Rest API List issue events doesn't return "Referenced" type events when authorising with a GitHub Actions token

[JustasStarred]

Hey,

Was working on a script adds some labels based on the commits that an issue references. This translates to getting all events from List issue events endpoint, and then filtering where event === 'referenced'. However I noticed that when said script is executed as part of a GitHub Actions workflow, the list of events does not include referenced. I managed to get it to work with a classic PAT using the repo permissions, but did not find any docs on it.

Does anyone know what is the correct permission that controls this?

[LangLangBart]

Listening to referenced events from an issue doesn't seem to be possible with the REST API, you need the GraphQL API.

Related thread:
- #24367 (22/May/19)

[JustasStarred]

Not sure what you mean by "listening", but retrieving the referenced events using List issue events endpoint worked correctly(as long as a PAT was used). See example code below:

curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${PAT}" https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue}/events

[LangLangBart]

My mistake. I interpreted your request for filtering referenced events for referenced pull request events.

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Example: cli/cli - 6508

REST API - query

gh api -X GET repos/cli/cli/issues/6508/events --jq '.[].event'
labeled
referenced

GraphQL query

{
  repository(owner: "cli", name: "cli") {
    issue(number: 6508) {
      timelineItems(first: 10) {
        totalCount
        nodes {
          __typename
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

GraphQL - result

{
  "data": {
    "repository": {
      "issue": {
        "timelineItems": {
          "totalCount": 4,
          "nodes": [
            {
              "__typename": "LabeledEvent"
            },
            {
              "__typename": "IssueComment"
            },
            {
              "__typename": "ReferencedEvent"
            },
            {
              "__typename": "CrossReferencedEvent"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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EDIT
Rest API also shows timeline events.

gh api -X GET repos/cli/cli/issues/6508/timeline --jq '.[].event'
labeled
commented
referenced
cross-referenced

[InvisCat]

It feels like the documentation lacks descriptions of such cases (somewhat confusing)... I also solved the problem by switching to classic PAT Token.

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