projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

error reopening issue %d: %s

Error message

error reopening issue %d: %s

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go:130

			Body:      &description,
			Labels:    &labels,
			Assignees: &[]string{i.options.Username},
		}
		createdIssue, _, err := i.client.Issues.Create(ctx, i.options.Owner, i.options.ProjectName, req)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return &filters.CreateIssueResponse{
			IssueID:  strconv.FormatInt(createdIssue.GetID(), 10),
			IssueURL: createdIssue.GetHTMLURL(),
		}, nil
	} else {
		if existingIssue.GetState() == "closed" {
			stateOpen := "open"
			if _, _, err := i.client.Issues.Edit(ctx, i.options.Owner, i.options.ProjectName, *existingIssue.Number, &github.IssueRequest{
				State: &stateOpen,
			}); err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reopening issue %d: %s", *existingIssue.Number, err)
			}
		}

		req := &github.IssueComment{
			Body: &description,
		}
		_, _, err = i.client.Issues.CreateComment(ctx, i.options.Owner, i.options.ProjectName, *existingIssue.Number, req)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return &filters.CreateIssueResponse{
			IssueID:  strconv.FormatInt(existingIssue.GetID(), 10),
			IssueURL: existingIssue.GetHTMLURL(),
		}, nil
	}
}

func (i *Integration) CloseIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go:130 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/18c61427adea2a62. Report an issue: GitHub.