Function executeIssueUpdate

actions/setup/js/update_issue.cjs:33–166

* Execute the issue update API call * @param {any} github - GitHub API client * @param {any} context - GitHub Actions context * @param {number} issueNumber - Issue number to update * @param {any} updateData - Data to update * @returns {Promise } Updated issue

(github, context, issueNumber, updateData)

 * @returns {Promise<any>} Updated issue
 */
async function executeIssueUpdate(github, context, issueNumber, updateData) {
  // Handle body operation (append/prepend/replace/replace-island)
  // Default to "append" to add footer with AI attribution
  const operation = updateData._operation || "append";
  let rawBody = updateData._rawBody;
  const includeFooter = updateData._includeFooter !== false; // Default to true
  const titlePrefix = updateData._titlePrefix || "";
  const labelsWereProvided = updateData.labels !== undefined;
  const labelSpecs = labelsWereProvided ? normalizeIssueIntentLabelSpecs(updateData.labels) : undefined;
  const useIssueIntentLabels = Boolean(labelSpecs) && hasIssueIntentsRuntimeFeature();

  // Remove internal fields
  const { _operation, _rawBody, _includeFooter, _titlePrefix, _workflowRepo, ...apiData } = updateData;
  if (labelSpecs) {
    apiData.labels = getIssueIntentLabelNames(labelSpecs);
  }
  if (useIssueIntentLabels) {
    delete apiData.labels;
  }

  /** @type {any | null} */
  let currentIssue = null;

  // Fetch current issue if needed (title prefix validation or body update)
  if (titlePrefix || rawBody !== undefined || useIssueIntentLabels) {
    const response = await github.rest.issues.get({
      owner: context.repo.owner,
      repo: context.repo.repo,
      issue_number: issueNumber,
    });
    currentIssue = response.data;

    // Validate title prefix if specified
    if (titlePrefix) {
      const currentTitle = currentIssue.title || "";
      if (!currentTitle.startsWith(titlePrefix)) {
        throw new Error(`${ERR_VALIDATION}: Issue title "${currentTitle}" does not start with required prefix "${titlePrefix}"`);
      }
      core.info(`✓ Title prefix validation passed: "${titlePrefix}"`);
    }

    if (rawBody !== undefined) {
      // Load and apply temporary project URL replacements FIRST
      // This resolves any temporary project IDs (e.g., #aw_abc123def456) to actual project URLs
      const temporaryProjectMap = loadTemporaryProjectMap();
      if (temporaryProjectMap.size > 0) {
        rawBody = replaceTemporaryProjectReferences(rawBody, temporaryProjectMap);
        core.debug(`Applied ${temporaryProjectMap.size} temporary project URL replacement(s)`);
      }

      const currentBody = currentIssue.body || "";

      // Get workflow run URL for AI attribution.
      // Use the original workflow repo (_workflowRepo) rather than context.repo, because
      // context may be effectiveContext with repo overridden to a cross-repo target.
      const workflowName = process.env.GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME || "GitHub Agentic Workflow";
      const workflowId = process.env.GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID || "";
      const callerWorkflowId = process.env.GH_AW_CALLER_WORKFLOW_ID || "";