Cannot remove orphaned GitHub repository

[geoffbon]

System Health details

System Information

version	core-2025.12.3
installation_type	Home Assistant OS
dev	false
hassio	true
docker	true
container_arch	amd64
user	root
virtualenv	false
python_version	3.13.9
os_name	Linux
os_version	6.12.51-haos
arch	x86_64
timezone	America/New_York
config_dir	/config

Home Assistant Community Store

GitHub API	ok
GitHub Content	ok
GitHub Web	ok
HACS Data	ok
GitHub API Calls Remaining	5000
Installed Version	2.0.5
Stage	running
Available Repositories	2504
Downloaded Repositories	32

Home Assistant Cloud

logged_in	false
can_reach_cert_server	ok
can_reach_cloud_auth	ok
can_reach_cloud	ok

Home Assistant Supervisor

host_os	Home Assistant OS 16.3
update_channel	stable
supervisor_version	supervisor-2025.12.3
agent_version	1.7.2
docker_version	28.3.3
disk_total	78.0 GB
disk_used	54.5 GB
nameservers	10.0.0.2
healthy	true
supported	true
host_connectivity	true
supervisor_connectivity	true
ntp_synchronized	true
virtualization	kvm
board	ova
supervisor_api	ok
version_api	ok
installed_addons	Samba share (12.5.4), HassOS SSH port 22222 Configurator (0.9.3), File editor (5.8.0), TimescaleDB (5.4.2), ESPHome Device Builder (2025.12.0), Samba Backup (5.2.0), Piper (2.1.1), Whisper (3.0.1), Matter Server (8.1.1), Advanced SSH & Web Terminal (22.0.3), pgAdmin4 (4.0.0), Z-Wave JS UI (6.1.0), Studio Code Server (6.0.1), Grafana (12.1.0), Zigbee2MQTT (2.7.1-1), Mosquitto broker (6.5.2)

Dashboards

dashboards	4
resources	18
views	11
mode	storage

Network Configuration

adapters	lo (disabled), enp6s18 (enabled, default, auto), docker0 (disabled), hassio (disabled), veth743e8e5 (disabled), veth6ed4c78 (disabled), vethed45531 (disabled), veth6f69ba7 (disabled), veth267f5d0 (disabled), vethfa36be0 (disabled), vetha6a66ca (disabled), vetha271fc2 (disabled), vethb23e59e (disabled), veth5170f0d (disabled), vethdd95f88 (disabled), veth376fdc1 (disabled), veth4946399 (disabled), veth7f8b338 (disabled), vethcaf242e (disabled)
ipv4_addresses	lo (127.0.0.1/8), enp6s18 (10.0.0.59/8), docker0 (172.30.232.1/23), hassio (172.30.32.1/23), veth743e8e5 (), veth6ed4c78 (), vethed45531 (), veth6f69ba7 (), veth267f5d0 (), vethfa36be0 (), vetha6a66ca (), vetha271fc2 (), vethb23e59e (), veth5170f0d (), vethdd95f88 (), veth376fdc1 (), veth4946399 (), veth7f8b338 (), vethcaf242e ()
ipv6_addresses	lo (::1/128), enp6s18 (fe80::a32e:a077:a7ea:16d8/64), docker0 (fe80::b09a:c1ff:fe31:d726/64), hassio (fe80::9405:5bff:fe4f:54be/64), veth743e8e5 (fe80::9857:86ff:fe08:4efa/64), veth6ed4c78 (fe80::e02c:8bff:fe3e:6e08/64), vethed45531 (fe80::466:86ff:fe8a:4734/64), veth6f69ba7 (fe80::54ed:16ff:fe67:47c4/64), veth267f5d0 (fe80::7c4e:47ff:fe9e:f987/64), vethfa36be0 (fe80::c434:8dff:fe5a:bf7f/64), vetha6a66ca (fe80::7838:19ff:fe2f:7a08/64), vetha271fc2 (fe80::b8f6:50ff:fe98:4455/64), vethb23e59e (fe80::805b:12ff:fe94:eb8b/64), veth5170f0d (fe80::506f:10ff:fe9f:f817/64), vethdd95f88 (fe80::5c26:c5ff:fe47:905b/64), veth376fdc1 (fe80::4091:6eff:fe00:dc96/64), veth4946399 (fe80::804d:1bff:fef8:ec0c/64), veth7f8b338 (fe80::4447:3dff:fe7f:8246/64), vethcaf242e (fe80::54ef:5eff:feb8:a6a1/64)
announce_addresses	10.0.0.59, fe80::a32e:a077:a7ea:16d8

