A request with an HTTP method the endpoint does not support, such as DELETE on a GET-only endpoint, returns HTTP 404 Not Found instead of 405 Method Not Allowed.

GitHub REST API 路 DELETE /rate_limit 路 HTTP 404

Status: 馃數 official 路 first seen 2026-10-20

What to do

  1. Call GET /rate_limit instead.

Dimensions

env: prod 路 plan: any 路 region: any 路 account_state: any

Evidence

official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api#404-not-found-for-an-existing-resource

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"DELETE","url":"https://api.github.com/rate_limit"},"error":{"status":404}}'

YAML: facts/github/unsupported-method-404.yaml

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