GitHub cannot search username in organization that have a lot of members

[ramazansancar]

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Currently, I can't search any username (including mine) in organization that have a lot of members.

For instance, in the EpicGames organization, it will show you no result if you search based on the username.

And if you force accessing via url with query param (https://github.com/orgs/EpicGames/people?query=ramazansancar), it will give you an "We couldn’t find any matching members." error/info message .

FYI, This issue actually have been reported isaacs/github#1623 (comment) and isaacs/github#1998 but there is no further bug fix.

Steps to Reproduce

• You must be logged in.
• Just access the EpicGames organization's poeple page.
• Search any member username, and get no response 😔
• Force access via url with query param (https://github.com/orgs/EpicGames/people?query=ramazansancar)
• Get your message "We couldn’t find any matching members."

[prajwalshettydev]

Issue still exists on sep-2023.

[ramazansancar]

Similar problem does not work in the user update area either.

When I try to check with my user ID, no data is returned.

[ekkx]

If your goal is to publicize in your profile that you're a member of the organization, you can use the rest API officially provided by GitHub 👇

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/orgs/members?apiVersion=2022-11-28#set-public-organization-membership-for-the-authenticated-user

Simply generate a personal access token from the settings tab (be sure to enable the members:write permission) and request the desired endpoint with it.

[ramazansancar]

Thanks. This solved my problem.

Since there is no authority for members:write, I created a short-term token and gave all the permissions. After the process was completed, I deleted the token. If there are people who want to do it, they can follow this path.

HTTP: 204 is success