Recorder

oldest_recorder_run	October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
current_recorder_run	December 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
estimated_db_size	8388.75 MiB
database_engine	postgresql
database_version	17.6

Checklist

• I'm running the newest version of HACS https://github.com/hacs/integration/releases/latest
• I have enabled debug logging for my installation.
• I have filled out the issue template to the best of my ability.
• I have read https://hacs.xyz/docs/help/issues/
• This issue is related to the backend (integration part) of HACS.
• This issue only contains 1 issue (if you have multiple issues, open one issue for each issue).
• This is a bug and not a feature request.
• This issue is not a duplicate issue of currently open or issues pending release.

Describe the issue

I have a theme installed that uses a repository that no longer exists (gives a 404 if you try to visit the URL).
If I try to remove it by going to HACS > overflow (⋮) menu > Remove, I get a confirmation dialog; clicking 'REMOVE' appears to do nothing and the dialog stays up.
For reference, the repo link is this.

This is all kicked off with a warning, which surfaces in the repair list:

2025-12-17 15:13:57.930 WARNING (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] You have 'hekm77/reeder_dark_theme' installed with HACS this repository has been removed from HACS, please consider removing it. Removal reason (Repository has been deleted.)

At which point I try to remove it. After that, the relevant log sequence appears to be:

2025-12-17 15:15:53.490 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Getting repository information
2025-12-17 15:15:53.847 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> GitHub returned 404 for https://api.github.com/repos/hekm77/reeder_dark_theme
2025-12-17 15:15:53.938 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Running checks against main
2025-12-17 15:15:53.939 INFO (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Removing
2025-12-17 15:15:53.940 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Path /config/themes/ is blocked from removal
2025-12-17 15:15:53.940 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection] [139957256497216] Error handling message: Unknown error (unknown_error) Geoff from 10.0.0.1 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Safari/537.36)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/decorators.py", line 28, in _handle_async_response
    await func(hass, connection, msg)
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/websocket/repository.py", line 268, in hacs_repository_remove
    await repository.uninstall()
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py", line 762, in uninstall
    raise HacsException("Could not uninstall")
custom_components.hacs.exceptions.HacsException: Could not uninstall

Possibly related is #2478 which fixes issue #2470.

Reproduction steps

1. Go to HACS
2. In the overflow (⋮) menu next to a repo which no longer exists in GitHub (i.e. it 404s when opened), select Remove
3. Confirmation dialog appears, click REMOVE
4. Note that confirmation dialog is still present after operation appears to complete
5. Note that repo is still present

Debug logs

2025-12-17 15:15:53.490 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Getting repository information
2025-12-17 15:15:53.847 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> GitHub returned 404 for https://api.github.com/repos/hekm77/reeder_dark_theme
2025-12-17 15:15:53.938 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Running checks against main
2025-12-17 15:15:53.939 INFO (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Removing
2025-12-17 15:15:53.940 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.hacs] <Theme hekm77/reeder_dark_theme> Path /config/themes/ is blocked from removal
2025-12-17 15:15:53.940 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection] [139957256497216] Error handling message: Unknown error (unknown_error) Geoff from 10.0.0.1 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Safari/537.36)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/decorators.py", line 28, in _handle_async_response
    await func(hass, connection, msg)
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/websocket/repository.py", line 268, in hacs_repository_remove
    await repository.uninstall()
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py", line 762, in uninstall
    raise HacsException("Could not uninstall")
custom_components.hacs.exceptions.HacsException: Could not uninstall

Diagnostics dump

config_entry-hacs-aeb2c99808593be603269df091c7ebc8.json

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[hawkeye100]

I have been experiencing this also. Tried requesting the removal of the repository but it does not exist to be removed (request was closed) - it gives 404 error.

Details are here (in HA forum)

Have upgraded HA core to latest (2025.12.5) and no change.