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pygithub

What changed in pygithub 2, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-21.

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pygithub 238 changes

PyGithub adds support for Python 3.15.
2.10.0release notes
Support for Python 3.9 has been removed because it reached end-of-life.
2.10.0release notes
Support for Python 3.8 has been removed because the Python version reached end-of-life.
2.9.0release notes

Fixes a duplicated URL; editing now seals the value and uses PUT.
2.10.0release notes

Issue.assignee is deprecated; use Issue.assignees instead.
2.9.0release notes
The assignee parameter is deprecated; use assignees instead.
2.9.0release notes
Organization.edit_hook is deprecated; use Organization.get_hook(id).edit(...) instead. A lazy Github instance can avoid fetching the Hook object first.
2.9.0release notes
Reaction.delete is deprecated; use the corresponding delete_reaction method on IssueComment, PullRequestComment, CommitComment, or Issue instead.
2.9.0release notes
Team.add_to_members is deprecated; use Team.add_membership instead.
2.9.0release notes
Team.remove_from_members is deprecated; use Team.remove_membership instead.
2.9.0release notes

Allows creating a custom property with the values_editable_by parameter.
2.10.0release notes
The GitHub API version can now be specified.
2.10.0release notes
Adds max_rate_limit_wait to cap rate limit backoff.
2.10.0release notes
Issue dependency endpoints are now available.
2.10.0release notes
Adds the incomplete_results property to PaginatedList.
2.10.0release notes
Pull request creation now supports head_repo.
2.10.0release notes
Adds Repository.get_workflow_job.
2.10.0release notes
Adds the return_run_details parameter.
2.10.0release notes
Adds WorkflowRun.get_attempt.
2.10.0release notes
Code Scan Alerts support was improved.
2.9.0release notes
get_issues now supports the type parameter.
2.9.0release notes
Github instances can be created with lazy=True; object retrieval avoids API requests until methods or properties need the data. Lazy mode is off by default.
2.9.0release notes
An individual per_page value can be specified when retrieving objects with paginated properties or fetching those properties.
2.9.0release notes
Support for Secret Scanning Alerts was added.
2.9.0release notes
A throw option was added to Workflow.create_dispatch to raise exceptions.
2.9.0release notes

Fixes a doubled slash in request paths when base_url has a trailing slash.
2.10.0release notes
Boolean query parameters are now encoded as lowercase.
2.10.0release notes
Fixes decoding of bytes data when converting GithubException to a string.
2.10.0release notes
Fixes lazy retrieval of the latest tag name.
2.10.0release notes
Fixes handling of the state and code_verifier parameters.
2.10.0release notes
Fixes a duplicated URL in OrganizationVariable.edit.
2.10.0release notes
Fixes OrganizationVariable.value by using the base class properly.
2.10.0release notes
Parses only the query string when determining totalCount.
2.10.0release notes
Fixed getting a release by tag in lazy mode.
2.9.1release notes
Enterprise base URLs prefixed with api. are now allowed.
2.9.0release notes
A default type is now used when a known type is unsupported.
2.9.0release notes
Fixed totalCount returning 0 when GitHub deprecation notices are present.
2.9.0release notes
Iterating paginated properties now uses the configured per_page setting.
2.9.0release notes