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Issues API

If a user is not a member of a project and the project is private, a GET request on that project results in a 404 status code.

Issues pagination

By default, GET requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

Read more on pagination.

CAUTION: Deprecation: The reference attribute in responses is deprecated in favor of references. Introduced in GitLab 12.6.

NOTE: Note: The references.relative attribute is relative to the group or project of the issue being requested. When an issue is fetched from its project, the relative format is the same as the short format, and when requested across groups or projects it's expected to be the same as the full format.

List issues

Get all issues the authenticated user has access to. By default it returns only issues created by the current user. To get all issues, use parameter scope=all.

GET /issues
GET /issues?state=opened
GET /issues?state=closed
GET /issues?labels=foo
GET /issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
GET /issues?milestone=1.0.0
GET /issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=opened
GET /issues?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /issues?author_id=5
GET /issues?assignee_id=5
GET /issues?my_reaction_emoji=star
GET /issues?search=foo&in=title
GET /issues?confidential=true
Attribute Type Required Description
assignee_id integer no Return issues assigned to the given user id. Mutually exclusive with assignee_username. None returns unassigned issues. Any returns issues with an assignee. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
assignee_username string array no Return issues assigned to the given username. Similar to assignee_id and mutually exclusive with assignee_id. In GitLab CE, the assignee_username array should only contain a single value. Otherwise, an invalid parameter error is returned.
author_id integer no Return issues created by the given user id. Mutually exclusive with author_username. Combine with scope=all or scope=assigned_to_me. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
author_username string no Return issues created by the given username. Similar to author_id and mutually exclusive with author_id.
confidential boolean no Filter confidential or public issues.
created_after datetime no Return issues created on or after the given time
created_before datetime no Return issues created on or before the given time
due_date string no Return issues that have no due date (0) or whose due date is this week, this month, between two weeks ago and next month, or which are overdue. Accepts: 0 (no due date), overdue, week, month, next_month_and_previous_two_weeks. (Introduced in GitLab 13.3)
iids[] integer array no Return only the issues having the given iid
in string no Modify the scope of the search attribute. title, description, or a string joining them with comma. Default is title,description
labels string no Comma-separated list of label names, issues must have all labels to be returned. None lists all issues with no labels. Any lists all issues with at least one label. No+Label (Deprecated) lists all issues with no labels. Predefined names are case-insensitive.
milestone string no The milestone title. None lists all issues with no milestone. Any lists all issues that have an assigned milestone.
my_reaction_emoji string no Return issues reacted by the authenticated user by the given emoji. None returns issues not given a reaction. Any returns issues given at least one reaction. (Introduced in GitLab 10.0)
non_archived boolean no Return issues only from non-archived projects. If false, the response returns issues from both archived and non-archived projects. Default is true. (Introduced in GitLab 13.0)
not Hash no Return issues that do not match the parameters supplied. Accepts: labels, milestone, author_id, author_username, assignee_id, assignee_username, my_reaction_emoji
order_by string no Return issues ordered by created_at, updated_at, priority, due_date, relative_position, label_priority, milestone_due, popularity, weight fields. Default is created_at
scope string no Return issues for the given scope: created_by_me, assigned_to_me or all. Defaults to created_by_me
For versions before 11.0, use the now deprecated created-by-me or assigned-to-me scopes instead.
(Introduced in GitLab 9.5. Changed to snake_case in GitLab 11.0)
search string no Search issues against their title and description
sort string no Return issues sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
state string no Return all issues or just those that are opened or closed
updated_after datetime no Return issues updated on or after the given time
updated_before datetime no Return issues updated on or before the given time
weight (STARTER) integer no Return issues with the specified weight. None returns issues with no weight assigned. Any returns issues with a weight assigned.
with_labels_details boolean no If true, the response returns more details for each label in labels field: :name, :color, :description, :description_html, :text_color. Default is false. The description_html attribute was introduced in GitLab 12.7 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/issues"

Example response:

[
   {
      "state" : "opened",
      "description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 18,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/eileen.lowe",
         "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "eileen.lowe"
      },
      "milestone" : {
         "project_id" : 1,
         "description" : "Ducimus nam enim ex consequatur cumque ratione.",
         "state" : "closed",
         "due_date" : null,
         "iid" : 2,
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z",
         "title" : "v4.0",
         "id" : 17,
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z"
      },
      "project_id" : 1,
      "assignees" : [{
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root"
      }],
      "assignee" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root"
      },
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "closed_at" : null,
      "closed_by" : null,
      "id" : 76,
      "title" : "Consequatur vero maxime deserunt laboriosam est voluptas dolorem.",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "moved_to_id" : null,
      "iid" : 6,
      "labels" : ["foo", "bar"],
      "upvotes": 4,
      "downvotes": 0,
      "merge_requests_count": 0,
      "user_notes_count": 1,
      "due_date": "2016-07-22",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/6",
      "references": {
        "short": "#6",
        "relative": "my-group/my-project#6",
        "full": "my-group/my-project#6"
      },
      "time_stats": {
         "time_estimate": 0,
         "total_time_spent": 0,
         "human_time_estimate": null,
         "human_total_time_spent": null
      },
      "has_tasks": true,
      "task_status": "10 of 15 tasks completed",
      "confidential": false,
      "discussion_locked": false,
      "_links":{
         "self":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/76",
         "notes":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/76/notes",
         "award_emoji":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/76/award_emoji",
         "project":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
      },
      "task_completion_status":{
         "count":0,
         "completed_count":0
      }
   }
]

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

[
   {
      "state" : "opened",
      "description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
      "weight": null,
      ...
   }
]

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status parameter:

[
   {
      "state" : "opened",
      "description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
      "health_status": "on_track",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

List group issues

Get a list of a group's issues.

