Issues API

Every API call to issues must be authenticated.

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

Issues pagination

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

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

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`state`	string	no	Return all issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated list of label names, issues must have all labels to be returned. `No+Label` lists all issues with no labels
`milestone`	string	no	The milestone title. `None` lists all issues with no milestone. `Any` lists all issues that have an assigned milestone.
`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)
`author_id`	integer	no	Return issues created by the given user `id`. Combine with `scope=all` or `scope=assigned_to_me`. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
`assignee_id`	integer	no	Return issues assigned to the given user `id`. `None` returns unassigned issues. `Any` returns issues with an assignee. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
`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)
`iids[]`	Array[integer]	no	Return only the issues having the given `iid`
`order_by`	string	no	Return issues ordered by `created_at` or `updated_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return issues sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`
`search`	string	no	Search issues against their `title` and `description`
`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
`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

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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",
      "iid" : 6,
      "labels" : [],
      "user_notes_count": 1,
      "due_date": "2016-07-22",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/issues/6",
      "time_stats": {
         "time_estimate": 0,
         "total_time_spent": 0,
         "human_time_estimate": null,
         "human_total_time_spent": null
      },
      "confidential": false,
      "discussion_locked": false
   }
]

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

Note: The closed_by attribute was introduced in GitLab 10.6. This value will only be present for issues which were closed after GitLab 10.6 and when the user account that closed the issue still exists.

List group issues

Get a list of a group's issues.

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

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
`state`	string	no	Return all issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated list of label names, issues must have all labels to be returned. `No+Label` lists all issues with no labels
`iids[]`	Array[integer]	no	Return only the issues having the given `iid`
`milestone`	string	no	The milestone title. `None` lists all issues with no milestone. `Any` lists all issues that have an assigned milestone.
`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)
`author_id`	integer	no	Return issues created by the given user `id` (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
`assignee_id`	integer	no	Return issues assigned to the given user `id`. `None` returns unassigned issues. `Any` returns issues with an assignee. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
`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)
`order_by`	string	no	Return issues ordered by `created_at` or `updated_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return issues sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`
`search`	string	no	Search group issues against their `title` and `description`
`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
`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

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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" : [],
      "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://example.com/example/example/issues/1",
      "time_stats": {
         "time_estimate": 0,
         "total_time_spent": 0,
         "human_time_estimate": null,
         "human_total_time_spent": null
      },
      "confidential": false,
      "discussion_locked": false
   }
]

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

List project issues

Get a list of a project's issues.

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

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`iids[]`	Array[integer]	no	Return only the milestone having the given `iid`
`state`	string	no	Return all issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated list of label names, issues must have all labels to be returned. `No+Label` lists all issues with no labels
`milestone`	string	no	The milestone title. `None` lists all issues with no milestone. `Any` lists all issues that have an assigned milestone.
`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)
`author_id`	integer	no	Return issues created by the given user `id` (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
`assignee_id`	integer	no	Return issues assigned to the given user `id`. `None` returns unassigned issues. `Any` returns issues with an assignee. (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
`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)
`order_by`	string	no	Return issues ordered by `created_at` or `updated_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return issues sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`
`search`	string	no	Search project issues against their `title` and `description`
`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
`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

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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" : [],
      "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://example.com/example/example/issues/1",
      "time_stats": {
         "time_estimate": 0,
         "total_time_spent": 0,
         "human_time_estimate": null,
         "human_total_time_spent": null
      },
      "confidential": false,
      "discussion_locked": false
   }
]

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

Single issue

Get a single project issue.

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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" : [],
   "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://example.com/example/example/issues/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"
   }
}

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

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 admin or project owner rights)
`title`	string	yes	The title of an issue
`description`	string	no	The description of an issue
`confidential`	boolean	no	Set an issue to be confidential. Default is `false`.
`assignee_ids`	Array[integer]	no	The ID of the users to assign issue
`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, e.g. `2016-03-11T03:45:40Z` (requires admin or project/group owner rights)
`due_date`	string	no	Date time string in the format YEAR-MONTH-DAY, e.g. `2016-03-11`
`merge_request_to_resolve_discussions_of`	integer	no	The IID of a merge request in which to resolve all issues. This will fill the issue with a default description and mark all discussions as resolved. When passing a description or title, these values will take precedence over the default values.
`discussion_to_resolve`	string	no	The ID of a discussion to resolve. This will fill in the issue with a default description and mark the discussion as resolved. Use in combination with `merge_request_to_resolve_discussions_of`.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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"
   ],
   "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://example.com/example/example/issues/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://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"
   }
}

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

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
`confidential`	boolean	no	Updates an issue to be confidential
`assignee_ids`	Array[integer]	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.
`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, e.g. `2016-03-11T03:45:40Z` (requires admin or project owner rights)
`due_date`	string	no	Date time string in the format YEAR-MONTH-DAY, e.g. `2016-03-11`
`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.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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"
   ],
   "id" : 85,
   "assignees" : [],
   "assignee" : null,
   "milestone" : null,
   "subscribed" : true,
   "user_notes_count": 0,
   "due_date": "2016-07-22",
   "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/issues/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://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"
   }
}

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

Delete an issue

Only for admins and project owners. Soft 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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85

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, error 400 together with an explaining error message is returned.

If a given label and/or milestone with the same name also exists in the target project, it will then be assigned to the issue that is 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 --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --data '{"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": [],
  "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://example.com/example/example/issues/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://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"
  }
}

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

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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": [],
  "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://example.com/example/example/issues/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://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"
  }
}

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

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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": [],
  "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://example.com/example/example/issues/12",
  "confidential": false,
  "discussion_locked": false
}

Create a todo

Manually creates a todo for the current user on an issue. If there already exists a todo 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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/todo

Example response:

{
  "id": 112,
  "project": {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "Gitlab Ci",
    "name_with_namespace": "Gitlab Org / Gitlab Ci",
    "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,
    "due_date": null,
    "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/issues/110",
    "confidential": false,
    "discussion_locked": false
  },
  "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: assignee column is deprecated, now we show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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

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 --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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.

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 --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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",
    "target_branch": "v2.x",
    "source_branch": "so_long_jquery",
    "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,
    "user_notes_count": 9,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "should_remove_source_branch": null,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight/merge_requests/4",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    },
    "squash": false
  }
]

List merge requests that will close issue on merge

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

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/closed_by

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project
`issue_iid`	integer	yes	The internal ID of a project issue

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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,
    "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",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

Participants on issues

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 --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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://localhost/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://localhost/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 --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 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
}