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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 will result 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](README.md#pagination).

CAUTION: **Deprecation:**
> `reference` attribute in response is deprecated in favour of `references`.
> Introduced [GitLab 12.6](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/20354)

NOTE: **Note:**
> `references.relative` is relative to the group / project that the issue is being requested. When issue is fetched from its project
> `relative` format would be the same as `short` format and when requested across groups / projects it is expected to be the same as `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`.

```plaintext
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                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `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. `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. |
| `with_labels_details` | boolean        | no         | If `true`, response will return 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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/21413)|
| `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`<br> For versions before 11.0, use the now deprecated `created-by-me` or `assigned-to-me` scopes instead.<br> _([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) in GitLab 9.5. [Changed to snake_case](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/18935) in GitLab 11.0)_ |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) 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`. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) 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 `assignee_username` array should only contain a single value or an invalid parameter error will be returned otherwise. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/14016) in GitLab 10.0)_ |
| `weight` **(STARTER)** | integer       | no         | Return issues with the specified `weight`. `None` returns issues with no weight assigned. `Any` returns issues with a weight assigned.              |
| `iids[]`            | integer array    | no         | Return only the issues having the given `iid`                                                                                                       |
| `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`                                                               |
| `sort`              | string           | no         | Return issues sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`                                                                                    |
| `search`            | string           | no         | Search issues against their `title` and `description`                                                                                               |
| `in`                | string           | no         | Modify the scope of the `search` attribute. `title`, `description`, or a string joining them with comma. Default is `title,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                                                                                                   |
| `confidential`      | boolean          | no         | Filter confidential or public issues.                                                                                                               |
| `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` |
| `non_archived`      | boolean          | no         | Return issues only from non-archived projects. If `false`, response will return issues from both archived and non-archived projects. Default is `true`. _(Introduced in [GitLab 13.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/197170))_ |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/issues"
```

Example response:

```json
[
   {
      "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://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://example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/76",
         "notes":"`http://example.com/`api/v4/projects/1/issues/76/notes",
         "award_emoji":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/76/award_emoji",
         "project":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/1"
      },
      "task_completion_status":{
         "count":0,
         "completed_count":0
      }
   }
]
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

If the group is private, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
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                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                | integer/string   | yes        | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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. `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. |
| `with_labels_details` | boolean        | no         | If `true`, response will return 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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/21413) |
| `iids[]`            | integer array    | 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`.<br> For versions before 11.0, use the now deprecated `created-by-me` or `assigned-to-me` scopes instead.<br> _([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) in GitLab 9.5. [Changed to snake_case](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/18935) in GitLab 11.0)_ |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) 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`. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) 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 `assignee_username` array should only contain a single value or an invalid parameter error will be returned otherwise. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/14016) in GitLab 10.0)_ |
| `weight` **(STARTER)** | integer       | no         | Return issues with the specified `weight`. `None` returns issues with no weight assigned. `Any` returns issues with a weight assigned. |
| `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`                                                               |
| `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                                                                             |
| `confidential`     | boolean          | no         | Filter confidential or public issues.                                                                                         |
| `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` |
| `non_archived`      | boolean          | no         | Return issues from non archived projects. Default is true. _(Introduced in [GitLab 12.8](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/23785))_ |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/issues"
```

