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Failed to import assignment even it uses template repository as base repo #2536

Closed ngAtesz closed 4 years ago

ngAtesz commented 4 years ago

Describe the bug We have a classroom assignment which uses template base repository but multiple times our students can not start to work because of failing import. The import starts and after that it freezes without creating the repository. When I try to reset the import as an admin it freezes again without any further notification.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to https://classroom.github.com/a/hE-96ViY
  2. Click on Assign
  3. During the process it freezes and not finishing it.

If I cancel the process as an admin because of the freeze it only creates an empty repository without any content.

Expected behavior When a student accept an assignment the importer should clone the repository and import the content from the template repository to the newly created one. At least notify the user about the issue.

Additional context Previously the assignment was cloned by the source importer using a standard repository. It has produced the same error. After then I modified the base repo to template repository and set the assignment settings accordingly. Unfortunately the issue remained and it appears randomly to some students.

I tried out to accept the assignment with my github account (I'm an admin as well in the classroom). In this case the import was so successful that it created 2 repositories in on time to my account.

d12 commented 4 years ago

:wave @ngAtesz , thanks for the report! It seems the January flood of new users overwhelmed some of our infrastructure. We've increased our capacity and you shouldn't experience any more delays!