Remove pull requests from a pull request stack

3 parameters

ownerstringrequired

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostringrequired

The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

stack_numberintegerrequired

The number that identifies the pull request stack.

5 status codes

200Response

idintegerrequired

numberintegerrequired

node_idstringrequired

urlstringrequired

baseobjectrequired

openbooleanrequired

Whether the stack has any open pull request. False when all pull requests are merged or closed.

created_atstringrequired

pull_requestsarray<PullRequestStackPullRequest>required

204A header with no content is returned.

404Resource not found

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

409Conflict. Returned when the stack is being modified by another request.

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

422Validation failed. Returned when the stack can't be unstacked because every pull request in it is locked and cannot be removed.

messagestringrequired

documentation_urlstringrequired

errorsarray<object>optional

Error handling

A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 409 is returned: Conflict. Returned when the stack is being modified by another request. A 422 is returned: Validation failed. Returned when the stack can't be unstacked because every pull request in it is locked and cannot be removed.

import { Client } from "octri-github";

const client = new Client({
  baseUrl: "https://api.github.com",
  auth: { bearer: process.env.API_TOKEN },
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,
    retryOn: [
      408,
      425,
      429,
      500,
      502,
      503,
      504,
    ],
    backoffMs: 500,
    maxBackoffMs: 8000,
  },
  timeoutMs: 30000,
});

const result = await client.unstack.create({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  stackNumber: "example",
});

{
  "id": 9876543,
  "number": 42,
  "node_id": "S_kwDOABCDEF4AAAAA",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/stacks/42",
  "base": {
    "ref": "main"
  },
  "open": true,
  "created_at": "2026-04-15T10:00:00Z",
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "id": 100001,
      "node_id": "PR_kwDOABCDEF4AAAAA",
      "title": "Add user model",
      "state": "open",
      "merged_at": null,
      "draft": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/pull/101",
      "user": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false,
        "user_view_type": "public"
      },
      "number": 101,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/pulls/101",
      "head": {
        "ref": "user-model",
        "sha": "aaa1111aaa1111aaa1111aaa1111aaa1111aaa11",
        "repo": {
          "id": 1296269,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "main",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "repo": {
          "id": 1296269,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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