gitlab-ce/doc/api/milestones.md

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Plan	Project Management	To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments	Project milestones API

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Use project milestones with the REST API. There's a separate group milestones API page.

List project milestones

Returns a list of project milestones.

GET /projects/:id/milestones
GET /projects/:id/milestones?iids[]=42
GET /projects/:id/milestones?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /projects/:id/milestones?state=active
GET /projects/:id/milestones?state=closed
GET /projects/:id/milestones?title=1.0
GET /projects/:id/milestones?search=version
GET /projects/:id/milestones?updated_before=2013-10-02T09%3A24%3A18Z
GET /projects/:id/milestones?updated_after=2013-10-02T09%3A24%3A18Z

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
iids[]	integer array	no	Return only the milestones having the given iid. Ignored if include_ancestors is true.
state	string	no	Return only active or closed milestones
title	string	no	Return only the milestones having the given title
search	string	no	Return only milestones with a title or description matching the provided string
include_parent_milestones	boolean	no	Deprecated in GitLab 16.7. Use include_ancestors instead.
include_ancestors	boolean	no	Include milestones from all parent groups.
updated_before	datetime	no	Return only milestones updated before the given datetime. Expected in ISO 8601 format (2019-03-15T08:00:00Z). Introduced in GitLab 15.10
updated_after	datetime	no	Return only milestones updated after the given datetime. Expected in ISO 8601 format (2019-03-15T08:00:00Z). Introduced in GitLab 15.10

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/milestones"

Example Response:

[
  {
    "id": 12,
    "iid": 3,
    "project_id": 16,
    "title": "10.0",
    "description": "Version",
    "due_date": "2013-11-29",
    "start_date": "2013-11-10",
    "state": "active",
    "updated_at": "2013-10-02T09:24:18Z",
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T09:24:18Z",
    "expired": false
  }
]

Get single milestone

Gets a single project milestone.

GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone

Create new milestone

Creates a new project milestone.

POST /projects/:id/milestones

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
title	string	yes	The title of a milestone
description	string	no	The description of the milestone
due_date	string	no	The due date of the milestone (YYYY-MM-DD)
start_date	string	no	The start date of the milestone (YYYY-MM-DD)

Edit milestone

Updates an existing project milestone.

PUT /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone
title	string	no	The title of a milestone
description	string	no	The description of the milestone
due_date	string	no	The due date of the milestone (YYYY-MM-DD)
start_date	string	no	The start date of the milestone (YYYY-MM-DD)
state_event	string	no	The state event of the milestone (close or activate)

Delete project milestone

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• Changed the minimum user role from Developer to Reporter in GitLab 15.0.
• Changed the minimum user role from Reporter to Planner in GitLab 17.7.

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Only for users with at least the Planner role for the project.

DELETE /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone

Get all issues assigned to a single milestone

Gets all issues assigned to a single project milestone.

GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/issues

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone

Get all merge requests assigned to a single milestone

Gets all merge requests assigned to a single project milestone.

GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/merge_requests

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone

Promote project milestone to a group milestone

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• Changed the minimum user role from Reporter to Planner in GitLab 17.7.

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Only for users with at least the Planner role for the group.

POST /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/promote

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone

Get all burndown chart events for a single milestone

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Gets all burndown chart events for a single milestone.

GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/burndown_events

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
milestone_id	integer	yes	The ID of the project's milestone