---
title: "POST /api/v1/projects/{project_id}/issues"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/projects/{project_id}/issues"
---

# POST /api/v1/projects/{project_id}/issues

`POST /api/v1/projects/{project_id}/issues`

## Path parameters

- `project_id` integer, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- CreateIssueRequestBody
  - `actor` string
  - `body` string
  - `force_new` boolean
  - `labels` string[], nullable
  - `links` CreateInitialLinkBody[], nullable
    - `incoming` boolean
    - `to_project_uid` string
    - `to_ref` string, required
    - `type` 'parent' | 'blocks' | 'related', required
  - `metadata` object
  - `owner` string
  - `priority` integer
  - `title` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- MutationResponseBody
  - `changed` boolean, required
  - `event` Event, required
    - `actor` string, required
    - `content_hash` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `hlc_counter` integer, required
    - `hlc_physical_ms` integer, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `issue_id` integer
    - `issue_short_id` string
    - `issue_uid` string
    - `origin_instance_uid` string, required
    - `payload` string, required
    - `project_id` integer, required
    - `project_name` string, required
    - `project_uid` string, required
    - `related_issue_id` integer
    - `related_issue_short_id` string
    - `related_issue_uid` string
    - `type` string, required
    - `uid` string, required
  - `issue` Issue, required
    - `author` string, required
    - `body` string, required
    - `closed_at` string, date-time
    - `closed_reason` string
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `deleted_at` string, date-time
    - `id` integer, required
    - `metadata` object, required
    - `occurrence_key` string
    - `owner` string
    - `priority` integer
    - `project_id` integer, required
    - `project_uid` string
    - `recurrence_id` integer
    - `revision` integer, required
    - `short_id` string, required
    - `status` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `uid` string, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `original_event` Event
    - `actor` string, required
    - `content_hash` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `hlc_counter` integer, required
    - `hlc_physical_ms` integer, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `issue_id` integer
    - `issue_short_id` string
    - `issue_uid` string
    - `origin_instance_uid` string, required
    - `payload` string, required
    - `project_id` integer, required
    - `project_name` string, required
    - `project_uid` string, required
    - `related_issue_id` integer
    - `related_issue_short_id` string
    - `related_issue_uid` string
    - `type` string, required
    - `uid` string, required
  - `reused` boolean

## Other responses

- `default` — Error

## Changes

- **2026-08-15** `d111dd43f594` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `links/items/to_project_uid`
- **2026-08-05** `1a5a27920493` — 1 info
  - the request property `actor` became optional
- **2026-07-08** `a8224b05a9c2` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `metadata`
- **2026-06-05** `783ece1efda1` — 1 warning
  - removed the request property `metadata`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kenn-io/apis/kata/changes/api/v1/projects/:project_id/issues/post.md)

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