Vercel deployment blocked because commit author does not have contributing access on Hobby plan

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I’m unable to deploy my project and getting this error:

The Deployment was blocked because the commit author does not have contributing access to the project on Vercel. Hobby teams do not support collaboration. Please upgrade to Pro to add team members.

Problem

I’m the only team member, but Vercel is treating my GitHub account as a separate user and asking me to upgrade to Pro.

My Setup

  • Hobby plan
  • Only 1 team member (me)
  • GitHub account is connected under Login Connections
  • My email is associated with my Vercel account
  • Commits are authored by the same GitHub account that’s connected

What I’ve Tried

  1. Verified GitHub is connected in Login Connections
  2. Confirmed email matches between Git commits and Vercel account
  3. Disconnected and reconnected the Git repository
  4. Deployed via Vercel CLI
  5. Tried switching between Personal Account and Team

None of these resolved the issue. It seems like a sync issue where Vercel isn’t recognizing that my GitHub identity and Vercel account are the same person.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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