I’m getting this error while trying to deploy one of the projects of my company inside of Digital Ocean. I’m using App Platform. I’m the owner the Organization at Github, I’ve gave all the access to Digital Ocean and still facing the same Issue.
I’ve also tried to deploy projects from outside of the organization in case being inside of the org may be the cause of the error, but still seeing the same notification.
Has anyone faced something like this and can help ?
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Hi there,
This sounds like DigitalOcean-side permissions, not a GitHub org ownership problem.
A couple of things to check:
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DigitalOcean team role / custom role If your DigitalOcean account is part of a Team, your role might not have permission to create or manage App Platform apps (even if you can see them). Have whoever manages the DigitalOcean Team check your role and permissions. (DigitalOcean Docs)
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GitHub App install scope Make sure the DigitalOcean GitHub App is actually installed for the repo you are deploying, and that it has access to that specific repository (it is easy to think it is “all repos” but it is not). DigitalOcean’s troubleshooting guide calls this out. (DigitalOcean Docs)
If both look correct and it still fails, I’d open a DigitalOcean support ticket and include the exact timestamp and app name. They can see which permission check is blocking the deploy.:
Heya, @016512ea60864da0867e5280f293de
Appart from what Bobby already mentioned. Check if the API token your GitHub Action is using. If it’s a read-only token or a “custom token” that doesn’t include App Platform (Apps) write permissions, DO will return “you don’t have permission to complete this action”. In your workflow, add a quick sanity check like doctl apps list (after doctl auth init). If that fails, it’s 100% the token. DO’s own docs for managing App Platform via doctl assume a token that can actually update apps.
Regards
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