Pull requests opened" is always 0 although viewer.pullRequests.totalCount returns 21

[valentinopign]

Hi!

I think I found an inconsistency between the metric displayed by Metrics and the GitHub GraphQL API.

Environment

• Metrics v3.34.0
• Classic Personal Access Token
• repo, read:user, read:org
• Private contributions enabled on my GitHub profile

Workflow:

base: header, activity, community, repositories

What I see

My GitHub profile correctly shows the pull requests I opened in private repositories.

The following GraphQL query also returns all of my pull requests:

{
  viewer {
    pullRequests(first: 10) {
      totalCount
    }
  }
}

Result:

{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "pullRequests": {
        "totalCount": 21
      }
    }
  }
}

However, Metrics always displays:

Pull requests opened: 0

Running this query:

{
  viewer {
    contributionsCollection {
      totalPullRequestContributions
      restrictedContributionsCount
    }
  }
}

returns:

{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "contributionsCollection": {
        "restrictedContributionsCount": 185,
        "totalPullRequestContributions": 0
      }
    }
  }
}

Question

Is this expected?

Does Metrics intentionally use contributionsCollection.totalPullRequestContributions instead of viewer.pullRequests.totalCount?

From a user's perspective, the label "Pull requests opened" suggests the latter, while the current implementation appears to display contribution-counted pull requests instead.

Thanks!

[sososh3rpa]

The discrepancy is expected. GitHub's GraphQL has two different PR counters:

viewer.pullRequests.totalCount = ALL pull requests you've ever authored (on any repo, including your own).

contributionsCollection.totalPullRequestContributions = pull requests that count as contributions — which excludes PRs on repos you own.

Metrics uses contributionsCollection, so PRs on your own repos (or forks of them) are excluded. If your 21 PRs are on repos you own, they'll show as 0 here.

To verify, try the query filtering by repos you don't own:
{
viewer {
pullRequests(first: 10, states: [OPEN, MERGED, CLOSED]) {
totalCount
nodes { repository { nameWithOwner isFork } }
}
}
}

If you want all PRs counted, you'd need Metrics to switch from contributionsCollection to viewer.pullRequests — that's a feature request you could open as an issue.

If this answered your question, marking it as accepted would help others with the same issue!

[valentinopign]

Thanks!

I ran the additional query and I think my case is different.

My pull requests are not on repositories I own.

For all of them:

• owner.login != valentinopign
• isFork = false

However, GitHub still returns:

{
  viewer {
    contributionsCollection {
      pullRequestContributions(first: 20) {
        totalCount
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "contributionsCollection": {
        "pullRequestContributions": {
          "totalCount": 0,
          "nodes": []
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

while

{
  viewer {
    pullRequests(first: 50) {
      totalCount
    }
  }
}

returns:

{
  "totalCount": 22
}

So it looks like GitHub itself is not exposing any of my pull requests through contributionsCollection, even though they are on repositories I do not own.

Have you seen this behavior before?

[martin-mfg]

So it looks like GitHub itself is not exposing any of my pull requests through contributionsCollection, even though they are on repositories I do not own.

GraphQL only returns data for the last year by default.

Requesting

contributionsCollection {
   totalPullRequestContributions
}

returns "totalPullRequestContributions": 0.

But requesting

contributionsCollection (from: "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z") {
   totalPullRequestContributions
}

returns "totalPullRequestContributions": 2.

As documented here:

Only contributions made at this time or later will be counted. If omitted, defaults to a year ago.