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Reporting abuse or spam

You can report behavior and content that violates community guidelines and terms.

Who can use this feature?

Owners, collaborators, prior contributors, and people with write access can report issues, pull requests, discussions, and comments on issues, pull requests, discussions, and commits. Anyone can report apps in GitHub Marketplace.

About reporting abuse or spam

GitHub provides a baseline code of conduct for everyone who uses GitHub.com. For more information, see "GitHub Terms of Service" and "GitHub Community Guidelines."

You can report users that have violated GitHub's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. You can also report issues, pull requests, or comments on issues, pull requests, and commits.

If reported content is enabled for a public repository, you can also report content directly to repository maintainers.

Reporting a user

  1. Visit the user's profile page.

  2. In the left sidebar, below the user's profile information, click Block or Report.

    Screenshot of the sidebar of a user's profile page. A link, labeled "Block or report", is outlined in dark orange.

  3. Click Report abuse.

  4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the user's behavior, then click Send request.

Reporting an issue or pull request

  1. Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the issue or pull request, click , then click Report content.

    Screenshot of an issue description. In the header, a kebab icon is outlined in dark orange.

  3. You may see options to Report to repository admins or Report abuse to GitHub Support. If not, skip to the next step.

    • To report the content to GitHub Support, click Report abuse to GitHub Support.
    • To report the content to repository maintainers, use the Choose a reason dropdown to select a reason, then click Report to repository admins. Your report has been submitted.
  4. Complete the "Report content" form, then click Send request.

Reporting a discussion

  1. Navigate to the discussion you'd like to report.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the discussion, click , then click Report content.

    Screenshot of a discussion. The option to report content in the kebab menu is outlined with dark orange.

  3. Select an email address and a category, then click Send request.

Reporting a comment

  1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the comment, click , then click Report content.

    Screenshot of a comment. In the header, a kebab icon is outlined in dark orange.

  3. You may see options to Report to repository admins or Report abuse to GitHub Support. If not, skip to the next step.

    • To report the content to GitHub Support, click Report abuse to GitHub Support.
    • To report the content to repository maintainers, use the Choose a reason dropdown to select a reason, then click Report to repository admins. Your report has been submitted.
  4. Complete the "Report content" form, then click Send request.

Reporting an app in GitHub Marketplace

  1. To open GitHub Marketplace, in the top-left corner of GitHub.com, select , then click Marketplace.

    Screenshot of the navigation bar on GitHub. The "Open global navigation menu" icon is outlined in dark orange.

    Note: This step refers to the new global navigation, which is currently in public beta and subject to change. For more information on the new global navigation and reverting to the old global navigation, see the GitHub Changelog.

  2. Browse to the app you'd like to report.

  3. In the left sidebar, under the "Developer links" section, click Report abuse.

    Screenshot of the sidebar of a GitHub Marketplace app. A link, labeled "Report abuse", is outlined in dark orange.

  4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the app's behavior, then click Send request.

  1. Navigate to the repository that contains the contact link you'd like to report.
  2. Under the repository name, click Issues.
  3. In the lower-right corner of the template chooser, click Report abuse.
  4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the contact link's behavior, then click Send request.

Notes:

  • In order to get accurate information about the abuse, the abuse report form will direct you to use the in-product abuse report links. If an in-product link is not available, contact us through the GitHub Support portal to report abuse or report content.
  • Users in India can contact GitHub's Grievance Officer for India through support.github.com/contact/india-grievance-officer.

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