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GET

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/timeline — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

List timeline events for an issue

Base URL
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Auth
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Last verified
2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched
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cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/issues/10/timeline?per_page=30&page=1&exclude=example-exclude' \  -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.
issue_number path integer Yes The number that identifies the issue.
per_page query integer No The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
page query integer No The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
exclude query string No A comma-separated list of timeline event names to exclude from the response.

Response 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 0,
    "node_id": "string",
    "url": "string",
    "actor": {
      "name": "string",
      "email": "string",
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true,
      "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
      "user_view_type": "public"
    },
    "event": "string",
    "commit_id": "string",
    "commit_url": "string",
    "created_at": "string",
    "performed_via_github_app": {
      "id": 37,
      "slug": "probot-owners",
      "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
      "client_id": "\"Iv1.25b5d1e65ffc4022\"",
      "owner": {
        "name": "string",
        "email": "string",
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": true,
        "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
        "user_view_type": "public"
      },
      "name": "Probot Owners",
      "description": "The description of the app.",
      "external_url": "https://example.com",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/super-ci",
      "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "permissions": {
        "issues": "read",
        "deployments": "write"
      },
      "events": [
        "label",
        "deployment"
      ],
      "installations_count": 5
    },
    "label": {
      "name": "string",
      "color": "string"
    },
    "intent": {
      "rationale": "string",
      "confidence": "LOW"
    }
  }
]
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