REST API endpoints for Copilot code review

Request a Copilot code review for a pull request

Requests a Copilot code review for a pull request. Every call expresses intent to start a new review: if no Copilot review has been requested yet, an initial request is created; if the most recent Copilot review has already completed (including if it was later dismissed or superseded), a new request is created automatically to continue the review lifecycle. If a Copilot code review request is already pending for the pull request, no new request is created and the response is 409.

If the actor or repository is not eligible for Copilot code review, the actor has no quota remaining, or the licensing organization is unavailable, no request is created and the response is 422 with a stable failure_reason. A review_effort is accepted only when that effort level is available for the repository and actor; an unrecognized or unavailable review_effort returns 422 with failure_reason INVALID_REVIEW_EFFORT. If the actor, repository owner, or requesting application owner has been flagged, the response is 403 with failure_reason ACTOR_FLAGGED. If the per-actor or per-owner request rate limit is exceeded, the response is 429 with failure_reason RATE_LIMITED. If Copilot code review cannot be serviced right now, the response is 503.

Existing human and team review requests on the pull request are left unchanged.

Jetons d'accès granulaires pour «Request a Copilot code review for a pull request»

Ce point de terminaison fonctionne avec les types de tokens à granularité fine suivants:

Le token à granularité fine doit disposer de l’ensemble d’autorisations suivant:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Paramètres pour «Request a Copilot code review for a pull request »

En-têtes
Nom, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Paramètres de chemin d’accès
Nom, Type, Description
`owner` string Requis The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Requis The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`pull_number` integer Requis The number that identifies the pull request.

Paramètres du corps
Nom, Type, Description
`review_effort` string The effort level to use for the Copilot code review. Omit to use the default effort level. Only effort levels available for the repository and actor are accepted. For more information, see Review effort level.

Codes d’état de réponse HTTP pour «Request a Copilot code review for a pull request »

Code de statut	Description
`201`	Created
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden. `failure_reason` is `ACTOR_FLAGGED` when the actor, repository owner, or requesting application owner has been flagged; it is absent for other authorization failures.
`404`	Resource not found
`409`	Conflict, a Copilot code review request is already pending for this pull request
`422`	Validation failed. `failure_reason` is present for a stable business denial (the actor or repository is not eligible, the actor has no quota remaining, or the licensing organization is unavailable) and absent when the request body fails generic request validation. `failure_reason` is `INVALID_REVIEW_EFFORT` when the requested `review_effort` is unrecognized or not available for the repository and actor, and `message` lists the available effort levels.
`429`	Too many requests. The per-actor or per-owner Copilot code review request rate limit has been exceeded. `failure_reason` is `RATE_LIMITED`.
`503`	Service unavailable, Copilot code review cannot be serviced right now

Exemples de code pour «Request a Copilot code review for a pull request »

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Exemple de requête

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/copilot-code-review

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/copilot-code-review \
  -d '{"review_effort":"balanced"}'

A Copilot code review request was created

Status: 201

{
  "node_id": "RRR_kwDOAA",
  "state": "PENDING"
}