incomplete_results · total_count

GitHub search returns at most 1,000 results, and may be incomplete · id PC-015 · checked_on 2026-10-31 · license CC-BY-4.0

Error strings

Situation

You use GitHub search to enumerate all matches.

Symptom

Results stop at 1,000, or incomplete_results is true.

Cause

The search API provides up to 1,000 results per search, and a query that exceeds the time limit returns the matches found so far with incomplete_results set to true.

Fix

Narrow the query (date ranges, qualifiers) and split it into several searches. Check incomplete_results on every response.

Snippet

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=QUERY&per_page=100" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['total_count'], d['incomplete_results'])"

Verify

If incomplete_results is true or total_count is over 1000, split the query.

Source

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/search/search

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