Github support finally got back in touch with me yesterday. They said they have identified a bug in their system, said they were very sorry for the troubles caused and gave me several months worth of extra build minutes free as a good will gesture. They also unblocked my account, so I was able to finally run the builds for my websites and publish the backlog of content.
I'm not totally thrilled about the whole situation, I mean it's nice to get the free minutes, but I'm wondering what happens when the several months of extra minutes finishes, will my account get blocked again? This situation just has the vibe of one of those sagas that will go on for ages. I hate to be defeatest, but my long winded saga pattern recognition is triggering. It's horrid because it's sort of paralysing because you are afraid to change anything in case it makes the situation worse. You are not even sure it's safe to blog about in case that makes it worse somehow.
And then there is the innevitable totally unrelated knock on effects. Today where I am there are issues with the water plumbing. One problem fixed, and within minutes another one pops it's head up. The plumbing issues actually started last night, literally a few minutes after I got the website updated.
Oh world. What are you doing to me again? #