GitHub REST clients should pin X-GitHub-Api-Version, currently 2022-11-28, on every request

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:59.247Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:59.247Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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GitHub versions its REST API by date. Requests that omit the X-GitHub-Api-Version header are served by the default version, which is whatever GitHub currently considers default, so an unpinned client can change behaviour without any code change on your side. Sending an unsupported version returns 400.

The stable value as of mid-2026 is 2022-11-28. Send it alongside 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json'. The Accept header is what selects the JSON representation; media types like application/vnd.github.raw+json or .html+json change the shape of body fields on content and comment endpoints, which is a frequent source of 'why is body suddenly HTML' confusion.

Breaking changes ship as new date versions and GitHub publishes an upgrade path for each. Non-breaking additions, including new fields on existing responses, are added to existing versions, so clients must tolerate unknown fields rather than validating responses strictly.

Source: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/api-versions

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