If the group is private, credentials need to be provided for authorization. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /groups/:id/issues
GET /groups/:id/issues?state=opened
GET /groups/:id/issues?state=closed
GET /groups/:id/issues?labels=foo
GET /groups/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /groups/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
GET /groups/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0
GET /groups/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=opened
GET /groups/:id/issues?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /groups/:id/issues?search=issue+title+or+description
GET /groups/:id/issues?author_id=5
GET /groups/:id/issues?assignee_id=5
GET /groups/:id/issues?my_reaction_emoji=star
GET /groups/:id/issues?confidential=true
Attribute Type Required Description
assignee_id integer no Return issues assigned to the given user id. Mutually exclusive with assignee_username. None returns unassigned issues. Any returns issues with an assignee. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
assignee_username string array no Return issues assigned to the given username. Similar to assignee_id and mutually exclusive with assignee_id. In GitLab CE, the assignee_username array should only contain a single value. Otherwise, an invalid parameter error is returned.
author_id integer no Return issues created by the given user id. Mutually exclusive with author_username. Combine with scope=all or scope=assigned_to_me. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
author_username string no Return issues created by the given username. Similar to author_id and mutually exclusive with author_id.
confidential boolean no Filter confidential or public issues.
created_after datetime no Return issues created on or after the given time
created_before datetime no Return issues created on or before the given time
due_date string no Return issues that have no due date (0) or whose due date is this week, this month, between two weeks ago and next month, or which are overdue. Accepts: 0 (no due date), overdue, week, month, next_month_and_previous_two_weeks. (Introduced in GitLab 13.3)
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
iids[] integer array no Return only the issues having the given iid
labels string no Comma-separated list of label names, issues must have all labels to be returned. None lists all issues with no labels. Any lists all issues with at least one label. No+Label (Deprecated) lists all issues with no labels. Predefined names are case-insensitive.
milestone string no The milestone title. None lists all issues with no milestone. Any lists all issues that have an assigned milestone.
my_reaction_emoji string no Return issues reacted by the authenticated user by the given emoji. None returns issues not given a reaction. Any returns issues given at least one reaction. (Introduced in GitLab 10.0)
non_archived boolean no Return issues from non archived projects. Default is true. (Introduced in GitLab 12.8)
not Hash no Return issues that do not match the parameters supplied. Accepts: labels, milestone, author_id, author_username, assignee_id, assignee_username, my_reaction_emoji, search, in
order_by string no Return issues ordered by created_at, updated_at, priority, due_date, relative_position, label_priority, milestone_due, popularity, weight fields. Default is created_at
scope string no Return issues for the given scope: created_by_me, assigned_to_me or all.
For versions before 11.0, use the now deprecated created-by-me or assigned-to-me scopes instead.
(Introduced in GitLab 9.5. Changed to snake_case in GitLab 11.0)
search string no Search group issues against their title and description
sort string no Return issues sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
state string no Return all issues or just those that are opened or closed
updated_after datetime no Return issues updated on or after the given time
updated_before datetime no Return issues updated on or before the given time
weight (STARTER) integer no Return issues with the specified weight. None returns issues with no weight assigned. Any returns issues with a weight assigned.
with_labels_details boolean no If true, the response returns more details for each label in labels field: :name, :color, :description, :description_html, :text_color. Default is false. The description_html attribute was introduced in GitLab 12.7 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/issues"

Example response:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "milestone" : {
         "due_date" : null,
         "project_id" : 4,
         "state" : "closed",
         "description" : "Rerum est voluptatem provident consequuntur molestias similique ipsum dolor.",
         "iid" : 3,
         "id" : 11,
         "title" : "v3.0",
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z"
      },
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator"
      },
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "state" : "closed",
      "iid" : 1,
      "assignees" : [{
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
         "state" : "active",
         "username" : "lennie",
         "id" : 9,
         "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
      }],
      "assignee" : {
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
         "state" : "active",
         "username" : "lennie",
         "id" : 9,
         "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
      },
      "labels" : ["foo", "bar"],
      "upvotes": 4,
      "downvotes": 0,
      "merge_requests_count": 0,
      "id" : 41,
      "title" : "Ut commodi ullam eos dolores perferendis nihil sunt.",
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
      "closed_at" : null,
      "closed_by" : null,
      "user_notes_count": 1,
      "due_date": null,
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/1",
      "references": {
        "short": "#1",
        "relative": "my-project#1",
        "full": "my-group/my-project#1"
      },
      "time_stats": {
         "time_estimate": 0,
         "total_time_spent": 0,
         "human_time_estimate": null,
         "human_total_time_spent": null
      },
      "has_tasks": true,
      "task_status": "10 of 15 tasks completed",
      "confidential": false,
      "discussion_locked": false,
      "_links":{
         "self":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41",
         "notes":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/notes",
         "award_emoji":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/award_emoji",
         "project":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4"
      },
      "task_completion_status":{
         "count":0,
         "completed_count":0
      }
   }
]

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "weight": null,
      ...
   }
]

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "health_status": "at_risk",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

List project issues

Get a list of a project's issues.

