GET /orgs/{org}/installations/{installation_id}/repositories — no API to list repos for a 3rd-party app installation as org admin #199894
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🏷️ Discussion Type
Bug
💬 Feature/Topic Area
API
Body
After a conversation with GH Copilot:
Feature Request: API endpoint to list repositories accessible to a specific GitHub App installation, as an org admin
Problem
As an org admin, I can see which repositories a third-party GitHub App is installed on via the UI at:
https://github.com/organizations/{org}/settings/installations/{installation_id}However, there is no API equivalent for this. Specifically:
GET /orgs/{org}/installationsreturns which apps are installed and theirrepository_selection(allorselected) ✅The endpoint
GET /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositoriesexists but requires an OAuth user-to-server token authorized by that specific app — which is not obtainable for a third-party app you don't own.What I expected
Something like:
GET /orgs/{org}/installations/{installation_id}/repositories
...returning the list of repos the app has been granted access to, accessible to org admins with a standard PAT or
ghCLI token or a GHA with Administrator: Read permissions.Why it matters
Org admins need to audit which third-party apps have access to which repos for security and compliance purposes. The UI exposes this information but the API does not, making automated auditing impossible.
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