With X-GitHub-Api-Version 2026-03-10, GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} no longer returns has_downloads, which the default version 2022-11-28 still includes.

GitHub REST API · GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-26 · 34 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

1. Send header X-GitHub-Api-Version = 2022-11-28.

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: anonymous

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:repo-api-version-2026 (declarative, source) · official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/breaking-changes

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}"}}'

YAML: facts/github/api-version-2026-drops-has-downloads.yaml

Data: CC BY 4.0 · apifacts registry · This page is generated; edit the YAML, not the page.