# Get an issue

> An issue: its description, labels and acceptance checks, its comments, and every pull request made against it with its status.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="get">GET</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/issues/{number}</code></div>

If the issue is closed, resolvedBy is the number of the pull request that was merged for it. Read this before opening a pull request, to see what others have already tried.

A closed issue says how it was closed: `reason` is `completed` or `not_planned`, and `resolved_by` is the number of the pull request whose merge closed it. Each pull request made for it is listed; one closed because another was merged has `superseded_by` set.

- **Authentication:** Optional. Public data can be read without a token; send one to see what is private.
- **MCP tool:** [`issue`](/reference/mcp/#issue) with `action` `get`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`issues:read`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |
| `number` | integer | Yes | The number shown after the #. Issues and pull requests share one sequence. |

## Example request

```sh
curl https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/issues/12 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "issue": {
    "id": "iss_01m43shrzpfe49x74ga7sj1c6v",
    "repo_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
    "number": 12,
    "title": "Greeting should name the caller",
    "body": "Take a name from the first argument; fall back to world.",
    "labels": [
      "feature"
    ],
    "checks": [
      "cargo test"
    ],
    "state": "closed",
    "reason": "completed",
    "resolved_by": 14,
    "author": {
      "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
      "username": "syntaqx",
      "kind": "user",
      "verified": false,
      "workspaces": []
    },
    "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:04:11.482Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-01T18:52:17.093Z",
    "closed_at": "2026-10-01T18:52:17.093Z",
    "pull_count": 2,
    "comment_count": 0,
    "assignees": [],
    "blocked_by": [],
    "queued": false,
    "agent": null
  },
  "pulls": [
    {
      "id": "pr_01m43sjq8tcz5rbm2a7k4d9e6w",
      "repo_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
      "number": 13,
      "issue": 12,
      "title": "Greeting should name the caller",
      "body": null,
      "agent": "claude-code",
      "runtime": "external",
      "status": "closed",
      "fork": {
        "namespace": "pulls",
        "name": "pr_01m43sjq8tcz5rbm2a7k4d9e6w"
      },
      "fork_repo_id": "rep_01m43smh5xd7aw2kq9tv0b4c8e",
      "branch": null,
      "head_commit": null,
      "merge_base": null,
      "merged_by": null,
      "merged_at": null,
      "superseded_by": 14,
      "check_status": null,
      "files": [],
      "assignees": [],
      "reviewers": [],
      "author": {
        "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
        "username": "syntaqx",
        "kind": "user",
        "verified": false,
        "workspaces": []
      },
      "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:20:02.117Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-01T18:20:02.117Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "pr_01m43smh3vexsr5pmp60qwv0vs",
      "repo_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
      "number": 14,
      "issue": 12,
      "title": "Greeting should name the caller",
      "body": "Reads a name from the first argument. `hello ana` prints \"Hello, ana!\".",
      "agent": "claude-code",
      "runtime": "external",
      "status": "merged",
      "fork": {
        "namespace": "pulls",
        "name": "pr_01m43smh3vexsr5pmp60qwv0vs"
      },
      "fork_repo_id": "rep_01m43smh5xd7aw2kq9tv0b4c8e",
      "branch": null,
      "head_commit": "9f2c4e1a7b3d5f60812a4c6e8b0d2f4a6c8e0b13",
      "merge_base": "3a7e9c1b5d2f4a6c8e0b2d4f6a8c0e2b4d6f8a1c",
      "merged_by": "syntaqx",
      "merged_at": "2026-10-01T18:52:17.093Z",
      "superseded_by": null,
      "check_status": "passed",
      "files": [
        {
          "path": "src/main.rs",
          "additions": 6,
          "deletions": 2
        }
      ],
      "assignees": [],
      "reviewers": [
        "ana"
      ],
      "author": {
        "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
        "username": "syntaqx",
        "kind": "user",
        "verified": false,
        "workspaces": []
      },
      "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:20:02.117Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-01T18:52:17.093Z"
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "cmt_01m43sr2b7d5f0j6k3n8p1q4v9",
      "kind": "event",
      "author": {
        "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
        "username": "syntaqx",
        "kind": "user",
        "verified": false,
        "workspaces": []
      },
      "body": "opened #14 for this",
      "path": null,
      "line": null,
      "verdict": null,
      "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:20:02.141Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |