decap-cms: 🐛 API error when saving entry

cc: @jackDevAu @pierssinclairssw

Hi,

Describe the bug Some of our users are getting an error when they try to save an entry.

Failed to persist entry: API_ERROR: Not Found

Figure: Error when saving

After some investigation, it looks like the error occurs when Netlify CMS tries to compare the cms changes branch on the users fork with the main branch on the base repository. e.g. https://api.github.com/repos/SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content/compare/main...JackDevAU:cms/JackDevAU/SSW.Rules.Content/rule/appointments-do-you-show-all-the-necessary-information-in-the-subject/rule

the JackDevAU:cms/JackDevAU/SSW.Rules.Content/rule/appointments-do-you-show-all-the-necessary-information-in-the-subject/rule branch was not created. It is not clear why (see video). The results are the same when using an incoginto window in a different browser.

The problem is resolved after updating the users fork. To try reproduce the problem, we reverted a fork to an old commit, then made a change, but the entry still saved.

To Reproduce We cannot consistently reproduce this error as it is only happening to some of our users. See our video attached below demoing the problem.

Expected behavior The entry should save without error.

Applicable Versions:

• Netlify CMS core version: 2.54.0
• Netlify CMS app version: 2.15.59
• Git provider: GitHub

CMS configuration https://github.com/SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules/blob/main/src/cms/config.js

Additional context https://github.com/SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules/issues/801

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38869720/148888815-fba3ec44-c978-45a0-8f3f-d3e99713ef13.mp4

Figure: Demo of the error