Update issues webhook event activity types by broccolinisoup · Pull Request #44574 · github/docs
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Docs https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows is missing the new 'field_added' and 'field_removed' issue types on the issues workflow trigger. This PR adds this.
Added new activity types 'field_added' and 'field_removed' to the issues webhook event.
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Added new activity types 'field_added' and 'field_removed' to the issues webhook event.
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Pull request overview
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Updates the GitHub Actions documentation for workflow triggers to reflect additional issues webhook activity types.
Changes:
- Adds
field_addedandfield_removedto theissuesevent activity type list in the trigger reference table.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| content/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows.md | Expands the documented issues activity types to include field_added/field_removed. |
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| | Webhook event payload | Activity types | `GITHUB_SHA` | `GITHUB_REF` | | ||
| | --------------------- | -------------- | ------------ | -------------| | ||
| | [`issues`](/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#issues) | - `opened`<br/>- `edited`<br/>- `deleted`<br/>- `transferred`<br/>- `pinned`<br/>- `unpinned`<br/>- `closed`<br/>- `reopened`<br/>- `assigned`<br/>- `unassigned`<br/>- `labeled`<br/>- `unlabeled`<br/>- `locked`<br/>- `unlocked`<br/>- `milestoned`<br/> - `demilestoned`<br/> - `typed`<br/> - `untyped` | Last commit on default branch | Default branch | | ||
| | [`issues`](/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#issues) | - `opened`<br/>- `edited`<br/>- `deleted`<br/>- `transferred`<br/>- `pinned`<br/>- `unpinned`<br/>- `closed`<br/>- `reopened`<br/>- `assigned`<br/>- `unassigned`<br/>- `labeled`<br/>- `unlabeled`<br/>- `locked`<br/>- `unlocked`<br/>- `milestoned`<br/> - `demilestoned`<br/> - `field_added`<br/> - `field_removed`<br/> - `typed`<br/> - `untyped` | Last commit on default branch | Default branch | |
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Seems like a valid thing to address? Super NIT, though.
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Ah sorry I missed this comment.
| | Webhook event payload | Activity types | `GITHUB_SHA` | `GITHUB_REF` | | ||
| | --------------------- | -------------- | ------------ | -------------| | ||
| | [`issues`](/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#issues) | - `opened`<br/>- `edited`<br/>- `deleted`<br/>- `transferred`<br/>- `pinned`<br/>- `unpinned`<br/>- `closed`<br/>- `reopened`<br/>- `assigned`<br/>- `unassigned`<br/>- `labeled`<br/>- `unlabeled`<br/>- `locked`<br/>- `unlocked`<br/>- `milestoned`<br/> - `demilestoned`<br/> - `typed`<br/> - `untyped` | Last commit on default branch | Default branch | | ||
| | [`issues`](/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#issues) | - `opened`<br/>- `edited`<br/>- `deleted`<br/>- `transferred`<br/>- `pinned`<br/>- `unpinned`<br/>- `closed`<br/>- `reopened`<br/>- `assigned`<br/>- `unassigned`<br/>- `labeled`<br/>- `unlabeled`<br/>- `locked`<br/>- `unlocked`<br/>- `milestoned`<br/> - `demilestoned`<br/> - `field_added`<br/> - `field_removed`<br/> - `typed`<br/> - `untyped` | Last commit on default branch | Default branch | |
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Seems like a valid thing to address? Super NIT, though.
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Normalize '<br/> - ' to '<br/>- ' for demilestoned, field_added, field_removed, typed, and untyped to match the rest of the list. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>