Repository invites don't work after changing the repository name

[davonja]

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I recently invited few people to my repository and in the meantime I changed the repository name and all of their invites didn't work(they all got a message that the repository was not found). Reporting this for potential bug fixes.

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[adhammenesy]

Hi,

Thanks for reporting this!

It seems that changing a repository name after sending invitations can invalidate the pending invites, which is why your collaborators received “repository not found” messages. This is expected behavior, as GitHub generates invite links based on the repository’s original URL.

Workarounds / Suggestions:

1. Resend Invitations after renaming the repository.
2. Inform collaborators that the repository URL has changed.

✅ TL;DR
Pending invitations break if a repository is renamed; resending the invites after renaming resolves the issue.