Cannot Assign Reviewers to Pull Request

[ScottFergusonONE]

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I have created a number of Pull Requests recently. I have tried going to the Reviewer section and clicking "Request" next to one of the suggested reviewers or searching for a team member and adding a check mark next to their name. In either case the reviewer is NOT assigned to the PR. Before a week or two ago, this was not an issue. Now I cannot add a reviewer to any PR I create. I have confirmed that my account has read access.

Anyone have this issue before?

[itsuko-nagai]

It could be something related to the necessary permissions or repository settings. You need write access to the repository to assign reviewers.
If you could check those and let me know, i'll be happy to help you out!

[DhareshP]

@ScottFergusonONE you need write access on the repo to assign reviewers

[sushanshetty1]

Yeah, this has happened to me before. It’s usually one of these:

1. You need write access to add reviewers — read access isn’t enough.
2. Your role or team might’ve changed, check if you're still a collaborator.
3. GitHub might be glitching, try another browser or use GitHub CLI.
4. Could also be branch protection rules blocking you.

Best bet : check your permissions first or ask a repo admin.

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