Unlock a GitHub issue | New Relic Documentation

Removes the conversation lock from a GitHub issue, allowing all users to add new comments.

For authentication setup, see GitHub issue actions.

The following inputs are available for this action.

Input	Type	Description	Example
token	Required. String	GitHub Personal Access Token (fine-grained or classic) stored as a secret. Fine-grained PATs require Issues: Read and write permission. Classic PATs require repo scope.	`"${{ :secrets:github-PAT-token }}"`
owner	Required. String	The account owner of the repository (user or organization login). Case-insensitive.	`"octocat"`
repo	Required. String	Repository name without the .git suffix. Case-insensitive.	`"Hello-World"`
issueNumber	Required. Int	The number that identifies the issue.	`1347`
selectors	Optional. List	JQ selectors to extract values from the response.

This action returns the following outputs.

Output	Type	Example
response	Empty	Empty response body (HTTP 204 No Content).
success	Boolean	`success: true \| false`
errorMessage	String	Contains the GitHub API error response body.

Workflow example
`name: github_unlock_issue_workflow description: Unlock a GitHub issue steps: - name: unlock_issue type: action action: gitHub.issue.unlock version: 1 inputs: token: ${{ :secrets:github-PAT-token }} owner: your_user_name repo: test-workflow issueNumber: 7 next: end`

Workflow example

name: github_unlock_issue_workflow
description: Unlock a GitHub issue
steps:
  - name: unlock_issue
    type: action
    action: gitHub.issue.unlock
    version: 1
    inputs:
      token: ${{ :secrets:github-PAT-token }}
      owner: your_user_name
      repo: test-workflow
      issueNumber: 7
    next: end