GitHub is starting to lockdown some of the previously public data

Turns out GitHub quietly made the endpoint that fetches stargazers return an empty response.

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-30-upcoming-access-restrictions-to-public-api-endpoints-and-ui-views/

No email or any other warning was shared with developers.

Because we were overriding stargazers every time we fetch them, this resulted in wiping all the data that we have collected over the years.

In GitHub's own words, they are doing this to prevent "spam", but this is really just GitHub increasingly gatekeeping their data and community. Sadly, the platform that was built for open-source is no longer open.