How to claim your Hacktoberfest completion badge

Update 12/4

We identified the root cause of the unexpected error messages and released a fix for it on 12/3 (PR #11735).

Badge Awarding Might Not Be Instant: Subscribing here is the first step where we get your consent to check your completion status with the team from DigitalOcean. We anticipate awarding badges within 1-2 business days from receiving your subscription below.

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As you might already know, if you participated in the Hacktoberfest challenge, you are eligible to receive a limited-edition completion badge on your DEV profile ✨

We know how hard you’ve worked to earn this important badge of recognition, and we appreciate your patience as we worked with DigitalOcean to arrive at the most secure way to collect the info we need to award these badges.

Here’s how to claim your official Hacktoberfest completion badge

For existing DEV members

1. Ensure that the GitHub account you used for Hacktoberfest matches the GitHub account associated with your DEV profile (you can confirm this at /settings/account )
2. Read our terms for claiming your badge below
3. Opt-in for your badge by clicking SUBSCRIBE below.
4. Keep an eye on your inbox and DEV profile to see your awarded Hacktoberfest completion profile badge

For new DEV members

1. Sign up for a profile at dev.to/enter using the same GitHub account you used to participate in Hacktoberfest
2. Read our terms for claiming your badge below
3. Opt-in for your badge by clicking SUBSCRIBE below.
4. Keep an eye on your inbox and DEV profile to see your awarded Hacktoberfest completion profile badge.

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Comments

[Peter Witham]

So if my username on GitHub is grfxguru and my username on dev.to is peterwitham, I interpret the instructions to say it won't work?

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi @peterwitham ! What's important here is the account associated with your GitHub and DEV profile. You'll want this to match. We've adjusted the language above to make this a bit more clear and provide the path to check before clicking SUBSCRIBE

[Peter Witham]

Thanks Gracie, that helps make it clearer. I appreciate the response.

[Valeria]

Internal Server Error :-)

[Shubhank Chandak]

Same :(

[M A Nakib]

same problem

[Guryash Singh]

Made with love and Ruby on Rails. DEV Community. Wanna change this to NodeJS. (^_^*)

[Valeria]

Update: Just got the badge

[git-aryan]

Why is it saying unprocessable entity when I clicked subscribe?

[Jethet]

Same here ....

[Guryash Singh]

Try refreshing and trying again!

[Kwame Violet Taylor]

Thanks, that worked for me!

[Rahul Sain]

Same

[Josep Lladonosa]

A refresh did the trick... but maybe you'd like to submit a patch to solve this? #lol
#takecare!

[git-aryan]

Yeah that worked. Thank you!

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Thanks — I've surfaced this to the rest of our team for a fix.

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Rutuja Kawade]

When I click subscribe, it's showing me unprossable entity, there's some error. Please fix it soon.

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Working on this! Thanks.

[Guryash Singh]

It says You are already subscribed.. But I cannot see my badge yet. -_-

[Ayush das]

Same here!

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[jitusharma20]

Same issue with me also.

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi there!

This is expected. Badges will not be awarded instantly.

We are in the process of generating the GitHub usernames of "subscribers" to this post, which we'll use to cross-reference against the verified "finisher" list with DigitalOcean. We will award all badges within 1-2 business days (usually sooner) after receiving your subscription.

Thank you so much for your patience!

[Guryash Singh]

Thanks!

[Tannu Priya]

Have u got tee from hacktoberfest.?

[Shivam Shekhar]

Not yet

[Shivam Shekhar]

have you?

[Tannu Priya]

Have u subscribed for the badge?

[Tannu Priya]

No....

[Shivam Shekhar]

yep!

[Shivam Shekhar]

Yep!

[Tannu Priya]

How?

[Shivam Shekhar]

In discussion forum there is button on right side upper plz hit that!

[Shivam Shekhar]

dev.to/devteam/how-to-claim-your-h...
plz follow this link

[Tannu Priya]

Yeah!! Then

[Shivam Shekhar]

Yep!

[Altamas Khan]

ok
thanks

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Dimuthu Lakshan]

I am Waiting

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[techyshiv]

I'm waiting

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[techyshiv]

Okk thanks

[npawankr1]

Can you explain how important is this badge for a digital ocean member.

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

This badge will appear right here on your DEV profile and signify to our community that folks have completed the challenge! It's limited edition and just some fun flair for your DEV account :)

[Varghese Jose]

l subscribed on dec 4 but badge is not showing..

[Ashish2194]

Hi Gracie,

Its been 3 months and I have still not received my swag. Contacted DHL tracker and they said that hacktober team has to raise track and trace request. I am from India and status has not been updated since November 13th 2020. Please help. Kotis design is not helping me in any way!!!

Regards,
Ashish

[Grover Limachi]

Same issue with me also.

[Pooja Gaur]

Hi Gracie,

I am from India, I didn't get the tracking ID yet. My friends from India have got the swags. When will I get my swags? I will get my swags or not? I have sent a mail to kotis design but they didn't respond back, what should I do?

