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Pinning an issue to your repository

You can pin up to three important issues above the issues list in your repository.

Who can use this feature?

People with write access to a repository can pin issue in the repository.

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click Issues.

    Screenshot of the main page of a repository. In the horizontal navigation bar, a tab, labeled "Issues," is outlined in dark orange.

  3. In the list of issues, click the issue you'd like to pin.

  4. In the right sidebar, click Pin issue.