Public Vercel deployment not returning stats cards

[sloweyyy]

Describe the bug

The public deployment of github-readme-stats (https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/) appears to be down / unreachable. The endpoint returns no response / times out / fails to render the stats card consistently.

Expected behavior

The endpoint should reliably generate and return the stats card image (or relevant card) when accessed.

Screenshots / Live demo link

— the result is a blank page / failed request / error instead of a valid card image.

Additional context

• The problem is not specific to a single GitHub username — multiple users report similar downtime or failure.
• The issue seems related to backend availability or rate-limiting on the public Vercel instance (as documented in the README). :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• Prior issues (#4662, #4658, #4665, etc.) show similar “service unavailable / internal error / bad gateway” symptoms.

[NEVARLeVrai]

seems that he paused his vercel plan or something ?

[8ctopus]

@sloweyyy That bug has already been reported here: https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats/issues/4658

[platojobs]

the result is a blank page / failed request / error instead of a valid card image.

[LoselSpt]

I heard there's a way to get the deployment working by creating your own API key on Vercel.