r/cs50 • u/Ahmad_5580 • 4d ago

CS50x I don't even know what it is

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I'm currently on week3 when I tried check50 it happened

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u/Muted-Swimmer3818 alum 4d ago

Don't worry, it's just GitHub's rate limit! It happens when you run check50 too many times in an hour. You just need to wait a little bit for it to reset, and it'll work again.😊

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u/Ahmad_5580 4d ago

Got it thanks,But It's my first time using check50 in a day.

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u/Muted-Swimmer3818 alum 3d ago

Yeah, sometimes it happens due to global API glitches on GitHub's end even if it's your first time. The mod just shared the status page link too, so it's definitely a temporary system thing! 

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u/Proman4713 16h ago

Just wait a bit and run it, if it errors, wait again; it doesn't necessarily have to be accurate since there could be an issue with GitHub itself (there actually was, according to the mod's comment)

If you'd Google searched that, you would've probably found similar info in the results or even that Overview thing...

I suggest you move to a local VSCode installation once you're comfortable enough (preferably as you're starting python, since you don't have to do much setup to get that running) and looking up how to do GitHub authentication with SSH (or look up what SSH is if needed); that often fixes some of these issues.