GitHub: Reprioritize sub-issue

GitHub issues.issuesReprioritizeSubIssue: arguments, response, policy and SDK examples.

Operation github.issues_reprioritize_sub_issue

Provider route: PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/sub_issues/priority. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/github with npm, or alter-sdk-github with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { GitHubIntegration } from "@alter-ai/github";

async function execute(input: Parameters<GitHubIntegration["issues"]["issuesReprioritizeSubIssue"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new GitHubIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.issues.issuesReprioritizeSubIssue(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_github import GitHubIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = GitHubIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.issues.issues_reprioritize_sub_issue(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
`path`	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
`path.owner`	string	Required within parent
`path.repo`	string	Required within parent
`path.issue_number`	integer	Required within parent
`body`	object	Required within parent
`body.after_id`	integer	Optional	The id of the sub-issue to be prioritized after (either positional argument after OR before should be specified).
`body.before_id`	integer	Optional	The id of the sub-issue to be prioritized before (either positional argument after OR before should be specified).
`body.sub_issue_id`	integer	Required within parent	The id of the sub-issue to reprioritize

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	Model	Root	Expand Get an issue — response body

Referenced models: Get an issue — response body

Schemas

16 more schemas are linked from the tables above, on the schema pages.

Get an issue — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	Issues are a great way to keep track of tasks, enhancements, and bugs for your projects.
`active_lock_reason`	JSON	Optional
`active_lock_reason (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`active_lock_reason (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`assignees`	array	Optional
`assignees[]`	Model	Each item	Expand List users — response body — item
`author_association`	string	Optional	How the author is associated with the repository. Known values: COLLABORATOR, CONTRIBUTOR, FIRST_TIMER, FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR, MANNEQUIN, MEMBER, NONE, OWNER
`body`	JSON	Optional
`body (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	Contents of the issue
`body (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`body_html`	string	Optional
`body_text`	string	Optional
`closed_at`	JSON	Required within parent
`closed_at (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	Format: date-time
`closed_at (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`closed_by`	Model	Optional	Expand Get an issue — response body — user
`comments`	JSON	Required within parent
`comments (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`comments (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`comments_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`created_at`	string	Required within parent	Format: date-time
`draft`	boolean	Optional
`events_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`html_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`id`	JSON	Required within parent
`id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative	Format: int64
`id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`issue_dependencies_summary`	Model	Optional	Expand Get an issue — response body — issue dependencies summary
`issue_field_values`	array	Optional
`issue_field_values[]`	Model	Each item	Expand Add issue field values to an issue — response body — item
`labels`	array	Required within parent	Labels to associate with this issue; pass one or more label names to replace the set of labels on this issue; send an empty array to clear all labels from the issue; note that the labels are silently dropped for users without push access to the repository
`labels[]`	JSON	Each item
`labels[] (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`labels[] (anyOf 2)`	Model	Alternative	Expand Get an issue — response body — labels item archived by, color, default, description, id, name, node id, url
`labels_url`	string	Required within parent
`locked`	boolean	Required within parent
`milestone`	Model	Required within parent	Expand Get an issue — response body — milestone
`node_id`	string	Required within parent
`number`	JSON	Required within parent
`number (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative	Number uniquely identifying the issue within its repository
`number (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`parent_issue_url`	JSON	Optional
`parent_issue_url (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	URL to get the parent issue of this issue, if it is a sub-issue Format: uri
`parent_issue_url (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`performed_via_github_app`	Model	Optional	Expand Get an app — response body
`pinned_comment`	Model	Optional	Expand Get an issue — response body — pinned comment
`pull_request`	object	Optional
`pull_request.diff_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`pull_request.html_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`pull_request.merged_at`	string	Optional	Format: date-time
`pull_request.patch_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`pull_request.url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`reactions`	Model	Optional	Expand Get an issue — response body — reactions
`repository`	Model	Optional	Expand List repositories for the authenticated user — response body — item
`repository_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`state`	string	Required within parent	State of the issue; either 'open' or 'closed'
`state_reason`	JSON	Optional
`state_reason (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	The reason for the current state Known values: completed, reopened, not_planned, duplicate
`state_reason (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`sub_issues_summary`	Model	Optional	Expand Get an issue — response body — sub issues summary
`timeline_url`	string	Optional	Format: uri
`title`	string	Required within parent	Title of the issue
`type`	Model	Optional	Expand Create issue type for an organization — response body
`updated_at`	string	Required within parent	Format: date-time
`url`	string	Required within parent	URL for the issue Format: uri
`user`	Model	Required within parent	Expand Get an issue — response body — user

Get an issue — response body — issue dependencies summary

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root
`blocked_by`	JSON	Required within parent
`blocked_by (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`blocked_by (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`blocking`	JSON	Required within parent
`blocking (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`blocking (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`total_blocked_by`	JSON	Required within parent
`total_blocked_by (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`total_blocked_by (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`total_blocking`	JSON	Required within parent
`total_blocking (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`total_blocking (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$

Get an issue — response body — pinned comment

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	JSON	Root
`$ (anyOf 1)`	Model	Alternative	Expand Get an issue — response body — pinned comment author association, body, body html, body text, created at, html url, id, issue url, minimized, node id, performed via github app, pin, reactions, updated at, url, user
`$ (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative

Referenced models: Get an issue — response body — pinned comment author association, body, body html, body text, created at, html url, id, issue url, minimized, node id, performed via github app, pin, reactions, updated at, url, user

Get an issue — response body — milestone

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	JSON	Root
`$ (anyOf 1)`	Model	Alternative	Expand Get an issue — response body — milestone / state: open, closed
`$ (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative

Referenced models: Get an issue — response body — milestone / state: open, closed

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: github.issues_reprioritize_sub_issue. Catalog operation: issues/reprioritize-sub-issue. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Pinned headers: {"X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2026-03-10", "User-Agent": "Alter", "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}

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