Added participants who have expressed interest in a specific issue in issue model .

backend/Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include backend/apps/ai/Makefile
 include backend/apps/github/Makefile
+include backend/apps/mentorship/Makefile
 include backend/apps/nest/Makefile
 include backend/apps/owasp/Makefile
 include backend/apps/slack/Makefile

backend/apps/github/admin/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Github app admin."""
 
+from .comment import CommentAdmin
 from .issue import IssueAdmin
 from .label import LabelAdmin
 from .milestone import MilestoneAdmin

backend/apps/github/admin/comment.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""GitHub app Comment model admin."""
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from apps.github.models import Comment
+
+
+class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    """Admin for Comment model."""
+
+    list_display = (
+        "body",
+        "author",
+        "nest_created_at",
+        "nest_updated_at",
+    )
+    list_filter = ("nest_created_at", "nest_updated_at")
+    search_fields = ("body", "author__login")
+
+
+admin.site.register(Comment, CommentAdmin)

backend/apps/github/common.py

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 
 import logging
 from datetime import timedelta as td
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.utils import timezone
 from github.GithubException import UnknownObjectException
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from github import Github
+
+from apps.github.models.comment import Comment
 from apps.github.models.issue import Issue
 from apps.github.models.label import Label
 from apps.github.models.milestone import Milestone
@@ -227,3 +232,68 @@ def sync_repository(
     )
 
     return organization, repository
+
+
+def sync_issue_comments(gh_client: Github, issue: Issue):
+    """Sync new comments for a mentorship program specific issue on-demand.
+
+    Args:
+        gh_client (Github): GitHub client.
+        issue (Issue): The local database Issue object to sync comments for.
+
+    """
+    logger.info("Starting comment sync for issue #%s", issue.number)
+
+    try:
+        if not (repository := issue.repository):
+            logger.warning("Issue #%s has no repository, skipping", issue.number)
+            return
+
+        logger.info("Fetching repository: %s", repository.path)
+
+        gh_repository = gh_client.get_repo(repository.path)
+        gh_issue = gh_repository.get_issue(number=issue.number)
+
+        since = (
+            (issue.latest_comment.updated_at or issue.latest_comment.created_at)
+            if issue.latest_comment
+            else getattr(issue, "updated_at", None)
+        )
+
+        comments = []
+
+        gh_comments = gh_issue.get_comments(since=since) if since else gh_issue.get_comments()
+
+        for gh_comment in gh_comments:
+            author = User.update_data(gh_comment.user)
+            if not author:
+                logger.warning("Could not sync author for comment %s", gh_comment.id)
+                continue
+
+            comment = Comment.update_data(
+                gh_comment,
+                author=author,
+                content_object=issue,
+                save=False,
+            )
+            comments.append(comment)
+
+        if comments:
+            Comment.bulk_save(comments)
+        logger.info(
+            "%d comments synced for issue #%s",
+            len(comments),
+            issue.number,
+        )
+
+    except UnknownObjectException as e:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Could not access issue #%s. Error: %s",
+            issue.number,
+            e,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception(
+            "An unexpected error occurred during comment sync for issue #%s",
+            issue.number,
+        )

backend/apps/github/migrations/0036_comment.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.5 on 2025-09-24 13:14
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("contenttypes", "0002_remove_content_type_name"),
+        ("github", "0035_alter_user_bio_alter_user_is_owasp_staff"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Comment",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name="ID"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("nest_created_at", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ("nest_updated_at", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                ("github_id", models.BigIntegerField(unique=True, verbose_name="Github ID")),
+                (
+                    "created_at",
+                    models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name="Created at"),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "updated_at",
+                    models.DateTimeField(
+                        blank=True, db_index=True, null=True, verbose_name="Updated at"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("body", models.TextField(verbose_name="Body")),
+                ("object_id", models.PositiveIntegerField()),
+                (
+                    "author",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                        related_name="comments",
+                        to="github.user",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "content_type",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to="contenttypes.contenttype"
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "verbose_name": "Comment",
+                "verbose_name_plural": "Comments",
+                "db_table": "github_comments",
+                "ordering": ("-nest_created_at",),
+            },
+        ),
+    ]

backend/apps/github/models/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Github app."""
 
