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An OpenAPI description for GitHub's REST API

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Indexed issues: 173
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License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 16, 2026
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173 open issues indexed

[Schema Inaccuracy] organization-full should be one of the installation.account types Open

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github/rest-api-description#5421 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 2, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Imprecise units in check-run `output.summary` and `output.text` fields Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#5399 · Opened Sep 24, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Wrong reference in `ghec` schema Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#5331 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 9, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Invalid example for /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number} Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#5234 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 15, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Pull request field missing from GitHub Actions REST API Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#5070 · Opened Jul 17, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Invalid example for `/repos/{owner}/{repo}/security-advisories/{ghsa_id}` requestBody Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#5056 · Opened Jul 12, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Invalid example for path `/enterprises/{enterprise}/rulesets` requestBody Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#5048 · Opened Jul 11, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Missing type in enable-or-disable-security-product-on-all-org-repos Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#5015 · Opened Jul 3, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] verification.verified_at marked as required but not present in API response Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4995 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 29, 2025
Copilot user management API description mentioned `Copilot Enterprise` for `Free, Pro, & Team` Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4944 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 14, 2025
Clarification on "edited" and "synchronize" values for the "action" property of IssueCommentEvent, PullRequestReviewCommentEvent and PullRequestEvent Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4939 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2025
Feature request: Support search query for /user/repos Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4932 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 11, 2025
"Create a reference" API call fails with HTTP 422 without meaningful message Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4887 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Jun 4, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Create and update org repository missing `has_discussions` parameters Open

feature fundamentals-and-support

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github/rest-api-description#4842 · Opened May 15, 2025
Open Api Generator having issues with api.github.com.json Open

feature fundamentals-and-support

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github/rest-api-description#4815 · 2 reactions · Opened May 7, 2025
/commits sort order? Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4814 · 1 reaction · Opened May 7, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] alert field of secret scanning alert webhook events have no required fields Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4807 · Opened May 6, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] secret scanning alerts have no required fields Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4804 · Opened May 6, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] webhook-code-scanning-alert-reopened sets alert field as nullable Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4801 · Opened May 5, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] dismissal request and bypass request webhooks have no required fields Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4800 · Opened May 5, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] 2 schema errors caused by inaccurate require fields Open

documentation effort-small fundamentals-and-support

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github/rest-api-description#4768 · Opened Apr 21, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Get repository content path should not be required Open

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github/rest-api-description#4754 · Opened Apr 16, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] <Describe Problem> Open

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github/rest-api-description#4737 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 13, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Code Scanning Alert Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4728 · Opened Apr 10, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Dependabot Alert "relationship" enum is incomplete Open

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github/rest-api-description#4727 · Opened Apr 10, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] missing `/repos/{owner}/{repo}/discussions/` Open

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github/rest-api-description#4702 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 2, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] date fields missing date-time format Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4697 · Opened Apr 1, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Server fails to send 'slug' and 'name' fields for InstallationAccount, but in the generated code they're mandatory. Open

documentation inaccuracy

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github/rest-api-description#4651 · Opened Mar 18, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Duplicate title properties and inline schemas Open

documentation inaccuracy

github/rest-api-description#4622 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 12, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Response for "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/replicas/caches" has incompatible example Open

feature fundamentals-and-support

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github/rest-api-description#4590 · Opened Mar 6, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] pull request id documented as int but missing format int64 Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4564 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Missing examples for webhooks Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4552 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Schema says array of objects, but response had a null value in the array alongside the objects Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4531 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 13, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Consider making Workflow ID int64 to future-proof against overflow Open

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github/rest-api-description#4512 · Opened Feb 7, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Workflow Run ID overflow on int32; update to int64 Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4511 · 1 comment · 10 reactions · Opened Feb 7, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] `issue.state_reason` missing enum variant: `duplicate` Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4492 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 3, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] pages-deployment requestBody schema doesn't match example Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4471 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 26, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Example and schema mismatch at patch-schema Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4470 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 26, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] /zen defined content-type application/json instead of text/plain Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4427 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 12, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] Missing additionalProperties=true of deployment's payload in webhooks Open

feature

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github/rest-api-description#4421 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 9, 2025
[Schema Inaccuracy] webhook-workflow-run-* components define pull request numbers and ids as 'number' instead of 'integer' Open

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github/rest-api-description#4408 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Org Events REST API Hard Limit of 45 Open

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github/rest-api-description#4407 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 5, 2025
Documentation on well-known actor_id values? Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4406 · 6 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Dec 21, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] /orgs/{org}/dependabot/alerts schema is missing 'page' Open

documentation

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github/rest-api-description#4350 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] Invalid Authorization method specified for Updating a check-run Open

documentation inaccuracy

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github/rest-api-description#4290 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 17, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] Wrong typed `default` values are used in `string` type. Open

feature inaccuracy

github/rest-api-description#3878 · 5 comments · 4 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 20, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] Properties not marked as required for `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments` Open

inaccuracy

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github/rest-api-description#3867 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] Create a deployment branch not listing defaults & required. Open

feature

github/rest-api-description#3841 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 10, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] `git-tree` schema has no required properties Open

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github/rest-api-description#3833 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 8, 2024
[Schema Inaccuracy] issue/pr response fields marked as required nullable unnecessarily (?) Open

feature fundamentals-and-support rest-schema shield waiting for review

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github/rest-api-description#3501 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 4, 2024

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