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Repos in the same org not able to run `gh stack submit`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
github, go
Domain
api, cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing gh stack submit in repo-a and compare the gh api responses for repo-a and repo-b. Trace the repository stack-state check in the gh-stack entry point, then identify why the endpoint returns 404 and verify that submission behaves correctly for repositories in the same organization.

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Description

bug topic: merge queue

Last Friday, I was testing stacked PRs for our org, and I was able to submit two stacked PRs in repo-a. This week, I am able to submit stacked PRs in repo-b and repo-c within the same org, but not in repo-a. I am getting the error:

$ gh stack submit
Checking stack state...
⚠ Stacked PRs are not enabled for this repository
? Would you still like to create regular PRs?

I tried the following API calls to diagnose:
gh api -i 'repos/MyOrg/repo-b/stacks?per_page=1' - returns 200
gh api -i 'repos/MyOrg/repo-a/stacks?per_page=1' - returns 404

gh: 2.97.0
gh-stack: 0.1.0

Dominant language
Go
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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