If the project is private, you need to provide credentials to authorize. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /projects/:id/issues
GET /projects/:id/issues?state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?state=closed
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0
GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /projects/:id/issues?search=issue+title+or+description
GET /projects/:id/issues?author_id=5
GET /projects/:id/issues?assignee_id=5
GET /projects/:id/issues?my_reaction_emoji=star
GET /projects/:id/issues?confidential=true
Attribute Type Required Description
assignee_id integer no Return issues assigned to the given user id. Mutually exclusive with assignee_username. None returns unassigned issues. Any returns issues with an assignee. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
assignee_username string array no Return issues assigned to the given username. Similar to assignee_id and mutually exclusive with assignee_id. In GitLab CE, the assignee_username array should only contain a single value. Otherwise, an invalid parameter error is returned.
author_id integer no Return issues created by the given user id. Mutually exclusive with author_username. Combine with scope=all or scope=assigned_to_me. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
author_username string no Return issues created by the given username. Similar to author_id and mutually exclusive with author_id.
confidential boolean no Filter confidential or public issues.
created_after datetime no Return issues created on or after the given time
created_before datetime no Return issues created on or before the given time
due_date string no Return issues that have no due date (0) or whose due date is this week, this month, between two weeks ago and next month, or which are overdue. Accepts: 0 (no due date), overdue, week, month, next_month_and_previous_two_weeks. (Introduced in GitLab 13.3)
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
iids[] integer array no Return only the issues having the given iid
labels string no Comma-separated list of label names, issues must have all labels to be returned. None lists all issues with no labels. Any lists all issues with at least one label. No+Label (Deprecated) lists all issues with no labels. Predefined names are case-insensitive.
milestone string no The milestone title. None lists all issues with no milestone. Any lists all issues that have an assigned milestone.
my_reaction_emoji string no Return issues reacted by the authenticated user by the given emoji. None returns issues not given a reaction. Any returns issues given at least one reaction. (Introduced in GitLab 10.0)
not Hash no Return issues that do not match the parameters supplied. Accepts: labels, milestone, author_id, author_username, assignee_id, assignee_username, my_reaction_emoji, search, in
order_by string no Return issues ordered by created_at, updated_at, priority, due_date, relative_position, label_priority, milestone_due, popularity, weight fields. Default is created_at
scope string no Return issues for the given scope: created_by_me, assigned_to_me or all.
For versions before 11.0, use the now deprecated created-by-me or assigned-to-me scopes instead.
(Introduced in GitLab 9.5. Changed to snake_case in GitLab 11.0)
search string no Search project issues against their title and description
sort string no Return issues sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
state string no Return all issues or just those that are opened or closed
updated_after datetime no Return issues updated on or after the given time
updated_before datetime no Return issues updated on or before the given time
weight (STARTER) integer no Return issues with the specified weight. None returns issues with no weight assigned. Any returns issues with a weight assigned.
with_labels_details boolean no If true, the response returns more details for each label in labels field: :name, :color, :description, :description_html, :text_color. Default is false. description_html was introduced in GitLab 12.7 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues"

Example response:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "milestone" : {
         "due_date" : null,
         "project_id" : 4,
         "state" : "closed",
         "description" : "Rerum est voluptatem provident consequuntur molestias similique ipsum dolor.",
         "iid" : 3,
         "id" : 11,
         "title" : "v3.0",
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z"
      },
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator"
      },
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "state" : "closed",
      "iid" : 1,
      "assignees" : [{
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
         "state" : "active",
         "username" : "lennie",
         "id" : 9,
         "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
      }],
      "assignee" : {
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
         "state" : "active",
         "username" : "lennie",
         "id" : 9,
         "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
      },
      "labels" : ["foo", "bar"],
      "upvotes": 4,
      "downvotes": 0,
      "merge_requests_count": 0,
      "id" : 41,
      "title" : "Ut commodi ullam eos dolores perferendis nihil sunt.",
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
      "closed_at" : "2016-01-05T15:31:46.176Z",
      "closed_by" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator"
      },
      "user_notes_count": 1,
      "due_date": "2016-07-22",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/1",
      "references": {
        "short": "#1",
        "relative": "#1",
        "full": "my-group/my-project#1"
      },
      "time_stats": {
         "time_estimate": 0,
         "total_time_spent": 0,
         "human_time_estimate": null,
         "human_total_time_spent": null
      },
      "has_tasks": true,
      "task_status": "10 of 15 tasks completed",
      "confidential": false,
      "discussion_locked": false,
      "_links":{
         "self":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41",
         "notes":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/notes",
         "award_emoji":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/award_emoji",
         "project":"http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4"
      },
      "task_completion_status":{
         "count":0,
         "completed_count":0
      }
   }
]

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "weight": null,
      ...
   }
]

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "health_status": "at_risk",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

Single issue

Only for administrators. Get a single issue.

