Macro shows "This file is empty"

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What you are seeing

The macro shows "This file is empty".

#Why it happens

The file really is zero bytes or empty. This message is shown to every viewer, rather than a blank viewer or a stuck diagram skeleton.

#What to do

Check the file in GitHub. It is genuinely empty at the branch you configured.

#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Hide GitHub across the whole site

App property `capable-global-hidden-capabilities`, object name `hiddenCapabilities`, value

Hides the capability tenant-wide. IMPORTANT: this gates the BYLINE ONLY. The macro module has no display conditions, so hiding the capability does not stop existing GitHub macros from rendering on pages.

Turn GitHub on or off per space

Space property `<APP_HASH>_capable`, object name `capabilities.alwaysOff` / `capabilities.

AlwaysOff suppresses the byline in that space; alwaysOn shows it even on pages with no GitHub macro. Again, byline only. Macros still render.

Unlicensed and anonymous access

Not user-configurable

Granted on the MACRO module only, for both 'unlicensed' and 'anonymous'. So a reader outside the licence, or logged out entirely, still sees public file content in the degraded read-only branch. But gets no "Github" byli

#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

Public repository search: first page only

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Search runs only when a query is typed and page === 1. Paging past page 1 shows only the person's own repositories.

Image rendering capped at 800px tall

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Code viewer capped at 600px tall

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