Already validated commits of former Eclipse accounts rejected by ECA check

Summary

• Trying to update eclipse/openpass/opSimulation!73 (closed) by merging current develop branch.
• git push gets rejected

Steps to reproduce

git switch hlrs_08
git merge origin/develop
git mergetool # resolve minor merge conflicts
git merge --continue
git push

What is the current bug behavior?

Commits of former Eclipse member get rejected, despite already being available on the develop branch.

What is the expected correct behavior?

Already validated commits are accepted.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

One of the rejected commits:

remote: Commit: 39d79eb71af45c3beed78a74464f0567fb96659e                X
remote: 
remote:         Reviewing commit: 39d79eb71af45c3beed78a74464f0567fb96659e
remote:         Authored by: Dmitri Fix <dmitri.fix@itk-engineering.de>
remote:         Could not find an Eclipse user with mail 'dmitri.fix@itk-engineering.de' for author of commit 39d79eb71af45c3beed78a74464f0567fb96659e
remote: 
remote: Errors:
remote: Author must have an Eclipse Account
remote: Any warnings or errors noted above may indicate compliance issues with committer ECA requirements. More information may be found on https://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php

Priority

• Urgent
• High
• Medium
• Low

Severity

• Blocker
• Major
• Normal
• Low

Impact

Delays in development process.