What changed
Producer-side tools call this additive. It breaks exhaustive switches, strict parsers and generated client enums.
Affects permissions on repository-invitation reachable from 4 operations.
New value: triage_plus.
can now return "triage_plus"
Who is affected
Code that reads GitHub's repository-invitation objects, used by 4 GitHub operations.
Before and after
| Where | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| repository-invitation.permissions | "admin", "maintain", "read", "triage", "write" | "admin", "maintain", "read", "triage", "triage_plus", "write" |
Code that breaks
switch (response.permissions) {
// existing branches …
// no branch for "triage_plus"
default:
throw new Error("unexpected permissions");
}Based on GitHub’s published API specification. How severity is decided.