Resource state events API

Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated

Use this API to interact with state change events for issues, merge requests, and epics.

This API does not track the initial state (“create” or “open”) of resources. For a resource that was not closed or re-opened, an empty list is returned.

Issues

List project issue state events

Lists all state events for a single issue.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/resource_state_events

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`issue_iid`	integer	yes	The IID of an issue

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/11/resource_state_events"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 142,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T13:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "Issue",
    "resource_id": 11,
    "source_commit": null,
    "source_merge_request_id": null,
    "state": "opened"
  },
  {
    "id": 143,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-21T14:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "Issue",
    "resource_id": 11,
    "source_commit": null,
    "source_merge_request_id": null,
    "state": "closed"
  }
]

Retrieve a single issue state event

Retrieves a single state event for a specific project issue.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/resource_state_events/:resource_state_event_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`issue_iid`	integer	yes	The IID of an issue
`resource_state_event_id`	integer	yes	The ID of a state event

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/11/resource_state_events/143"

Example response:

{
  "id": 143,
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2018-08-21T14:38:20.077Z",
  "resource_type": "Issue",
  "resource_id": 11,
  "source_commit": null,
  "source_merge_request_id": null,
  "state": "closed"
}

Merge requests

List project merge request state events

Lists all state events for a single merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/resource_state_events

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`merge_request_iid`	integer	yes	The IID of a merge request

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/11/resource_state_events"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 142,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T13:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "MergeRequest",
    "resource_id": 11,
    "source_commit": null,
    "source_merge_request_id": null,
    "state": "opened"
  },
  {
    "id": 143,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-21T14:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "MergeRequest",
    "resource_id": 11,
    "source_commit": null,
    "source_merge_request_id": null,
    "state": "closed"
  }
]

Retrieve a single merge request state event

Retrieves a single state event for a specific project merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/resource_state_events/:resource_state_event_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`merge_request_iid`	integer	yes	The IID of a merge request
`resource_state_event_id`	integer	yes	The ID of a state event

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/11/resource_state_events/120"

Example response:

{
  "id": 120,
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2018-08-21T14:38:20.077Z",
  "resource_type": "MergeRequest",
  "resource_id": 11,
  "source_commit": null,
  "source_merge_request_id": null,
  "state": "closed"
}

Epics

The Epics REST API was deprecated in GitLab 17.0 and is planned for removal in v5 of the API. From GitLab 17.4 to 18.0, if the new look for epics is enabled, and in GitLab 18.1 and later, use the Work Items API instead. For more information, see migrate epic APIs to work items. This change is a breaking change.

List group epic state events

Lists all state events for a single epic.

GET /groups/:id/epics/:epic_id/resource_state_events

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`epic_id`	integer	yes	The ID of an epic.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/epics/11/resource_state_events"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 142,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T13:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "Epic",
    "resource_id": 11,
    "source_commit": null,
    "source_merge_request_id": null,
    "state": "opened"
  },
  {
    "id": 143,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-21T14:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "Epic",
    "resource_id": 11,
    "source_commit": null,
    "source_merge_request_id": null,
    "state": "closed"
  }
]

Retrieve a single epic state event

Retrieves a single epic state event.

GET /groups/:id/epics/:epic_id/resource_state_events/:resource_state_event_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`epic_id`	integer	yes	The ID of an epic.
`resource_state_event_id`	integer	yes	The ID of a state event.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/epics/11/resource_state_events/143"

Example response:

{
  "id": 143,
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2018-08-21T14:38:20.077Z",
  "resource_type": "Epic",
  "resource_id": 11,
  "source_commit": null,
  "source_merge_request_id": null,
  "state": "closed"
}