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glab-issue-create - Create an issue.

glab issue create [flags]

Opens an editor to draft the issue unless you pass a title and description. Use --web to create the issue in your browser, or --template to start from an issue template.

The --recover flag is an experiment: it might be unstable or removed at any time, and is not ready for production use. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

-a, --assignee=[] Assign issue to people by their usernames. Multiple usernames can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag.

-c, --confidential[=false] Set an issue to be confidential. (default false)

-d, --description="" Issue description. Set to "-" to open an editor.

--due-date="" A date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format.

--epic=0 ID of the epic to add the issue to.

-l, --label=[] Add label by name. Multiple labels can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag.

--link-type="relates_to" Type for the issue link.

--linked-issues=[] The IIDs of issues that this issue links to. Multiple IIDs can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag.

--linked-mr=0 The IID of a merge request in which to resolve all issues.

-m, --milestone="" The global ID or title of a milestone to assign.

--no-editor[=false] Don't open editor to enter a description. If set to true, uses prompt. (default false)

--recover[=false] Save the options to a file if the issue fails to be created. If the file exists, the options will be loaded from the recovery file. (EXPERIMENTAL)

--template="" Name of a template in '.gitlab/issue_templates/' to pre-populate the description. The '.md' extension is optional. Templates are loaded from the local repository only.

-e, --time-estimate="" Set time estimate for the issue.

-s, --time-spent="" Set time spent for the issue.

-t, --title="" Issue title.

--web[=false] Continue issue creation with web interface.

-w, --weight=0 Issue weight. Valid values are greater than or equal to 0.

-y, --yes[=false] Don't prompt for confirmation to submit the issue.

-h, --help[=false] Show help for this command.

-R, --repo="" Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.

glab issue create
glab issue new
glab issue create -m release-2.0.0 -t "we need this feature" --label important
glab issue new -t "Fix CVE-YYYY-XXXX" -l security --linked-mr 123
glab issue create -m release-1.0.1 -t "security fix" --label security --web --recover
glab issue create -t "Bug Report" --template bug
glab issue create -t "Feature Request" --template feature_proposal.md --yes

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Jun 2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra