Vercel deployment blocked (initial deployment was OK)

Thank you. This is the solution! My issue has been resolved.

For everyone having the “build blocked” issue, follow these steps:

In your CLI terminal run these commands to see what your current settings are:

  • git config --global user.email
  • git config --global user.name

If the output isn’t matching your GitHub settings (check your account), change it by running these (!!!Replace the email/name with your GitHub email and name!!!) :

  • git config --global user.email “your@example.com
  • git config --global user.name “Your Name”

NOTE:
You didn’t do anything to cause this issue. Most likely Vercel made an update to enforce GitHub verification. This explains why all of sudden so many people are having the same issue.