How can an open issue's last event be closure?

[RokeJulianLockhart]

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As BetterDiscord/Installer/issues/226#issuecomment-3173902611 stated:

How is it possible for a close event to be the last event, yet have the issue remain open…?

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[agnivo988]

On platforms like GitHub, an issue can be open while its last event is “closed” because events and current state are different things.
It happens mainly because ,

1. Issue state = current status (open / closed)
2. Issue events = historical actions (close, reopen, assign, comment, etc.)
3. The last event is simply the most recent action recorded = not necessarily the current state.
   Common scenarios where this happens,
4. Issue was closed, then reopened without generating a visible event
   This can happen via:

GitHub API actions,
Bots or automation,
Bulk operations,

Result:
Last recorded event: closed,
Current state: open

2. Issue closed automatically by a commit, then reopened
   Example:

Commit message: Fix bug #123 → auto-closes issue
Someone reopens it later
But:(IMP)
Some tools / APIs only record state change, not a distinct “reopened” event

3. Issue transferred between repositories
   When an issue is transferred:

It may briefly close in the source repo
Then reopen in the target repo
Depending on how you read the data:
Last event: closed,
Issue state: open

4. Event filtering / partial history

If you’re:

Using GitHub API,
Using a CLI tool
Limiting fetched events
You might see:
The last fetched event is closed
But a later reopened event wasn’t retrieved

5. Force-close via automation + manual reopen

Bots (Dependabot, GitHub Actions, custom workflows) may:

Close issues automatically,
Humans reopen them manually,
Depending on logging:
The close is recorded
The reopen may not appear as a formal “event”

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@agnivo988, where did you learn of this? I ask because, from what I see of your activity on GitHub, you utilise LLMs for most of your work.

[agnivo988]

I have answered it based on this https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/issue-event-types?apiVersion=2022-11-28 where the issues and timelines have been discussed. It explains what kinds of events (closed, reopened ) are recorded in the events/timeline APIs. And i think i use LLMs for some of my work , not most. And i think using LLM is fine. And i am a beginner , so i can always take help from LLm which is again not a problem.