---
title: "Set an issue deadline. If set to null, the deadline is deleted. If using deadline only the date will be taken into account, and time of day ignored."
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/deadline"
tags: ["issue"]
---

# Set an issue deadline. If set to null, the deadline is deleted. If using deadline only the date will be taken into account, and time of day ignored.

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/deadline`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/deadline`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `token`
  - API key in query parameter `access_token`
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - API key in query parameter `sudo`
  - API key in header `Sudo`
  - API key in header `X-GITEA-OTP`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/docs/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:index/deadline/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `index` integer, required

## Request body

- EditDeadlineOption: EditDeadlineOption options for editing a deadline
  - `due_date` string, date-time: Deadline is the updated due date for the issue or pull request, use null or empty string to remove the deadline

## Response `201`

IssueDeadline

- IssueDeadline: IssueDeadline represents an issue deadline
  - `due_date` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `default`: APIError is error format response

## Changes

- **2026-10-28** `7ef50c4c527f`: 2 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `403`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/changes/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:index/deadline/post.md)

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