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Repository permission·issues:read
Issues: Read
Tier 3 · Low
Why Tier 3
Reads issues and comments.
Data plane permissions start at Tier 2. This one is lowered for the reason above.
- Target
- Repository
- Plane
- DataCollaboration: Issues, discussions, projects and issue configuration.
- Granted by
- Fine-grained PAT, GitHub App, GITHUB_TOKEN
- Available on
- Every setup
- In a workflow
permissions: issues: read
What it unlocks
27 REST endpoints need this permission. A few of them:
- GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues
- GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}/reactions
- GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/events
- GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}
Roles that include it
No built-in role includes it. Only tokens, Apps or custom roles can grant it.
Classic scopes that reach it
No classic scope reaches it. Only fine-grained PATs, Apps or GITHUB_TOKEN can grant it.
Attack paths
No attack technique, escalation or incident on ghtier goes through this yet.