# Live Pull Request Status on GitHub Oneboxes ✨
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [December 11, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900 "2025-12-11T09:46:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/1 "2025-12-11T09:46:22Z")
We’re excited to announce a new feature for the **[discourse-github](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/plugins/discourse-github)** plugin: **live pull request status indicators** on GitHub PR oneboxes! 🎉
When you paste a GitHub pull request URL in a post or chat message, Discourse now displays a visual status icon that shows the current state of the PR — and keeps it up-to-date automatically via webhooks. 🔄
## What It Does
GitHub PR oneboxes now display a status icon that reflects the current state of the pull request:
| Status | Color | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 📝 **Draft** | Gray | PR is marked as draft |
| 🔓 **Open** | Gray | PR is open and awaiting review |
| ✅ **Approved** | Green | PR has been approved by reviewers |
| 🔶 **Changes Requested** | Orange | Reviewers have requested changes |
| 🟣 **Merged** | Purple | PR has been merged |
| 🔴 **Closed** | Red | PR was closed without merging |
The icons use GitHub’s native iconography and color scheme, so they’ll feel familiar to anyone who uses GitHub regularly. 👀
### Examples
Here’s what the different statuses look like in action:
**Draft PR:**
**Open PR:**
**Approved PR:**
**Changes Requested:**
**Merged PR:**
**Closed PR:**
## Where It Works 📍
The live status appears on:
- **Forum posts** — Any post containing a GitHub PR onebox
- **Chat messages** — If you have the Chat plugin enabled, PR oneboxes in chat also display live status 💬
**Chat example:**
Note: Inline oneboxes (when a link appears inline in text rather than as a full preview) do not display status icons.
## Real-Time Updates via Webhooks ⚡
The most powerful aspect of this feature is that PR statuses **update automatically** when changes occur on GitHub. When a PR is opened, closed, merged, converted to/from draft, or receives a review, Discourse automatically updates any posts or chat messages containing that PR’s onebox.
## Smart Review Status 🔍
The feature doesn’t just show basic open/closed status — it also fetches review information to determine if a PR has been approved or has changes requested. It intelligently handles multiple reviewers by:
- Taking the latest review from each reviewer
- Showing “changes requested” if any reviewer has requested changes
- Showing “approved” only if reviews exist and none request changes
## Migrating from the GitHub Status Theme Component ⚠
This feature **replaces** the [GitHub Status Indicators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-status-indicators/130471) theme component. The two are **not compatible** and should not be used together.
If you’re currently using the theme component, you should:
1. **Disable and remove** the `github-status-theme` theme component
2. **Enable** this new built-in feature via site settings
The new implementation offers several advantages over the theme component:
- 🔒 Works with private repositories (via API authentication)
- ✅ Includes approval/changes requested status from reviews
- ⚡ Real-time updates via webhooks
- 💬 Works in chat messages
- 🛠 No theme component maintenance required
## Getting Started 🚀
For setup instructions, configuration options, and technical details, see the [discourse-github plugin documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github/99895).
## Feedback 💬
We’d love to hear your feedback on this feature! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please let us know in the replies below. 🙏
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/2 "2025-12-11T14:48:09Z")
Wow! I love this! 🤩 The only feedback I have is that I miss the spelling out of the status in words that we used to have previously. The colored icons are cool but I don’t recognize what they mean immediately because I don’t spend alot of time in github.
Time will tell, but I think others who are looking for the status of bug fixes or new features might have the same problem and think something has changed in Discourse that has not been.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/3 "2025-12-11T15:01:33Z")
The icons do have a title on mouse hover, but that only works on desktop.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/6 "2025-12-11T17:26:17Z")
> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> I miss the spelling out of the status in words that we used to have previously.
This made me realize we could have both worlds 😉
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36637](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36637)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/7 "2025-12-11T20:00:46Z")
Should this one say ‘merged’ now? It’s still showing as ‘opened’ for me:
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/8 "2025-12-11T20:14:38Z")
We haven’t rebaked any of the oneboxes on meta just yet.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/9 "2025-12-11T20:24:14Z")
Ah, my bad. I was expecting too much magic 🪄🙂
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/10 "2025-12-12T14:43:26Z")
I rebaked the one you referenced. Does it look correct now?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/11 "2025-12-16T18:37:58Z")
I noticed that I can only see the status as long as I don’t read the topic in another language. Is that a known trade-off?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/12 "2025-12-16T18:41:44Z")
The oneboxes aren’t part of the raw content of the posts so they aren’t translated.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/13 "2025-12-16T18:43:04Z")
My question was not about translation, but about the status icon. I wonder why it doesn’t work the same way in the translated post.
The theme component worked in both
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/14 "2025-12-16T18:44:23Z")
Oh right. Not sure why. I’ll have a look 👀
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/19 "2026-02-11T16:30:35Z")
Is there any news on updating the onebox in the translated version of the post?
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/21 "2026-05-26T06:55:25Z")
Excited to share that we now support PR statuses on inline oneboxes:
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> Extends the live PR status indicator (#36313) to inline oneboxes
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### Author:  [@bird](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bird)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-pull-request-status-on-github-oneboxes/390900/22 "2026-05-28T20:40:42Z")
Has the community considered supporting Gitea? 😀 Due to some special reasons, GitHub is either inaccessible or very slow.