The preferred way to do this is by using personal access tokens.

GET /issues/:id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of the issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/issues/41"

Example response:

{
   "id" : 1,
   "milestone" : {
      "due_date" : null,
      "project_id" : 4,
      "state" : "closed",
      "description" : "Rerum est voluptatem provident consequuntur molestias similique ipsum dolor.",
      "iid" : 3,
      "id" : 11,
      "title" : "v3.0",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
      "closed_at" : "2016-01-05T15:31:46.176Z"
   },
   "author" : {
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "username" : "root",
      "id" : 1,
      "name" : "Administrator"
   },
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "state" : "closed",
   "iid" : 1,
   "assignees" : [{
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
      "state" : "active",
      "username" : "lennie",
      "id" : 9,
      "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
   }],
   "assignee" : {
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
      "state" : "active",
      "username" : "lennie",
      "id" : 9,
      "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
   },
   "labels" : [],
   "upvotes": 4,
   "downvotes": 0,
   "merge_requests_count": 0,
   "title" : "Ut commodi ullam eos dolores perferendis nihil sunt.",
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
   "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
   "closed_at" : null,
   "closed_by" : null,
   "subscribed": false,
   "user_notes_count": 1,
   "due_date": null,
   "web_url": "http://example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/1",
   "references": {
     "short": "#1",
     "relative": "#1",
     "full": "my-group/my-project#1"
   },
   "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
   },
   "confidential": false,
   "discussion_locked": false,
   "_links": {
      "self": "http://example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2",
      "notes": "http://example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/notes",
      "award_emoji": "http://example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/award_emoji",
      "project": "http://example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
   },
   "task_completion_status":{
      "count":0,
      "completed_count":0
   },
   "weight": null,
  "has_tasks": false,
  "_links": {
    "self": "http://gitlab.dummy:3000/api/v4/projects/1/issues/1",
    "notes": "http://gitlab.dummy:3000/api/v4/projects/1/issues/1/notes",
    "award_emoji": "http://gitlab.dummy:3000/api/v4/projects/1/issues/1/award_emoji",
    "project": "http://gitlab.dummy:3000/api/v4/projects/1"
  },
  "references": {
    "short": "#1",
    "relative": "#1",
    "full": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test#1"
  },
  "subscribed": true,
  "moved_to_id": null,
  "epic_iid": null,
  "epic": null
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "weight": null,
   ...
}

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the epic property:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "epic": {
   "epic_iid" : 5, //deprecated, use `iid` of the `epic` attribute
   "epic": {
     "id" : 42,
     "iid" : 5,
     "title": "My epic epic",
     "url" : "/groups/h5bp/-/epics/5",
     "group_id": 8
   },
   // ...
}

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

NOTE: Note: The epic_iid attribute is deprecated, and will be removed in version 5. Please use iid of the epic attribute instead.

Single project issue

Get a single project issue.

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, you need to provide credentials to authorize. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41"

Example response:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "milestone" : {
      "due_date" : null,
      "project_id" : 4,
      "state" : "closed",
      "description" : "Rerum est voluptatem provident consequuntur molestias similique ipsum dolor.",
      "iid" : 3,
      "id" : 11,
      "title" : "v3.0",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
      "closed_at" : "2016-01-05T15:31:46.176Z"
   },
   "author" : {
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "username" : "root",
      "id" : 1,
      "name" : "Administrator"
   },
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "state" : "closed",
   "iid" : 1,
   "assignees" : [{
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
      "state" : "active",
      "username" : "lennie",
      "id" : 9,
      "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
   }],
   "assignee" : {
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/lennie",
      "state" : "active",
      "username" : "lennie",
      "id" : 9,
      "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
   },
   "labels" : [],
   "upvotes": 4,
   "downvotes": 0,
   "merge_requests_count": 0,
   "id" : 41,
   "title" : "Ut commodi ullam eos dolores perferendis nihil sunt.",
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
   "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
   "closed_at" : null,
   "closed_by" : null,
   "subscribed": false,
   "user_notes_count": 1,
   "due_date": null,
   "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/1",
   "references": {
     "short": "#1",
     "relative": "#1",
     "full": "my-group/my-project#1"
   },
   "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
   },
   "confidential": false,
   "discussion_locked": false,
   "_links": {
      "self": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2",
      "notes": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/notes",
      "award_emoji": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/award_emoji",
      "project": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
   },
   "task_completion_status":{
      "count":0,
      "completed_count":0
   }
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "weight": null,
   ...
}

Users on GitLab Premium can also see the epic property:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "epic_iid" : 5, //deprecated, use `iid` of the `epic` attribute
   "epic": {
     "id" : 42,
     "iid" : 5,
     "title": "My epic epic",
     "url" : "/groups/h5bp/-/epics/5",
     "group_id": 8
   },
   // ...
}

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status property:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "health_status": "on_track",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

NOTE: Note: The epic_iid attribute is deprecated and will be removed in version 5. Please use iid of the epic attribute instead.

