moved permanently

GitHub REST API · GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} · HTTP 301

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 35 confirmations from 2 vantages

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} on a renamed or transferred repository returns HTTP 301 Moved Permanently with Location /repositories/{id} instead of the repository object.

What to do

  1. Call GET /repositories/{id} instead.

Dimensions

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

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:repo-renamed (declarative, source) · official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/best-practices-for-using-the-rest-api#follow-redirects

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}"},"error":{"status":301,"body_excerpt":"moved permanently"}}'

YAML: facts/github/renamed-repo-301.yaml

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