We lost 3800 stars on Github in 1 click 😭

A team experienced a significant issue when they accidentally leaked an API key in a Git commit and temporarily switched their GitHub repository from public to private to address the problem. This action resulted in the loss of their repository's stars and forks upon reverting it to public, leading to an appeal for community support and intervention from GitHub. Despite initial challenges in getting a response from GitHub, the team received overwhelming support from the community, nearly regaining their previous star count. GitHub is now aware of the incident and appears to be making efforts to resolve the situation, while the team encourages others to avoid making a similar mistake.