Reporting abuse or spam

Owners, collaborators, prior contributors, and people with write access can report issues, pull requests, and comments on issues, pull requests, and commits in public repositories. For repositories owned by an organization, members and outside collaborators can also report issues, pull requests, or comments in public repositories. Anyone can report apps in GitHub Marketplace.

In this guide

• Reporting a user
• Reporting an issue or pull request
• Reporting a comment
• Reporting an app in GitHub Marketplace

Reporting a user

1. Visit the user's profile page.

2. In the left sidebar, under the user's profile picture, click Block or report user.

   

3. Click Report abuse.

   

4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support about the user's behavior, then click Send request.

Reporting an issue or pull request

1. Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report.

2. In the upper-right corner of the issue or pull request, click , then click Report abuse.

   

3. On the "Report content" page, under "Name," type your name.

   

4. Use the "Email" drop-down menu, and select the email address you'd like GitHub to contact.

   

5. Use the "Choose a reason for reporting this content" drop-down menu, and select a reason for reporting the issue or pull request.

   

6. Type as much detail as possible about the user or behavior you're reporting.

   

7. Click Send request.

Reporting a comment

1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.

2. In the upper-right corner of the comment, click , then click Report abuse.

   

3. On the "Report content" page, under "Name," type your name.

   

4. Use the "Email" drop-down menu, and select the email address you'd like GitHub to contact.

   

5. Use the "Choose a reason for reporting this content" drop-down menu, and select a reason for reporting the issue or pull request.

   

6. Type as much detail as possible about the user or behavior you're reporting.

   

7. Click Send request.

Reporting an app in GitHub Marketplace

1. At the top of any page, click Marketplace.

   

2. Browse to the app you'd like to report.

3. In the left sidebar, under the "Developer links" section, click Report abuse.

   

4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support about the app's behavior, then click Send request.

Further reading

• "Setting up your project for healthy contributions"

• "Using templates to encourage high-quality issues and pull requests in your repository"

• "Managing disruptive comments"

• "Encouraging positive contributions in your organization"

• "Encouraging positive contributions to your project"

• "Limiting interactions with your repository"

• "Tracking changes in a comment"