New issue

Creates a new project issue.

POST /projects/:id/issues
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
iid integer/string no The internal ID of the project's issue (requires administrator or project owner rights)
title string yes The title of an issue
description string no The description of an issue. Limited to 1,048,576 characters.
confidential boolean no Set an issue to be confidential. Default is false.
assignee_ids integer array no The ID of the user(s) to assign the issue to.
milestone_id integer no The global ID of a milestone to assign issue
labels string no Comma-separated label names for an issue
created_at string no Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, for example 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z (requires administrator or project/group owner rights)
due_date string no Date time string in the format YEAR-MONTH-DAY, for example 2016-03-11
merge_request_to_resolve_discussions_of integer no The IID of a merge request in which to resolve all issues. This fills out the issue with a default description and mark all discussions as resolved. When passing a description or title, these values take precedence over the default values.
discussion_to_resolve string no The ID of a discussion to resolve. This fills out the issue with a default description and mark the discussion as resolved. Use in combination with merge_request_to_resolve_discussions_of.
weight (STARTER) integer no The weight of the issue. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0.
epic_id (PREMIUM) integer no ID of the epic to add the issue to. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0.
epic_iid (PREMIUM) integer no IID of the epic to add the issue to. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0. (deprecated, will be removed in version 5) 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues?title=Issues%20with%20auth&labels=bug"

Example response:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "id" : 84,
   "created_at" : "2016-01-07T12:44:33.959Z",
   "iid" : 14,
   "title" : "Issues with auth",
   "state" : "opened",
   "assignees" : [],
   "assignee" : null,
   "labels" : [
      "bug"
   ],
   "upvotes": 4,
   "downvotes": 0,
   "merge_requests_count": 0,
   "author" : {
      "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/eileen.lowe",
      "id" : 18,
      "username" : "eileen.lowe"
   },
   "description" : null,
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-07T12:44:33.959Z",
   "closed_at" : null,
   "closed_by" : null,
   "milestone" : null,
   "subscribed" : true,
   "user_notes_count": 0,
   "due_date": null,
   "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/14",
   "references": {
     "short": "#14",
     "relative": "#14",
     "full": "my-group/my-project#14"
   },
   "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
   },
   "confidential": false,
   "discussion_locked": false,
   "_links": {
      "self": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2",
      "notes": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/notes",
      "award_emoji": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/award_emoji",
      "project": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
   },
   "task_completion_status":{
      "count":0,
      "completed_count":0
   }
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : null,
   "weight": null,
   ...
}

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "health_status": "on_track",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

Rate limits

To help avoid abuse, users can be limited to a specific number of Create requests per minute. See Issues rate limits.

Edit issue

Updates an existing project issue. This call is also used to mark an issue as closed.

PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue
title string no The title of an issue
description string no The description of an issue. Limited to 1,048,576 characters.
confidential boolean no Updates an issue to be confidential
assignee_ids integer array no The ID of the user(s) to assign the issue to. Set to 0 or provide an empty value to unassign all assignees.
milestone_id integer no The global ID of a milestone to assign the issue to. Set to 0 or provide an empty value to unassign a milestone.
labels string no Comma-separated label names for an issue. Set to an empty string to unassign all labels.
add_labels string no Comma-separated label names to add to an issue.
remove_labels string no Comma-separated label names to remove from an issue.
state_event string no The state event of an issue. Set close to close the issue and reopen to reopen it
updated_at string no Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, for example 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z (requires administrator or project owner rights). Empty string or null values are not accepted.
due_date string no Date time string in the format YEAR-MONTH-DAY, for example 2016-03-11
weight (STARTER) integer no The weight of the issue. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0. 0
discussion_locked boolean no Flag indicating if the issue's discussion is locked. If the discussion is locked only project members can add or edit comments.
epic_id (PREMIUM) integer no ID of the epic to add the issue to. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0.
epic_iid (PREMIUM) integer no IID of the epic to add the issue to. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0. (deprecated, will be removed in version 5) 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85?state_event=close"

Example response:

