[Schema Inaccuracy] Pull request field missing from GitHub Actions REST API

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#5,070 opened on Jul 17, 2025 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: github-actions, openapi
Domain: api

Research direction

Start at the OpenAPI definition for the GitHub Actions workflow-run response and compare it with the REST endpoint and supplied run IDs. Check the reported behavior for pull_request, pull_request_target, and push-triggered runs; done means the API description accurately reflects supported pull request data.

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Description

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Schema Inaccuracy

Pull request field missing from GitHub Actions REST API

Expected

When an action is triggered by a pull request, the API should contain the pull request.

Reproduction Steps

Issue 1

Pull request field missing from GitHub Actions REST API when the run is trigger by a pull_request, pull_request_target or pull_request_event, whereas a pull request is indeed linked to this action run on UI. This consistently happen with several projects (e.x.,DefinitelyTyped, Adobe-Consulting-Services/acs-aem-commons, alibaba-canal ... and more).

Example:

Repo: kibana
Run ID: 16331561652
PR number: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/228343
Action UI: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/actions/runs/16331561652
Action API: https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/actions/runs/16331561652

Issue 2

There is one repo (1c-syntax/bsl-language-server/) does have the pull request field in their API response, but only when triggered by "push". When triggered by "pull_request_target", the "pull request" field is empty.

Push Example

Repo: https://github.com/1c-syntax/bsl-language-server
UI: https://github.com/1c-syntax/bsl-language-server/actions/runs/15435373094
API: https://api.github.com/repos/1c-syntax/bsl-language-server/actions/runs/15435373094

Pull request target example

UI:https://github.com/1c-syntax/bsl-language-server/actions/runs/15040558459
API:https://api.github.com/repos/1c-syntax/bsl-language-server/actions/runs/15040558459

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