[TanmaySandeepJadhav]

Hi Tanmay here,
I have still not received the swag, so I contact them on "[e-mail]" then they replied. And now I am getting my swag.

[JATIN]

Same here

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Nitin Dixit]

same here

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[dudeshreyu]

Yaa same problem with me also bro

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[raaahuuulll]

Where is this showing? I didn't understand where I need to subscribe.

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hey there. The subscribe button is embedded above in this post (underneath the text that reads I want my Hacktoberfest badge) — Once you subscribe, we'll work on awarding your badge

[Amandubey34]

Same happened with me bro

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Priyanshu]

Same here

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Priyanshu]

Thanks
You Guy's are so fast 😄

[Dimuthu Lakshan]

Same here Dear

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey, sorry for the confusion and inconvenience here — we’ve updated the main post to address the error that users have been experiencing. We can manually confirm that we have received your subscription.

[Suhara Vithanage]

same here

[Apurva Kansara]

Where we can see our badge

[David]

Takes a couple of hours, be patient 😉

[Kiran Kamalakar]

same here!!

[RAKESH SHAW]

me also getting the same msg.

[Nithish Pravin]

mate the staffs will review it and provide u the badge if they confirmed that u completed the fest

[AkashKumarYadav]

Hello @Guryash you have to wait for few days like 2-4 and you will get you badge if you have subscribed i got mine yesterday.

[Luke Switzer]

Give it time there’s so many. Mine took a day to show

[iambancho.logy]

same bro

[M A Nakib]

Its working now.

[Jesse Quijano]

"Subscriber has already been taken" - I am assuming this is bad?

[kartikeya649]

I didn't see my badge.Where I find it?

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi! We are in the process of generating the GitHub usernames of "subscribers" to this post and then will cross-reference with the official list of Hacktoberfest participants from DigitalOcean. Then, we will be able to award badges — so the awarding process is not instant. Thank you for your patience!

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi! We are in the process of generating the GitHub usernames of "subscribers" to this post and then will cross-reference with the official list of Hacktoberfest participants from DigitalOcean. Then, we will be able to award badges — so the awarding process is not instant. Thank you for your patience!

[Evil1411]

Refresh the page and try again for no errors

[prithvidiamond1]

Where do I see my badge? All it says is "I am subscribed to receive emails."

[ritvik-garg]

looks like scam2020.. xD

[Kushal Das]

haha!

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi! We are in the process of generating the GitHub usernames of "subscribers" to this post and then will cross-reference with the official list of Hacktoberfest participants from DigitalOcean. Then, we will be able to award badges — so the awarding process is not instant. Thank you for your patience!

[Vishal Gohel]

first, it said "internal server error". And then when I tried it the second time it said "Subscriber has already been taken"

[DhruvilSoni]

Yeah same issue

[Kushal Das]

Where is my badge?

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi! We are in the process of generating the GitHub usernames of "subscribers" to this post and then will cross-reference with the official list of Hacktoberfest participants from DigitalOcean. Then, we will be able to award badges — so the awarding process is not instant. Thank you for your patience!

[neelesh-biswas30]

I've clicked the subscribe button. What's next?

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

Hi! We are in the process of generating the GitHub usernames of "subscribers" to this post and then will cross-reference with the official list of Hacktoberfest participants from DigitalOcean. Then, we will be able to award badges — so the awarding process is not instant. Thank you for your patience!

[neelesh-biswas30]

Hey, I still didn't get, please let me know if issue is been cleared. Thank You in advance!

[neelesh-biswas30]

Hey, I still didn't get, please let me know if the issue is been cleared. Thank You in advance!

[Itsdudehere]

I didn't received my hactoberfest swag till now what can I do?

[Akash keshri]

Yaa...I'm also not received yet:)

[Kartik192192]

I'm also

[Radha]

you'll surely get bro :)
but since it is shipping from foreign and that too many and thats why it takes time. :)

[Kartik192192]

Ok I'm waiting

[Radha]

yupp me too :)

[Matt Cowley]

Hey Itsdudehere (and others),

If you have already ordered your swag, we are continuing to ship out the T-shirts over the next month, however, given the global health pandemic, this may take longer than expected. Please have patience in waiting for them to ship.

Once shipped, swag is expected to take 8 - 12 weeks, or more, to arrive given the current global health pandemic. No updates on the tracking link provided for long periods at a time is to be expected and is completely normal. We ask that you have patience in waiting for your swag to arrive.

Hope that helps, happy hacking!
- Matt, Community Platform Manager @ DigitalOcean.

[pradyumn sharma]

How can I track my badge

[Akash keshri]

Same problem bro:)

[Gracie Gregory (she/her)]

We don't have a way to track the awarding of your badge, but we will use this data to cross-reference with the list of official Hacktoberfest participants so we can award badges, so it's not an automatic process once you hit SUBSCRIBE — thanks for your patience!