{
   "created_at" : "2016-01-07T12:46:01.410Z",
   "author" : {
      "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "username" : "eileen.lowe",
      "id" : 18,
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/eileen.lowe"
   },
   "state" : "closed",
   "title" : "Issues with auth",
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : null,
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-07T12:55:16.213Z",
   "closed_at" : "2016-01-08T12:55:16.213Z",
   "closed_by" : {
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "username" : "root",
      "id" : 1,
      "name" : "Administrator"
    },
   "iid" : 15,
   "labels" : [
      "bug"
   ],
   "upvotes": 4,
   "downvotes": 0,
   "merge_requests_count": 0,
   "id" : 85,
   "assignees" : [],
   "assignee" : null,
   "milestone" : null,
   "subscribed" : true,
   "user_notes_count": 0,
   "due_date": "2016-07-22",
   "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/15",
   "references": {
     "short": "#15",
     "relative": "#15",
     "full": "my-group/my-project#15"
   },
   "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
   },
   "confidential": false,
   "discussion_locked": false,
   "_links": {
      "self": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2",
      "notes": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/notes",
      "award_emoji": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/award_emoji",
      "project": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
   },
   "task_completion_status":{
      "count":0,
      "completed_count":0
   }
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : null,
   "weight": null,
   ...
}

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "health_status": "on_track",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: At least one of following parameters is required to be passed for the request to be successful: :assignee_id, :assignee_ids, :confidential, :created_at, :description, :discussion_locked, :due_date, :labels, :milestone_id, :state_event, or :title.

NOTE: Note: assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

Delete an issue

Only for admins and project owners. Deletes the issue in question.

DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85"

Reorder an issue

Introduced in GitLab 13.2.

Reorders an issue, you can see the results when sorting issues manually

PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/reorder
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of the project's issue
move_after_id integer no The ID of a project's issue that should be placed after this issue
move_before_id integer no The ID of a project's issue that should be placed before this issue 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85/reorder?move_after_id=51&move_before_id=92"

Move an issue

Moves an issue to a different project. If the target project equals the source project or the user has insufficient permissions to move an issue, status code 400 and an error message is returned.

If a given label or milestone with the same name also exists in the target project, it's then assigned to the issue being moved.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/move
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue
to_project_id integer yes The ID of the new project 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --form to_project_id=5 "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85/move"

Example response:

{
  "id": 92,
  "iid": 11,
  "project_id": 5,
  "title": "Sit voluptas tempora quisquam aut doloribus et.",
  "description": "Repellat voluptas quibusdam voluptatem exercitationem.",
  "state": "opened",
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:45.652Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-04-07T12:20:17.596Z",
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "labels": [],
  "upvotes": 4,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "merge_requests_count": 0,
  "milestone": null,
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  }],
  "assignee": {
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Kris Steuber",
    "username": "solon.cremin",
    "id": 10,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7a190fecbaa68212a4b68aeb6e3acd10?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/solon.cremin"
  },
  "due_date": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/11",
  "references": {
    "short": "#11",
    "relative": "#11",
    "full": "my-group/my-project#11"
  },
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  },
  "confidential": false,
  "discussion_locked": false,
  "_links": {
    "self": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2",
    "notes": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/notes",
    "award_emoji": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/award_emoji",
    "project": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
  },
  "task_completion_status":{
     "count":0,
     "completed_count":0
  }
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

{
  "project_id": 5,
  "description": "Repellat voluptas quibusdam voluptatem exercitationem.",
  "weight": null,
  ...
}

Users on GitLab Ultimate can also see the health_status parameter:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "health_status": "on_track",
      ...
   }
]

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

Subscribe to an issue

Subscribes the authenticated user to an issue to receive notifications. If the user is already subscribed to the issue, the status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/subscribe
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/subscribe"

Example response:

{
  "id": 92,
  "iid": 11,
  "project_id": 5,
  "title": "Sit voluptas tempora quisquam aut doloribus et.",
  "description": "Repellat voluptas quibusdam voluptatem exercitationem.",
  "state": "opened",
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:45.652Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-04-07T12:20:17.596Z",
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "labels": [],
  "upvotes": 4,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "merge_requests_count": 0,
  "milestone": null,
  "assignees": [{
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  }],
  "assignee": {
    "name": "Miss Monserrate Beier",
    "username": "axel.block",
    "id": 12,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46f6f7dc858ada7be1853f7fb96e81da?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/axel.block"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Kris Steuber",
    "username": "solon.cremin",
    "id": 10,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7a190fecbaa68212a4b68aeb6e3acd10?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/solon.cremin"
  },
  "due_date": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/11",
  "references": {
    "short": "#11",
    "relative": "#11",
    "full": "my-group/my-project#11"
  },
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  },
  "confidential": false,
  "discussion_locked": false,
  "_links": {
    "self": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2",
    "notes": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/notes",
    "award_emoji": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/2/award_emoji",
    "project": "http://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
  },
  "task_completion_status":{
     "count":0,
     "completed_count":0
  }
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher can also see the weight parameter:

{
  "project_id": 5,
  "description": "Repellat voluptas quibusdam voluptatem exercitationem.",
  "weight": null,
  ...
}

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

Unsubscribe from an issue

Unsubscribes the authenticated user from the issue to not receive notifications from it. If the user is not subscribed to the issue, the status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/unsubscribe
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/unsubscribe"

Example response:

