GET
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/relates_to — GitHub API
GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com
GitHub APIList issues related to an issue
- Base URL
- https://api.github.com
- Auth
- Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
- Last verified
- 2026-09-25 · upstream hash matched
Actions Try in browser→
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→ 284 tokens · Vary: Accept
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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 GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/issues/10/relates_to?per_page=30&page=1' \ -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)." |
Response 200 OK
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"labels_url": "string",
"comments_url": "https://example.com",
"events_url": "https://example.com",
"html_url": "https://example.com",
"number": 42,
"state": "open",
"state_reason": "not_planned",
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"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
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"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",
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"diff_url": "https://example.com",
"html_url": "https://example.com",
"patch_url": "https://example.com",
"url": "https://example.com"
},
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"timeline_url": "https://example.com",
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"name": "string",
"description": "string",
"color": "gray",
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