# GitHub - Update issue action

The Update issue action updates a selected issue in GitHub.

# Input

Input field Description
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
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

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