# Unable to link CircleCI to GitHub Organization

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615>\
**Category:** Integrations and Accounts\
**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615 "2019-02-26T11:44:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dijitali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/dijitali/32/21063_2.png) [@dijitali](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/dijitali)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615/1 "2019-02-26T11:44:29Z")

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I’m attempting to link my GitHub Organization (I am the owner and currently the sole member) and create an orb namespace but am getting errors indicating insufficient permissions.

I am the sole organization owner/admin:

 ![03](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/8/588eec3cacbc070b5abd0dc6c936aa2c1b5b632b.png)

And CircleCI is granted GitHub Organization access:

 ![58](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/9/6/96eaf54058e98ba1c38a6f7acb1843a23c134fba.png)

And I have a single repo in the organization with a basic `echo Hello, world.` pipeline which executes fine in CircleCI:

 ![59](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/f/1/f1ba78b6837ad681b09b36c8a5276d6ab0a637fe.png)

But I get an error viewing contexts:

 ![00](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/c/7/c70632a77d7584e0aaf190995579ee71707a80b2.png)

Or trying to create an orb namespace:

```
$ circleci namespace create <my-gh-orb-ns> github <my-org>          
Error: Unable to find organization <my-org> of vcs-type GITHUB: Must have member permission.: the organization '<my-org>' under 'GITHUB' VCS-type does not exist. Did you misspell the organization or VCS?

```

I’ve tried recreating my CircleCI CLI API Token and logging out of [circleci.com](http://circleci.com) and clearing browser cache.

How can I establish what the problem is here?

NB: I have created a separate orb namespace (with a different name) for use with our Bitbucket organization without any problems:

```
circleci namespace create <my-bb-orb-ns> bitbucket <my-org>
Namespace `<my-bb-orb-ns>` created.
Please note that any orbs you publish in this namespace are open orbs and are world-readable.
```

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**Author:** ![dijitali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/dijitali/32/21063_2.png) [@dijitali](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/dijitali)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615/2 "2019-02-26T11:49:31Z")

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Potentially caused by [this incident](https://status.circleci.com/incidents/35lm3s47419n)?

> Investigating
> 
> We are investigating a problem that may cause GitHub checks to be processed slower than normal.
> 
> Posted 9 minutes ago. Feb 26, 2019 - 11:39 UTC

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**Author:** ![dijitali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/dijitali/32/21063_2.png) [@dijitali](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/dijitali)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615/3 "2019-02-26T11:54:52Z")

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The [plans page](https://circleci.com/account/plans) indicates that I am an admin of all the necessary organizations:

 ![19](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/1/e/1ed82fec1b18a5712cfec7459aec46e62c968aaf.png)

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**Author:** ![dijitali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/dijitali/32/21063_2.png) [@dijitali](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/dijitali)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615/4 "2019-02-26T12:22:10Z")

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Confirmed resolved at the same time as the [Slow to process GitHub checks](https://status.circleci.com/incidents/35lm3s47419n) incident was resolved. I assume this is all related.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-link-circleci-to-github-organization/28615/5 "2019-03-08T12:22:16Z")

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