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Connector Improvement: Github Connector - Auth using Github App

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Maegan Whytock User
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We’re looking for a non-user-tied way to authenticate Fivetran with Github. 

Right now both the OAuth and the PAT authentication methods are tied to a user. We’re wondering if the Github Connector can be improved to provide a Github App as an authentication method.

 

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  • Erin Fivetranner

    Hi Maegan - Thanks for submitting this request. We will be looking into this request as security for our connectors is always important.

  • Joshua Spiewak User

    This is crucial.

    GitHub Apps are not limited to the 5000/requests/hour but instead have a rate limit that scales with the size of the organization. Not to mention, by authenticating with an app instead of a user, the connector won't break if the employee leaves the company.

  • Frank Fivetranner

    Hi Maegan, 

    What is the main reason for utilizing non-user tied authentication? Is it purely to improve rate limits or are there other considerations?

    Thanks, 

    Frank

  • Sam Kessaram User

    Same here. Having auth tied to a specific user is a bit of a headache:

    • if they change teams or leave the company then we need to set up auth through somebody else, which is just kicking the can
    • we've seen issues where Fivetran --> GitHub API usage has negatively impacted said users by exceeding GitHub rate limits 
    • having a specific non-human GitHub Enterprise user for this connection is an extra cost for us that seems like it should be unnecessary
  • Austin Witt User

    Seconding Sam Kessaram's 3 points; #2 just happened to me yesterday!

    As a GitHub Administrator for my company, I set up the Fivetran GitHub Connector by OAuth'ing as my account. It used up all my personal rate limit and I was not able to use any other services that (Copilot, etc) that used the GitHub API.