---
title: "Repair GitHub metadata numbers"
method: POST
path: "/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/github/metadata-numbers"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# Repair GitHub metadata numbers

`POST /api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/github/metadata-numbers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/github/metadata-numbers`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `gc-session`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP token

Repairs bounded provider/local metadata number mappings under exact version fences. Requires authenticated authority and enforces current resource policy.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `pulls` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `expectedVersion` integer, required
    - `from` integer, required
    - `to` integer, required
  - `issues` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `expectedVersion` integer, required
    - `from` integer, required
    - `to` integer, required

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- object
  - `repaired` true, required
  - `pulls` integer, required
  - `issues` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)