcs/src/VCS/Adapter/Git/GitHub.php:634
appwrite                            |     at /usr/src/code/vendor/utopia-php/vcs/src/VCS/Adapter/Git/GitHub.php:75
appwrite                            |     ... 7 more
TL;DR
After updating to version 1.9.6, unable to add new repositories when trying to connect to GitHub. Encountered a 500 error during GitHub connection setup, with a log error indicating a JWT key issue. Discovered that during migration, a `\` was added to the private key variable causing the problem. Restoring the correct private key fixed the issue.
H3n
25 Aug, 2026, 13:41

I did a little bit more research: Looks like while upgrading the "_APP_VCS_GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY" variable gets changed. I restored the one from my backup and now it works again.

The different i notice: The modified one start with: _APP_VCS_GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\\nMIIE...

The working one starts with _APP_VCS_GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIE...

So somehow during migration the new \ got added

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