{
  "id": 93,
  "iid": 12,
  "project_id": 5,
  "title": "Incidunt et rerum ea expedita iure quibusdam.",
  "description": "Et cumque architecto sed aut ipsam.",
  "state": "opened",
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:45.217Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-04-07T13:02:37.905Z",
  "labels": [],
  "upvotes": 4,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "merge_requests_count": 0,
  "milestone": null,
  "assignee": {
    "name": "Edwardo Grady",
    "username": "keyon",
    "id": 21,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3e6f06a86cf27fa8b56f3f74f7615987?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/keyon"
  },
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "author": {
    "name": "Vivian Hermann",
    "username": "orville",
    "id": 11,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5224fd70153710e92fb8bcf79ac29d67?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/orville"
  },
  "subscribed": false,
  "due_date": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/12",
  "references": {
    "short": "#12",
    "relative": "#12",
    "full": "my-group/my-project#12"
  },
  "confidential": false,
  "discussion_locked": false,
  "task_completion_status":{
     "count":0,
     "completed_count":0
  }
}

Create a to-do

Manually creates a to-do for the current user on an issue. If there already exists a to-do for the user on that issue, status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/todo
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/todo"

Example response:

{
  "id": 112,
  "project": {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "GitLab CI/CD",
    "name_with_namespace": "GitLab Org / GitLab CI/CD",
    "path": "gitlab-ci",
    "path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/gitlab-ci"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "action_name": "marked",
  "target_type": "Issue",
  "target": {
    "id": 93,
    "iid": 10,
    "project_id": 5,
    "title": "Vel voluptas atque dicta mollitia adipisci qui at.",
    "description": "Tempora laboriosam sint magni sed voluptas similique.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:39.486Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-07-01T11:09:13.998Z",
    "labels": [],
    "milestone": {
      "id": 26,
      "iid": 1,
      "project_id": 5,
      "title": "v0.0",
      "description": "Accusantium nostrum rerum quae quia quis nesciunt suscipit id.",
      "state": "closed",
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:33.832Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:33.832Z",
      "due_date": null
    },
    "assignees": [{
      "name": "Jarret O'Keefe",
      "username": "francisca",
      "id": 14,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7fa515d53450023c83d62986d0658a8?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/francisca"
    }],
    "assignee": {
      "name": "Jarret O'Keefe",
      "username": "francisca",
      "id": 14,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7fa515d53450023c83d62986d0658a8?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/francisca"
    },
    "author": {
      "name": "Maxie Medhurst",
      "username": "craig_rutherford",
      "id": 12,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a0d477b3ea21970ce6ffcbb817b0b435?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/craig_rutherford"
    },
    "subscribed": true,
    "user_notes_count": 7,
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "merge_requests_count": 0,
    "due_date": null,
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/my-group/my-project/issues/10",
    "references": {
      "short": "#10",
      "relative": "#10",
      "full": "my-group/my-project#10"
    },
    "confidential": false,
    "discussion_locked": false,
    "task_completion_status":{
       "count":0,
       "completed_count":0
    }
  },
  "target_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/issues/10",
  "body": "Vel voluptas atque dicta mollitia adipisci qui at.",
  "state": "pending",
  "created_at": "2016-07-01T11:09:13.992Z"
}

NOTE: Note: The assignee column is deprecated. We now show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

NOTE: Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value is only present for issues closed after GitLab 10.6 and if the user account that closed the issue still exists.

Set a time estimate for an issue

Sets an estimated time of work for this issue.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/time_estimate
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue
duration string yes The duration in human format. e.g: 3h30m 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/time_estimate?duration=3h30m"

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": "3h 30m",
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 12600,
  "total_time_spent": 0
}

Reset the time estimate for an issue

Resets the estimated time for this issue to 0 seconds.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/reset_time_estimate
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/reset_time_estimate"

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 0
}

Add spent time for an issue

Adds spent time for this issue

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/add_spent_time
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue
duration string yes The duration in human format. e.g: 3h30m 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/add_spent_time?duration=1h"

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": "1h",
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 3600
}

Reset spent time for an issue

Resets the total spent time for this issue to 0 seconds.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/reset_spent_time
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/reset_spent_time"

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 0
}

Get time tracking stats

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, you need to provide credentials to authorize. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/time_stats
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/time_stats"

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": "2h",
  "human_total_time_spent": "1h",
  "time_estimate": 7200,
  "total_time_spent": 3600
}

List merge requests related to issue

Get all the merge requests that are related to the issue.

