You can no longer browse open source code on GitHub without logging in first
github.comComments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43936992.
(Most probably the flags on the current submission were because the title was editorialized - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)
The headline reads as if this is intended behaviour but it's clearly a bug (and it doesn't even occur when I try)
Misleading headline? It links to an unresolved GH issue, so no evidence that there is an actual change of policy (rather than, let’s say, a bug, or a temporary hiccup)
There is nothing worse than some Muppet who finds what's probably almost certainly a mistake or config error and then posts alarmist and "This is now a fact" posts.
Post it like "I don't seem to be able to view unless I login" or "Does anyone else find that they need to login" not as a statement of fact.
> There is nothing worse than some Muppet who finds what's probably almost certainly a mistake
Aged like milk within minutes
https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-08-updated-rate-limits...
Ok, not a mistake, rate limits.
Still an A-Grade Muppet headline, because you very clearly can still browse code when you're not logged in.
Aged like wine now you've posted that.
> you very clearly can still browse code when you're not logged in
Linked issue clearly demonstrates otherwise.
Even GitHub have said it was a bug.
https://github.com/community/community/discussions/159123#di...
How's ya milk?