GitHub Projects automation between Issues and Projects is underdeveloped

6/10 Medium

Automation between GitHub Projects and Issues is incomplete. Webhooks don't support project field changes, forcing teams to run expensive scheduled jobs for synchronization. For example, automatically updating labels when issues move between project fields has no native support.

GitHub ProjectsGitHub Issues
Category
config
Workaround
hack
Freshness
persistent
Scope
single_lib
Upstream
open
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
team
Maintainer
active

Sources

Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with GitHub for developers in 2025?”4/5/2026

Automation between GitHub Projects and GitHub Issues feels half-baked. Webhooks make it difficult to fully automate issues/projects ourselves. For example, if I want to automatically update an issue's label when it's moved from one project field (e.g., 'Category') to another, there's no webhook available for GitHub Projects.

Created: 4/5/2026Updated: 4/5/2026