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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I recently encountered this problem too and found a solution in another conversation:

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Thanks for sharing, Yedidya!

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Problem

Hello, I’m the creator of my project but for some reason under Project Settings > Project Members, I’m listed with the Project Role: Project Viewer. Each time I try to deploy, it asks me to upgrade to Pro because I can’t have multiple members in one project.

Current Behavior

I am receiving the following error during deployment:

Deployment Blocked: 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.

How can I fix this?

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Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing a “Deployment Blocked” error on my Hobby project and I’m looking for a way to resolve it.

The Error

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.

The Situation

  • I am the sole owner and only member of this project.
  • My Vercel account email is verified and set as Primary.
  • My local Git configuration (user.email) matches my Vercel account email exactly.
  • I’ve verified with git log that the commit author is indeed correct.

What I’ve Already Tried

  1. Confirmed that the email is identical on both GitHub and Vercel.
  2. Disconnected and reconnected the GitHub repository in the project settings.
  3. Attempted to transfer the project, but since it’s a Hobby plan, I’m stuck in the current “Hobby Team” scope.

It appears Vercel is misidentifying me as an external collaborator. Has anyone encountered this false positive before? Is there a way to fix this identity mismatch without upgrading to a Pro plan, given that I am the only person working on this project?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Hey! I moved your original posts to this thread. There’s a solution above someone else shared, can you take a look?

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hii,

i tried to relinked and still give me error on redploy.

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i just have 1 github account linked and its in this vercel account.

Thanks

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hii, any solution?

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Hey Croquete1, I don’t see any answers yet, so maybe this helps!

Looks like you’re on the Vercel Teams page and you’re the only owner with 2FA on. Since you only have one GitHub account, it’s probably not a team conflict. Most of the time, redeploy errors come from repo permissions or OAuth token issues.

Also, old build data can mess things up sometimes. Try hitting “Redeploy without cache” on the deployment page. If it still fails, take a close look at the deployment logs—they usually tell you if it’s a GitHub auth problem, a permission thing, or just a build failure.