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, you need to provide credentials to authorize. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id/related_merge_requests
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/11/related_merge_requests"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 29,
    "iid": 11,
    "project_id": 1,
    "title": "Provident eius eos blanditiis consequatur neque odit.",
    "description": "Ut consequatur ipsa aspernatur quisquam voluptatum fugit. Qui harum corporis quo fuga ut incidunt veritatis. Autem necessitatibus et harum occaecati nihil ea.\r\n\r\ntwitter/flight#8",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-09-18T14:36:15.510Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-09-19T07:45:13.089Z",
    "closed_by": null,
    "closed_at": null,
    "target_branch": "v2.x",
    "source_branch": "so_long_jquery",
    "user_notes_count": 9,
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": 14,
      "name": "Verna Hills",
      "username": "lawanda_reinger",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de68a91aeab1cff563795fb98a0c2cc0?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/lawanda_reinger"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 19,
      "name": "Jody Baumbach",
      "username": "felipa.kuvalis",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6541fc75fc4e87e203529bd275fafd07?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/felipa.kuvalis"
    },
    "source_project_id": 1,
    "target_project_id": 1,
    "labels": [],
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 27,
      "iid": 2,
      "project_id": 1,
      "title": "v1.0",
      "description": "Et tenetur voluptatem minima doloribus vero dignissimos vitae.",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2018-09-18T14:35:44.353Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-09-18T14:35:44.353Z",
      "due_date": null,
      "start_date": null,
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight/milestones/2"
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "cannot_be_merged",
    "sha": "3b7b528e9353295c1c125dad281ac5b5deae5f12",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "squash_commit_sha": null,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "should_remove_source_branch": null,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "reference": "!11",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight/merge_requests/4",
    "references": {
      "short": "!4",
      "relative": "!4",
      "full": "twitter/flight!4"
    },
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    },
    "squash": false,
    "task_completion_status": {
      "count": 0,
      "completed_count": 0
    },
    "changes_count": "10",
    "latest_build_started_at": "2018-12-05T01:16:41.723Z",
    "latest_build_finished_at": "2018-12-05T02:35:54.046Z",
    "first_deployed_to_production_at": null,
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 38980952,
      "sha": "81c6a84c7aebd45a1ac2c654aa87f11e32338e0a",
      "ref": "test-branch",
      "status": "success",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/pipelines/38980952"
    },
    "head_pipeline": {
      "id": 38980952,
      "sha": "81c6a84c7aebd45a1ac2c654aa87f11e32338e0a",
      "ref": "test-branch",
      "status": "success",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight/pipelines/38980952",
      "before_sha": "3c738a37eb23cf4c0ed0d45d6ddde8aad4a8da51",
      "tag": false,
      "yaml_errors": null,
      "user": {
        "id": 19,
        "name": "Jody Baumbach",
        "username": "felipa.kuvalis",
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6541fc75fc4e87e203529bd275fafd07?s=80&d=identicon",
        "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/felipa.kuvalis"
      },
      "created_at": "2018-12-05T01:16:13.342Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-12-05T02:35:54.086Z",
      "started_at": "2018-12-05T01:16:41.723Z",
      "finished_at": "2018-12-05T02:35:54.046Z",
      "committed_at": null,
      "duration": 4436,
      "coverage": "46.68",
      "detailed_status": {
        "icon": "status_warning",
        "text": "passed",
        "label": "passed with warnings",
        "group": "success-with-warnings",
        "tooltip": "passed",
        "has_details": true,
        "details_path": "/twitter/flight/pipelines/38",
        "illustration": null,
        "favicon": "https://gitlab.example.com/assets/ci_favicons/favicon_status_success-8451333011eee8ce9f2ab25dc487fe24a8758c694827a582f17f42b0a90446a2.png"
      }
    },
    "diff_refs": {
      "base_sha": "d052d768f0126e8cddf80afd8b1eb07f406a3fcb",
      "head_sha": "81c6a84c7aebd45a1ac2c654aa87f11e32338e0a",
      "start_sha": "d052d768f0126e8cddf80afd8b1eb07f406a3fcb"
    },
    "merge_error": null,
    "user": {
      "can_merge": true
    }
  }
]

List merge requests that will close issue on merge

Get all the merge requests that will close an issue when merged.

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, you need to provide credentials to authorize. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/closed_by
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/11/closed_by"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 6471,
    "iid": 6432,
    "project_id": 1,
    "title": "add a test for cgi lexer options",
    "description": "closes #11",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2017-04-06T18:33:34.168Z",
    "updated_at": "2017-04-09T20:10:24.983Z",
    "target_branch": "master",
    "source_branch": "feature.custom-highlighting",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "assignee": null,
    "source_project_id": 1,
    "target_project_id": 1,
    "closed_at": null,
    "closed_by": null,
    "labels": [],
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": null,
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "unchecked",
    "sha": "5a62481d563af92b8e32d735f2fa63b94e806835",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "squash_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 1,
    "should_remove_source_branch": null,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-test/merge_requests/6432",
    "reference": "!6432",
    "references": {
      "short": "!6432",
      "relative": "!6432",
      "full": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test!6432"
    },
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

Participants on issues

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, you need to provide credentials to authorize. The preferred way to do this, is by using personal access tokens.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/participants
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/participants"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "John Doe1",
    "username": "user1",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c922747a93b40d1ea88262bf1aebee62?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/user1"
  },
  {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "John Doe5",
    "username": "user5",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4aea8cf834ed91844a2da4ff7ae6b491?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/user5"
  }
]

Comments on issues

Comments are done via the notes resource.

Get user agent details

Available only for admins.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/user_agent_detail
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
issue_iid integer yes The internal ID of a project's issue 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/user_agent_detail"

Example response:

{
  "user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36",
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "akismet_submitted": false
}

List issue state events

To track which state was set, who did it, and when it happened, check out Resource state events API.