User name coming different when deploying through github action

[Gaurav1235]

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When deploying on vercel through github cicd, its showing a different user-name than my github username, i connected my github repo to vercel, I guess the issue is my laptop is second hand, it might be the previous person github username, but why it is using that to deploy my app on vercel and how it is using that? I am committing the code and it should use my github username ot deploy on vercel, right?

[jgschmitz]

1. Go to https://vercel.com/dashboard:

Open your project.

Go to Settings → Git.

Make sure your GitHub account is linked, and the repo is listed under your GitHub identity.

If it’s linked to someone else’s GitHub (like irfan-ansari-au28), remove the integration and re-link using your GitHub account.

2. Check Your Local Git Config (just in case)
   Open terminal and run:

git config --global user.name
git config --global user.email

Make sure it matches your GitHub identity. If it’s still the old user's info:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

3. Reinstall Vercel CLI (optional but useful)

If you’re using the CLI, it may still be logged into the old user's account:

vercel logout
vercel login

Make sure to login with your GitHub email when prompted.

[Gaurav1235]

Yes I did relink the github, its very unusual that it links to my github and yet it shows "irfan-ansari-au28" as createdBy. Followed all the steps above, its uses my github and commits and yet it shows the "irfan-ansari-au28" to must have access to vercel to deploy. The issue still persists, but Now I am directly deploying to vercel instead of vercel deploying it for me. Basically I am not connecting my github to vercel via the dashboard but instead using vercel token in github action to deploy on vercel directly.

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