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GitHub REST API client for Node.js
Last release 11 months ago
31 Oct 2025
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 weeks to 5 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
9 years old
302 releases · first in 2018
deps: update octokit monorepo (major)
deps: Remove deprecated Projects endpoints
One column per quarter.
deps: update Octokit dependencies to mitigate ReDos [security]
new endpoints, bump Octokit deps to fix Deno
21.0.1 (2024-07-17) Bug Fixes update deps
21.0.0 (2024-06-20) Features v21 ( #413 ) ( 12b6c65 ) BREAKING CHANGES package is now ESM
21.0.0-beta.4 (2024-06-19) Bug Fixes update REST endpoints
# 21.0.0-beta.3 (2024-04-30) ### Features * security: Add provenance
pkg: add a default fallback export
Empty commit to trigger release
add explicit type anotation (3ddd79e)
build: adapt for ESM (aad55f4)
bump deps (21f1aaa)
deps: bump deps (f179b0b)
deps: update octokit monorepo (aed67c2)
docs: update for ESM (42be65a)
Empty commit to trigger release (828467b)
deps: bump Octokit dependencies to address ReDos vulnerabilities, bump devDependencies ( #487 ) ( 711f2ee ), closes #486
20.1.1 (2024-05-03) Bug Fixes update REST endpoints
# 20.1.0 (2024-04-03) ### Features * security: Add provenance
deps: update octokit monorepo (major)
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-request-log to v4
Drop support for NodeJS v14, v16
# 20.0.0-beta.5 (2023-07-10) ### Bug Fixes * deps: upgrade octokit deps
# 20.0.0-beta.4 (2023-07-10) ### Bug Fixes * deps: bump octokit deps
deps: revert breaking dependency changes (#320) (f02bfd5), closes #318
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v7
stop testing against NodeJS v14, v16
deps: revert breaking dependency changes (#320) (f02bfd5), closes #318
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v7
deps: upgrade @octokit/* packages
export type only RestEndpointMethodTypes (#299) (11f8e63), closes #298
build: replace pika with esbuild and tsc
deps: bump plugin versions (#292) (9b047a0), closes #290
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods to v7
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v6
deps: update @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v5
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v4
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v3
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods to v6
deps: update dependency @octokit/core to v4
stop testing against NodeJS v10, v12
Renames methods to have consistent AuthenticatedUser() suffix, deprecates previous method names
.actions.downloadWorkflowRunAttemptLogs(), .actions.getWorkflowRunAttempt(), .repos.generateReleaseNotes(), .checks.rerequestRun(). Graduate nebula, zzzax, switcheroo, baptiste previews. Removes defunkt /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/retry endpoint. Renames methods to have consistent AuthenticatedUser() suffix, deprecates previous method names (#125) (4daa9f3)removes defunkt endpoints: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/community/code_of_conduct, DELETE /reactions/{reaction_id}. encrypted_value and key_id parameters
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/community/code_of_conduct, DELETE /reactions/{reaction_id}. encrypted_value and key_id parameters are required for .rest.actions.{createOrUpdateEnvironmentSecret,setSelectedReposForOrgSecret}(). access_token parameter is required for .rest.apps.deleteAuthorization(). Previews graduated: ant-man, flash, scarlet-witch, squirrel-girl (#122) (9c02e7d)deps: bump minimal version of @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest to v2.16.4 to prevent typescript compile errors
## 18.11.2 (2021-09-27) ### Bug Fixes * luke-cage preview graduated
typescript: graduate previews dorian, inertia, london, lydian, wyandotte
octokit.rest.repos.{enable,disable}LfsForRepo(), octokit.rest.repos.mergeUpstream({ owner, repo, branch })
typescript: .packages.deletePackageForUser(), .packages.deletePackageVersionForUser(), .packages.restorePackageForUser(), .packages.restorePackageVers
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods to v5.8.0
typescript: allow_auto_merge parameter when creating / updating a repository. Search: owner in repository items may no longer be null
.rest.repos.createAutolink(), .rest.repos.listAutolinks(), .rest.repos.getAutolink(), .rest.repos.deleteAutolink()
typescript: .rest.repos.getRelease() response data now includes mentions_count
typescript: .rest.repos.uploadReleaseAsset() requires name parameter. .head.repo property is optional in pull request response type
typescript: add created parameter to octokit.actions.listWorkflowRuns() and octokit.actions.listWorkflowRunsForRepo()
deps: use @octokit/openapi-types v9 via @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods to v5.4.2
typescript: octokit.rest.codeScanning.updateAlert() and octokit.rest.codeScanning.getAlert() response types no longer includes .rule.security_severity
typescript: octokit.rest.codeScanning.updateAlert() and octokit.rest.codeScanning.getAlert() response types now include .rule.security_severity_level
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods to v5.3.6
typescript: .security_and_analysis.secret_scanning property in repository responses
deps: update dependency @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods to v5.3.4
typescript: pagination parameters for .search.topics() and .search.labels() via @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods v5.3.3
typescript: many type improvements via @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods v5.3.2
# 18.6.0 (2021-06-12) ### Features * set error.response
release to resolve problem with skypack
## 18.5.6-beta.1 (2021-06-01) ### Bug Fixes * test release for #57
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