{"slug": "restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only", "title": "Restrict issue creation to collaborators only", "summary": "GitHub now allows repository admins to restrict issue creation to collaborators with write access, reducing unwanted issues and aligning with pull request permissions. The setting is available in the repository Settings under Features > Issues.", "body_md": "# Restrict issue creation to collaborators only\n\nRepository admins can now restrict issue creation to collaborators with write access. This gives you more control over who can open issues and helps reduce unwanted issue creation, while keeping issue workflows available to the people who actively maintain and contribute to the project.\n\nWhen this setting is enabled, people without write access can’t create issues from entry points across the repository experience, including **Issues**, **Comments**, **Discussions**, **Projects**, and **Copilot**. This update also brings more consistency with pull request permissions, which already support restricting pull request creation to collaborators only.\n\nTo use this setting:\n\n- Go to the repository\n**Settings** page. - Under\n**Features**, select the** Issues**checkbox. - Under\n**Issues**, select** Creation allowed by: Collaborators only**.\n\nIf you have any questions or feedback, join the conversation in our [Community discussion](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/199961#discussion-10308612).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-29-restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only", "published_at": "2026-06-29 16:08:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-29 17:00:53.878651+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["GitHub"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/restrict-issue-creation-to-collaborators-only.jsonld"}}