GitHub API calls are not authenticated for some reason

[williamdes]

I am working on it. Tests confirm what I was thinking since I see errors like:

{"message":"API rate limit exceeded for xx.xx.xx.xx. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.) If you reach out to GitHub Support for help, please include the request ID C404:9345:6B6349:6CF816:65249578.","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"}

[williamdes]

The API ignores if the auth header contains Basic