Desktop app CI panel shows 'Install the GitHub App' despite app installed org-wide (repo transferred between owners)

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 10, 2026 by lucabhalla-vibecode

Environment: Claude Code desktop app, macOS (Apple Silicon).

Symptom: In the desktop app's CI monitoring panel on a PR, the 'Install the GitHub App to enable auto-fix and auto-merge' prompt always appears and both checkboxes (Auto-fix CI & address comments / Auto-merge when ready) are permanently greyed out.

Verified state on GitHub:

  • The Claude GitHub App IS installed on the organization that owns the repo (installed ~2 weeks ago)
  • Repository access is set to All repositories
  • Permissions show read/write to actions, checks, code, PRs, hooks, workflows
  • gh CLI is installed and authenticated (repo, workflow scopes); PR creation/merge from sessions works fine

Already tried, multiple times: full quit/restart of the desktop app; clicking the panel's own 'Install the GitHub App' link and completing the flow; reinstalling/reconfiguring the app on the org.

Possibly relevant: the repository was transferred from a personal account (lucabhalla-vibecode) into the organization (ascot-technologies). The local git remote still points to the old owner URL and relies on GitHub's redirect. Wondering if the install-detection looks up the app installation by the old/cached owner instead of following the transfer redirect.

Happy to provide logs if you tell me where to pull them from.

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