POST
POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks/{stack_number}/unstack — GitHub API
GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com
GitHub APIRemove pull requests from a pull request stack
- 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
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cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/stacks/10/unstack' \ -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. |
| stack_number | path | integer | Yes | The number that identifies the pull request stack. |
Response 200 OK
{
"id": 0,
"number": 0,
"node_id": "string",
"url": "https://example.com",
"base": {
"ref": "string"
},
"open": true,
"created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
"pull_requests": [
{
"id": 0,
"number": 0,
"url": "string",
"head": {
"ref": "string",
"sha": "string",
"repo": {
"id": 0,
"url": "string",
"name": "string"
}
},
"base": {
"ref": "string",
"sha": "string",
"repo": {
"id": 0,
"url": "string",
"name": "string"
}
},
"node_id": "string",
"title": "string",
"state": "open",
"merged_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
"draft": true,
"html_url": "https://example.com",
"user": {
"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"
}
}
]
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