curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/codespaces/permissions_check?ref=master&devcontainer_path=.devcontainer%2Fexample%2Fdevcontainer.json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces/permissions_check (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Check if permissions defined by a devcontainer have been accepted by the authenticated user

## 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 GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/codespaces/permissions_check?ref=master&devcontainer_path=.devcontainer%2Fexample%2Fdevcontainer.json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## 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... |
| ref | query | string | Yes | The git reference that points to the location of the devcontainer configurati... |
| devcontainer_path | query | string | Yes | Path to the devcontainer.json configuration to use for the permission check. |

## Response example
{"accepted":true}

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GET

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces/permissions_check — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Check if permissions defined by a devcontainer have been accepted by the authenticated user

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

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 267 tokens · Vary: Accept

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 GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/codespaces/permissions_check?ref=master&devcontainer_path=.devcontainer%2Fexample%2Fdevcontainer.json' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

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.
ref	query	string	Yes	The git reference that points to the location of the devcontainer configuration to use for the permission check. The value of `ref` will typically be a branch name (`heads/BRANCH_NAME`). For more information, see "[Git References](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References)" in the Git documentation.
devcontainer_path	query	string	Yes	Path to the devcontainer.json configuration to use for the permission check.

Response 200 OK

{
  "accepted": true
}

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