Spurious missing read:project scope warnings #12904
Description
Describe the bug
When I try to view a PR, I get an error about missing project scope warnings.
$ gh pr view 1
error: your authentication token is missing required scopes [read:project]
To request it, run: gh auth refresh -s read:projectAffected version
Please run gh version and paste the output below.
$ gh version
gh version 2.88.0 (2026-03-10)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.88.0Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Type this
gh pr view 1 - See error
Expected vs actual behavior
I expect to see the contents of the PR
Logs
Paste the activity from your command line. Redact if needed.
$ GH_DEBUG=api gh pr view 1 2>&1 | pbcopy
[git remote -v]
[git config --get-regexp ^remote\..*\.gh-resolved$]
* Request at 2026-03-11 14:55:11.04269 +0000 GMT m=+0.151200334
* Request to https://api.github.com/graphql
> POST /graphql HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token [redacted]
> Content-Length: 1767
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> Graphql-Features: merge_queue
> Time-Zone: Europe/London
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.88.0
> X-Github-Api-Version: 2022-11-28
GraphQL query:
query PullRequestByNumber($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $pr_number: Int!) {
repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
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}
}
GraphQL variables: {"owner":"simonwhitaker","pr_number":1,"repo":"gibo"}
< HTTP/2.0 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:55:11 GMT
< Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v4; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: D3C5:1BC16D:9714B:A9BCB:69B1824F
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: gist, read:org, repo
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 5000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 4810
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1773242325
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: graphql
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 190
< X-Xss-Protection: 0
{
"data": {
"repository": {
"pullRequest": {
"url": "https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo/pull/1",
"number": 1,
"title": "Fix main entry condition test",
"state": "MERGED",
"body": "``` bash\nif [ $# == 0 ] ; then\n # ...\nfi\n```\n\nThe above works in BASH (or probably similar shells). But it fails on DASH (default `sh` in debian).\nThis pull request fixes this.\n",
"author": {
"login": "ixti",
"id": "MDQ6VXNlcjk0Nzgy",
"name": "Alexey Zapparov"
},
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"maintainerCanModify": false,
"mergeable": "CONFLICTING",
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},
"baseRefName": "master",
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"headRepositoryOwner": {
"id": "MDQ6VXNlcjk0Nzgy",
"login": "ixti",
"name": "Alexey Zapparov"
},
"headRepository": null,
"isCrossRepository": true,
"reviewRequests": {
"nodes": []
},
"reviews": {
"nodes": [],
"pageInfo": {
"hasNextPage": false,
"endCursor": null
},
"totalCount": 0
},
"assignees": {
"nodes": [],
"totalCount": 0
},
"labels": {
"nodes": [],
"totalCount": 0
},
"milestone": null,
"comments": {
"nodes": [
{
"id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU0NDMxMTA=",
"author": {
"login": "simonwhitaker",
"id": "MDQ6VXNlcjExNjQzMg==",
"name": "Simon Whitaker"
},
"authorAssociation": "OWNER",
"body": "Nice catch, thanks. There are a few more == in the latest commit, I'll tweak those too.\n",
"createdAt": "2012-05-01T17:14:56Z",
"includesCreatedEdit": false,
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},
{
"content": "LAUGH",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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}
],
"url": "https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo/pull/1#issuecomment-5443110",
"viewerDidAuthor": true
}
],
"pageInfo": {
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"endCursor": "Y3Vyc29yOnYyOpHOAFMOJg=="
},
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},
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{
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},
{
"content": "LAUGH",
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{
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},
{
"content": "CONFUSED",
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},
{
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},
{
"content": "ROCKET",
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}
},
{
"content": "EYES",
"users": {
"totalCount": 0
}
}
],
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}
}
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},
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}
}
}
}
* Request took 565.115417ms
* Request at 2026-03-11 14:55:11.647653 +0000 GMT m=+0.756159918
* Request to https://api.github.com/graphql
> POST /graphql HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token [redacted]
> Content-Length: 468
> Content-Type: application/json
> Graphql-Features: merge_queue
> Time-Zone: Europe/London
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.88.0
> X-Github-Api-Version: 2022-11-28
GraphQL query:
query PullRequestProjectItems($endCursor:String$name:String!$number:Int!$owner:String!){repository(owner: $owner, name: $name){pullRequest(number: $number){projectItems(first: 100, after: $endCursor){totalCount,nodes{id,project{id,title},status:fieldValueByName(name: "Status"){... on ProjectV2ItemFieldSingleSelectValue{optionId,name}}},pageInfo{hasNextPage,endCursor}}}}}
GraphQL variables: {"endCursor":null,"name":"gibo","number":1,"owner":"simonwhitaker"}
< HTTP/2.0 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:55:11 GMT
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< Server: github.com
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< Vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes: repo
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-Frame-Options: deny
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v4; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
< X-Github-Request-Id: D3C5:1BC16D:971D9:A9C6F:69B1824F
< X-Oauth-Client-Id: 178c6fc778ccc68e1d6a
< X-Oauth-Scopes: gist, read:org, repo
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 5000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 4809
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: 1773242325
< X-Ratelimit-Resource: graphql
< X-Ratelimit-Used: 191
< X-Xss-Protection: 0
{
"errors": [
{
"type": "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES",
"locations": [
{
"line": 1,
"column": 218
}
],
"message": "Your token has not been granted the required scopes to execute this query. The 'id' field requires one of the following scopes: ['read:project'], but your token has only been granted the: ['gist', 'read:org', 'repo'] scopes. Please modify your token's scopes at: https://github.com/settings/tokens."
},
{
"type": "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES",
"locations": [
{
"line": 1,
"column": 229
}
],
"message": "Your token has not been granted the required scopes to execute this query. The 'id' field requires one of the following scopes: ['read:project'], but your token has only been granted the: ['gist', 'read:org', 'repo'] scopes. Please modify your token's scopes at: https://github.com/settings/tokens."
},
{
"type": "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES",
"locations": [
{
"line": 1,
"column": 232
}
],
"message": "Your token has not been granted the required scopes to execute this query. The 'title' field requires one of the following scopes: ['read:project'], but your token has only been granted the: ['gist', 'read:org', 'repo'] scopes. Please modify your token's scopes at: https://github.com/settings/tokens."
},
{
"type": "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES",
"locations": [
{
"line": 1,
"column": 322
}
],
"message": "Your token has not been granted the required scopes to execute this query. The 'optionId' field requires one of the following scopes: ['read:project'], but your token has only been granted the: ['gist', 'read:org', 'repo'] scopes. Please modify your token's scopes at: https://github.com/settings/tokens."
},
{
"type": "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES",
"locations": [
{
"line": 1,
"column": 331
}
],
"message": "Your token has not been granted the required scopes to execute this query. The 'name' field requires one of the following scopes: ['read:project'], but your token has only been granted the: ['gist', 'read:org', 'repo'] scopes. Please modify your token's scopes at: https://github.com/settings/tokens."
}
]
}
* Request took 206.028708ms
error: your authentication token is missing required scopes [read:project]
To request it, run: gh auth refresh -s read:project