Incorrect "PR #5 remains open" remains open after git stack modify for a PR that is already closed

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#453 opened on Aug 18, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 65/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Active
Tech stack: github, go
Domain: api, cli

Research direction

Start with the git stack modify save flow, including the gs modify output that reports a dropped layer as still open. Check how the GitHub PR state is obtained before that message; done when a PR already closed in GitHub is not reported as open after the layer is deleted.

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Description

bug topic: cli - modify

Use gs submit to create stack with depth 2. Let's say branch names layer1 and layer2
I close the PR for layer2 in the GitHub UI
I want to remove the stack locally, so I use git stack modify, press x to delete the layer, and then Control+S to save.

I get the following output

$ gs modify
✓ Dropped layer2 from stack

✓ Stack modified successfully
  Dropped: layer 2(PR #53155 remains open — close with `gh pr close 53155`)

Run `gh stack submit` to push your changes and update the stack of PRs on GitHub

Now gh cli can clearly tell the PR is already closed, because when I try to close it:

$ gh pr close 53155
! Pull request repo#53155 (PR Title) is already closed

I think a fix will be doing a resync on the state from GitHub before showing this message.

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