Versioned API schema

GitHub REST API repository response has_downloads removed field

A generated SDK deserialization or policy check fails on field removal.

GitHub REST APIDeveloper platform APIVersioned API schemagh_rest2026

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: Repository response no longer contains has_downloads
Likely root cause: A generated SDK deserialization or policy check fails on field removal.
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

A generated SDK deserialization or policy check fails on field removal.

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.

GitHub REST API repository response has_downloads removed field
site:docs.github.com REST API repository has_downloads
github rest-api-description has_downloads repository
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?apiVersion=2022-11-28
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/rest-api-description/main/descriptions/api.github.com/api.github.com.json

Source Trail

GitHub source file/reference: