# GitHub - Update issue action
The Update issue action updates a selected issue in GitHub.
# Input
Input field | Description |
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Issue number | Enter the number associated with the issue. You can find the number at the end of the issue URL. |
Organization | Select from the drop-down menu or enter the organization name. You can find the organization name in your GitHub URL. For example, https://github.com/organization/repo_name/ . |
Repository name | Enter the repository name where you plan to update an issue. |
State | Select the new state for the issue. For example, Open . |
Labels | Enter any labels associated with the issue you plan to update. |
Milestone ID | The ID of the milestone associated with the issue you plan to update. |
Issue title | Optional. Enter the title of the issue you plan to update. |
Body | Optional. Enter the contents of the body of the issue. |
Assignees | Optional. Enter the GitHub usernames of the assignees of the issue. The usernames must be comma separated. |
# Output
Output field | Description |
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ID | The ID of the GitHub issue. |
URL | The URL of the issue. |
Repository URL | The URL of the repository where the action resides. |
Labels URL | The issue URL that contains any labels associated with the issue. |
Comments URL | The URL linking to the issue's comments. |
Events URL | The URL linking to any events associated with the issue. |
HTML URL | The URL linking to the issue in HTML format. |
Number | The number of the issue. |
State | The state that the issue is in. For example, Open . |
Locked | Indicates if the newly created issue is locked or not. |
Title | The title of the issue. |
Body | The contents of the body of the issue. |
Score | The score of the user calculated by GitHub. |
User | Information of the user that created the issue. |
Labels | Details about each label associated with the issue. |
Assignee | Details about the user assigned to the issue. |
Assignees | Information included if there are multiple assignees. |
Milestone | Information about any milestones associated with the issue. |
Comments | Lists any comments associated with the issue. |
Pull request | |
Closed at | The date and time when the issue was closed. |
Created at | The date and time when the issue was created. |
Updated at | The date and time when the issue was updated. |
Closed by | Information about the user that closed the issue. |
Last updated: 8/19/2025, 6:21:58 PM