Example response:

```json
[
   {
      "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://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://example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41",
         "notes":"`http://example.com/`api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/notes",
         "award_emoji":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/award_emoji",
         "project":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/4"
      },
      "task_completion_status":{
         "count":0,
         "completed_count":0
      }
   }
]
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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 project issues

Get a list of a project's issues.

If the project is private, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
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                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                | integer/string   | yes        | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user               |
| `iids[]`            | integer array    | no         | Return only the issues 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. `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. |
| `with_labels_details` | boolean        | no         | If `true`, response will return more details for each label in labels field: `:name`, `:color`, `:description`, `:description_html`, `:text_color`. Default is `false`. `description_html` Introduced in [GitLab 12.7](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/21413) |
| `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`.<br> For versions before 11.0, use the now deprecated `created-by-me` or `assigned-to-me` scopes instead.<br> _([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) in GitLab 9.5. [Changed to snake_case](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/18935) in GitLab 11.0)_ |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) 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`. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/13004) 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 `assignee_username` array should only contain a single value or an invalid parameter error will be returned otherwise. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/14016) in GitLab 10.0)_ |
| `weight` **(STARTER)** | integer       | no         | Return issues with the specified `weight`. `None` returns issues with no weight assigned. `Any` returns issues with a weight assigned. |
| `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`                                                               |
| `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                                                                             |
| `confidential`     | boolean          | no         | Filter confidential or public issues.                                                                                         |
| `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` |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues"
```

Example response:

```json
[
   {
      "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://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://example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41",
         "notes":"`http://example.com/`api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/notes",
         "award_emoji":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/award_emoji",
         "project":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/4"
      },
      "task_completion_status":{
         "count":0,
         "completed_count":0
      }
   }
]
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

## Single issue

Get a single project issue.

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "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://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
   }
}
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

Users on GitLab [Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will additionally see
the `epic` property:

```javascript
{
   "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
   },
   // ...
}
```

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

**Note**: The `epic_iid` attribute is deprecated and [will be removed in version 5](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/35157).
Please use `iid` of the `epic` attribute instead.

## New issue

Creates a new project issue.

```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/issues
```

| Attribute                                 | Type           | Required | Description  |
|-------------------------------------------|----------------|----------|--------------|
| `id`                                      | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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. 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 a user 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, for example `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, 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 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`. |
| `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/35157)) |

```shell
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:

```json
{
   "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://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://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
   }
}
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

## Rate limits

To help avoid abuse, users are limited to:

| Request Type     | Limit                       |
| ---------------- | --------------------------- |
| Create           | 300 issues per minute       |

## Edit issue

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

```plaintext
PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
```

| Attribute      | Type    | Required | Description                                                                                                |
|----------------|---------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `id`           | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 admin 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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/35157)) |

```shell
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85?state_event=close"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "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://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://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
   }
}
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

## Delete an issue

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

```plaintext
DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/85"
```

## Reorder an issue

> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211864) as a [community contribution](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/35349) in GitLab 13.2.

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

```plaintext
PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/reorder
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |
| `move_after_id` | integer | no | The ID of a projet's issue to move this issue after |
| `move_before_id` | integer | no | The ID of a projet's issue to move this issue before |

```shell
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, 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.

```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/move
```

| Attribute       | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-----------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`            | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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            |

```shell
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:

```json
{
  "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://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://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
  }
}
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

## 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.

```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/subscribe
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/subscribe"
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "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://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://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
  }
}
```

Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `weight` parameter:

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

**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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

## 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.

```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/unsubscribe
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/unsubscribe"
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "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://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 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.

```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/todo
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/todo"
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "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://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**: `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](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17042). 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.

## Set a time estimate for an issue

Sets an estimated time of work for this issue.

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 |

```shell
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:

```json
{
  "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.

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/reset_time_estimate"
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "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

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 |

```shell
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:

```json
{
  "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.

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/reset_spent_time"
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "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, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/time_stats"
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "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, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/11/related_merge_requests"
```

Example response:

```json
[
  {
    "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 issue when merged.

If the project is private or the issue is confidential, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
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   |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/11/closed_by"
```

Example response:

```json
[
  {
    "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, credentials will need to be provided for authorization.
The preferred way to do this, is by using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).

```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/participants
```

| Attribute   | Type    | Required | Description                          |
|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/participants"
```

Example response:

```json
[
  {
    "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](notes.md) resource.

## Get user agent details

Available only for admins.

```plaintext
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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user  |
| `issue_iid` | integer | yes      | The internal ID of a project's issue |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/93/user_agent_detail"
```

Example response:

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