App fails to clone after repo recreate — Failed to download the sources

Hey, thanks for reaching out and providing all those details—welcome to the Streamlit community! This “Failed to download the sources for repository” error, especially after deleting and recreating a GitHub repo with the same name, is a known issue. Streamlit Community Cloud identifies apps by their GitHub coordinates (owner, repo, branch, entrypoint), and if a repo is deleted and recreated, the backend can get stuck with a stale or broken binding, causing persistent clone failures—even if the repo is public and visible in the picker.