+from .comment import Comment
 from .milestone import Milestone
 from .pull_request import PullRequest
 from .user import User

backend/apps/github/models/comment.py

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""GitHub app comment model."""
+
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.db import models
+
+from apps.common.models import BulkSaveModel, TimestampedModel
+from apps.common.utils import truncate
+
+
+class Comment(BulkSaveModel, TimestampedModel):
+    """Represents a comment on a GitHub Issue."""
+
+    class Meta:
+        db_table = "github_comments"
+        verbose_name = "Comment"
+        verbose_name_plural = "Comments"
+        ordering = ("-nest_created_at",)
+
+    github_id = models.BigIntegerField(unique=True, verbose_name="Github ID")
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name="Created at", null=True, blank=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(
+        verbose_name="Updated at", null=True, blank=True, db_index=True
+    )
+    author = models.ForeignKey(
+        "github.User", on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name="comments"
+    )
+    body = models.TextField(verbose_name="Body")
+
+    content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField()
+    content_object = GenericForeignKey("content_type", "object_id")
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Return a string representation of the comment."""
+        return f"{self.author} - {truncate(self.body, 50)}"
+
+    def from_github(self, gh_comment, author=None):
+        """Populate fields from a GitHub API comment object."""
+        field_mapping = {
+            "body": "body",
+            "created_at": "created_at",
+            "updated_at": "updated_at",
+        }
+
+        for model_field, gh_field in field_mapping.items():
+            value = getattr(gh_comment, gh_field, None)
+            if value is not None:
+                setattr(self, model_field, value)
+
+        self.author = author
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def bulk_save(comments, fields=None):  # type: ignore[override]
+        """Bulk save comments."""
+        BulkSaveModel.bulk_save(Comment, comments, fields=fields)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def update_data(gh_comment, *, author=None, content_object=None, save: bool = True):
+        """Update or create a Comment instance from a GitHub comment object.
+
+        Args:
+            gh_comment (github.IssueComment.IssueComment): GitHub comment object.
+            author (User, optional): Comment author. Defaults to None.
+            content_object (GenericForeignKey, optional): Content object. Defaults to None.
+            save (bool, optional): Whether to save the instance immediately. Defaults to True.
+
+        Returns:
+            Comment: The updated or newly created Comment instance.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            comment = Comment.objects.get(github_id=gh_comment.id)
+        except Comment.DoesNotExist:
+            comment = Comment(github_id=gh_comment.id)
+
+        comment.from_github(gh_comment, author=author)
+
+        if content_object is not None:
+            comment.content_object = content_object
+
+        if save:
+            comment.save()
+
+        return comment

backend/apps/github/models/issue.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from functools import lru_cache
 
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericRelation
 from django.db import models
 
 from apps.common.index import IndexBase
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ class Meta:
         null=True,
         related_name="created_issues",
     )
+
+    comments = GenericRelation("github.Comment", related_query_name="issue")
+
     milestone = models.ForeignKey(
         "github.Milestone",
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
@@ -83,6 +87,16 @@ class Meta:
         blank=True,
     )
 
+    @property
+    def latest_comment(self):
+        """Get the latest comment for this issue.
+
+        Returns:
+            Comment | None: The most recently created comment, or None if no comments exist.
+
+        """
+        return self.comments.order_by("-nest_created_at").first()
+
     def from_github(self, gh_issue, *, author=None, milestone=None, repository=None):
         """Update the instance based on GitHub issue data.
 

backend/apps/mentorship/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mentorship-update-comments:
+	@echo "Syncing Github Comments related to issues"
+	@CMD="python manage.py mentorship_update_comments" $(MAKE) exec-backend-command

backend/apps/mentorship/admin/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Mentorship app admin."""
 
+from .issue_user_interest import IssueUserInterest
 from .mentee import MenteeAdmin
 from .mentee_program import MenteeProgramAdmin
 from .mentor import MentorAdmin

backend/apps/mentorship/admin/issue_user_interest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""Mentorship app IssueUserInterest admin."""
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from apps.mentorship.models import IssueUserInterest
+
+
+class IssueUserInterestAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    """IssueUserInterest admin."""
+
+    list_display = ("module", "issue")
+    search_fields = ("module__name", "user__login", "issue__title")
+    list_filter = ("module",)
+
+
+admin.site.register(IssueUserInterest, IssueUserInterestAdmin)