GitHub Pages deployment times out after repository rename (build succeeds)

[jadexuan155229-dot]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Workflow Deployment

Discussion Details

Hello GitHub Support,

I am experiencing a persistent GitHub Pages deployment failure after renaming my repository.

Repository:
https://github.com/jadexuan155229-dot/eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki

Previous repository name: cangyun-wiki

New Pages URL:
https://jadexuan155229-dot.github.io/eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki/

Affected commit: e299379

Issue description

On 4 November 2026, I renamed my repository from cangyun-wiki to eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki and updated the Vite base path, package metadata, website URLs, and deployment-related references.

Before the rename, GitHub Pages deployments completed successfully, usually within approximately 30 seconds.

Since the rename, every deployment attempt has failed during the actions/deploy-pages@v4 step.

The build job consistently succeeds, including installation, Vite compilation, Pages configuration, and artifact upload. The deployment job successfully creates a Pages deployment but then repeatedly polls for its status without receiving a successful response.

After approximately 10 minutes, the job fails with:

Timeout reached, aborting!
Canceling Pages deployment...

Some attempts remain in updating_pages, while subsequent attempts return an empty status.

Steps already attempted

1. Retried the failed workflow.
2. Manually triggered a new workflow run on main.
3. Unpublished the existing GitHub Pages site.
4. Reconfigured GitHub Pages deployment settings and selected GitHub Actions as the publishing source.
5. Triggered another fresh deployment after reconfiguration.

All attempts produced the same timeout.

Relevant workflow runs

• Last successful deployment (It's not clear if a repo is a fork #34): https://github.com/jadexuan155229-dot/eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki/actions/runs/41910338770
• Failed deployment (UI issue when clicking on the "reaction" button #35): https://github.com/jadexuan155229-dot/eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki/actions/runs/41915474248
• Failed deployment (Possibility to "import" data from other forum platform? #36): https://github.com/jadexuan155229-dot/eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki/actions/runs/41920140605
• Failed deployment (#37): https://github.com/jadexuan155229-dot/eight-thousand-miles-away-wiki/actions/runs/41922540986

The new Pages URL has also served outdated HTML referencing assets that return 404 errors.

Request

Could you please investigate whether the repository rename has left the GitHub Pages site or deployment environment in an inconsistent state, or whether there is an issue with the Pages publishing backend?

I would appreciate guidance on restoring successful deployments without recreating the repository or losing its history.

Thank you for your assistance.

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