Plugin Validation Fails: "Error: fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/pull/4678/merge"

Developers: Plugin & API
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I am working through my first plugin submission. My initial pull request was validated successfully, but changes were needed upon manual review. Now that I have made those changes and updated my pull request, then validator bot is throwing an error I cannot figure out.

In “Fetching the repository”:

Fetching the repository
  /usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/pull/4678/merge:refs/remotes/pull/4678/merge
  Error: fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/pull/4678/merge
  The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128
  Waiting 19 seconds before trying again
  /usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/pull/4678/merge:refs/remotes/pull/4678/merge
  Error: fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/pull/4678/merge
  The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128
  Waiting 14 seconds before trying again
  /usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/pull/4678/merge:refs/remotes/pull/4678/merge
  Error: fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/pull/4678/merge
  Error: The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128

My Pull Request:

The Release I’m trying to pull in:

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Solution:

  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the PR and delete the branch
  2. Delete the fork in the forked repo settings
  3. Close the PR
  4. Perform all steps again ensuring that you meet ALL requirements exactly as stated