projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

error closing issue %d: %s

Error message

error closing issue %d: %s

What it means

Error "error closing issue %d: %s" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go:164

}

func (i *Integration) CloseIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	summary := format.Summary(event)

	existingIssue, err := i.findIssueByTitle(ctx, summary)
	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
		return err
	}
	if existingIssue == nil {
		return nil
	}

	stateClosed := "closed"
	if _, _, err := i.client.Issues.Edit(ctx, i.options.Owner, i.options.ProjectName, *existingIssue.Number, &github.IssueRequest{
		State: &stateClosed,
	}); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error closing issue %d: %s", *existingIssue.Number, err)
	}
	return nil
}

func (i *Integration) Name() string {
	return "github"
}

// ShouldFilter determines if an issue should be logged to this tracker
func (i *Integration) ShouldFilter(event *output.ResultEvent) bool {
	if i.options.AllowList != nil && !i.options.AllowList.GetMatch(event) {
		return false
	}

	if i.options.DenyList != nil && i.options.DenyList.GetMatch(event) {
		return false
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go:164 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of projectdiscovery/nuclei@265b3a3dec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f129333556f4471e. Report an issue: GitHub.