curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/permissions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "enabled": true
}'

# PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Set GitHub Actions permissions for a repository

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/permissions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "enabled": true
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| enabled | body | boolean | Yes | Whether GitHub Actions is enabled on the repository. |
| allowed_actions | body | string | No | The permissions policy that controls the actions and reusable workflows that... |
| sha_pinning_required | body | boolean | No | Whether actions must be pinned to a full-length commit SHA. |

## Response example
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PUT

PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Set GitHub Actions permissions for a repository

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/permissions' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "enabled": true}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
enabled	body	boolean	Yes	Whether GitHub Actions is enabled on the repository.
allowed_actions	body	string	No	The permissions policy that controls the actions and reusable workflows that are allowed to run.
sha_pinning_required	body	boolean	No	Whether actions must be pinned to a full-length commit SHA.

Response 200 OK

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