Versioned API schema
GitHub REST API Gists List gists response forks history
Strict schema validation rejects or dereferences fields removed from base gist objects.
Agent Quick Fix
Repair against the current GitHub REST API contract, then keep the change narrow and source-backed.
Product: GitHub REST API
Current-contract area: Gist model expects underspecified history/forks fields
Likely root cause: Strict schema validation rejects or dereferences fields removed from base gist objects.
Repair direction: Verifier exercises the changed field/status/enum plus an unaffected endpoint to prevent a brittle one-off patch. Exercise strict and permissive parsing plus one downstream behavior tied to the changed field.Symptom
Strict schema validation rejects or dereferences fields removed from base gist objects.
Why This Happens
Several historical response shapes are locally plausible; only the selected current API version determines fields, enums, media types, and status codes.
Common Wrong Fixes
- Changing local code without checking the current external contract.
- Retrying the same install, build, or API call with no version/source change.
- Applying a broad unsafe bypass when a narrow compatibility fix is available.
Codex Search Keywords
These are the search terms observed in a neutral Codex validation run for this failure shape.
site:docs.github.com REST API gists history forks base gist schema
GitHub REST API Gists List gists response forks history
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/gists/gists?apiVersion=2022-11-28
'## Get a gist' in https://docs.github.com/en/rest/gists/gists?apiVersion=2022-11-28Source Trail
GitHub source file/reference: