"Unread" item stucked

[cloudy-sfu]

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I have read all items in the inbox, but there is still one unread item.

It seems like an item from repository ycombbiinator/-co counts for that. However,

(1) I cannot recognize this user or repository;
(2) The user and repository are all deleted.

Now, the unread notification exists there forever, and I cannot remove it. How to fix?

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[cloudy-sfu]

Workaround solution:

1. Find a Ubuntu machine (remote or virtual).
2. Run the following command:

   curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
   echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install gh
   gh auth login
   

3. Answer the questions as follows:

   ? What account do you want to log into? GitHub.com
   ? What is your preferred protocol for Git operations? HTTPS
   ? How would you like to authenticate GitHub CLI? Paste an authentication token
   

4. In local machine, open a web browser and login GitHub account. Visit https://github.com/settings/tokens
5. Generate a "Tokens (classic)". Choose permissions: repo (all), workflow, read:org, notifications
6. In remote machine, paste the authentication token.
7. Run gh api notifications, find the notification about the problematic repository. Get "id" from the beginning of this item.
8. Run gh api --method PATCH notifications/threads/<id>.

[gameofdimension]

same issue

[corybrunson]

I had the same problem. I have no understanding of Ubuntu, so maybe i used it and maybe i didn't; i followed the general instructions in this blog post using homebrew (and then uninstalled GitHub CLI).

I'd be glad to know if there is likely to be some residue of this problem, and also whether the authentications i approved to get it done are moot now that the client in removed.

[gohoski]

It appears that it was an attempted phishing attack of some sort: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45355066

The issue, as well as the repo, got deleted, but the notification didn't remove itself. As a result, we all have that blue icon now.
@cloudy-sfu's workaround works for me on Windows—just install the GitHub CLI. But it would be much better if the GitHub Web interface automatically deleted notifications from deleted repos at the start.

[bharathnaik2k]

yes,i get this same issue

[TaleTN]

I have the same issue...

[gwynnbleiidd]

Just use simple CURL request)

curl --location 'https://api.github.com/notifications?per_page=50&all=false&participating=false'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{secretKey}}'
--header 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json'
--header 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28'

curl --location --request PATCH 'https://api.github.com/notifications/threads/{{id}}'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer Bearer {{secretKey}}'
--header 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json'
--header 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28'

[gohoski]

Nice solution without the CLI, thx!

[flyisland]

Same issue!