Set an issue deadline. If set to null, the deadline is deleted. If using deadline only the date will be taken into account, and time of day ignored.

POST

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/deadline

Authorizations

• BasicAuth
• AuthorizationHeaderToken
• SudoParam
• SudoHeader
• TOTPHeader

Parameters

Path Parameters

owner

required

string

Owner of the repo

repo

required

string

Name of the repo

index

required

integer format: int64

Index of the issue to create or update a deadline on

Request Body

Media typeapplication/json

EditDeadlineOption options for creating a deadline

object

due_date

required

string format: date-time

Example^generated

{
  "due_date": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"
}

Responses

201

IssueDeadline

Media typeapplication/json

IssueDeadline represents an issue deadline

object

due_date

string format: date-time

Example^generated

{
  "due_date": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"
}

403

APIForbiddenError is a forbidden error response

Media typeapplication/json

object

message

string

url

string

Example^generated

{
  "message": "example",
  "url": "example"
}

404

APINotFound is a not found error response

Media typeapplication/json

object

errors

Array<string>

message

string

url

string

Example^generated

{
  "errors": [
    "example"
  ],
  "message": "example",
  "url": "example"
}