the search is longer than ### characters.

GitHub REST API · GET /search/repositories · HTTP 422 invalid

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 109 confirmations from 2 vantages

A search q parameter longer than 256 characters returns HTTP 422 Validation Failed with errors[0] code invalid, field q and message The search is longer than 256 characters.

What to do

1. Keep q ≤ 256 bytes.

Dimensions

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

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:search-query-too-long (declarative, source)

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/search/repositories"},"error":{"status":422,"body_excerpt":"the search is longer than ### characters."}}'

YAML: facts/github/search-query-longer-than-256.yaml

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