Unable to set enable/update required_status_checks

[smaranh]

I am running a Github Action for completely automating the Release. I need to disable the branch protection and then re-enable it.

I am executing the following to disable the branch protection and it works,

curl \
          -X PUT \
          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
          -H "authorization: Bearer ${{secrets.REPO_TOKEN}}" \
          https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/branches/main/protection \
          -d '{"required_status_checks":null,"enforce_admins":null,"required_pull_request_reviews":null,"restrictions":null}'

BUT, when I try to re-enable, it fails for required_status_checks. This is what I am executing,

curl \
          -X PUT \
          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
          -H "authorization: Bearer ${{secrets.REPO_TOKEN}}" \
          https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/branches/main/protection \
          -d '{"required_status_checks":null,"enforce_admins":true,"required_pull_request_reviews":{"required_approving_review_count":1},"restrictions":null}'

I can successfully update the other fields,

1. enforce_admins
2. required_pull_request_reviews
3. restrictions

The only problem is with required_status_checks.

If I try to update the branch protection with basic input,

{
  "required_status_checks": {
      "strict": true
  },
  "enforce_admins": true,
  "required_pull_request_reviews": {
    "required_approving_review_count": 1
  },
  "restrictions": null
}

I get the following response,

422 Unprocessable Entity
{

"message": "Invalid request.\n\nNo subschema in "anyOf" matched.\nNo subschema in "oneOf" matched.\nNot all subschemas of "allOf" matched.\nFor 'anyOf/1', {"strict"=>true} is not a null.",

"documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/reference/repos#update-branch-protection"

}

Any idea what am I doing wrong or is this a Github API bug?

[smaranh]

You need to specify "checks": [] in required_status_checks.