GitHub App bots on GHEC: getIssueList returns empty, duplicating the Dependency Dashboard

[RahulGautamSingh]

Discussed in #44408

^{Originally posted by torstenzyder July 7, 2026}

Describe the bug

On GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), Renovate running as a GitHub App creates a new Dependency Dashboard issue on every run instead of updating the existing one. getIssueList() consistently returns 0 issues, so findIssue("Dependency Dashboard") returns null and ensureIssue() creates a duplicate.

Root cause

getIssues() uses the getIssuesQuery GraphQL query, which filters server-side:

issues(filterBy: { createdBy: $user }) # $user = renovateUsername = "renovate-bot[bot]"

On GHEC, filterBy.createdBy does not match the GitHub App bot login (name[bot]), returning 0 issues, even when the open Dashboard issue's author.login is exactly renovate-bot[bot]. On github.com the same filter matches, so this is GHEC-specific.

PRs are unaffected because they are fetched without a server-side author filter and filtered in code (ghPr.user.login === username).

Confirmation

Reproduced with the latest version. @torstenzyder verified via REST that the existing Dashboard issue's author.login exactly matches the configured username (renovate-bot[bot]), yet the GraphQL query still returns empty. Check linked discussion.

Proposed fix

Mirror the PR path: remove the createdBy filter from getIssuesQuery, add author { login } to the issue node, and filter issues in code by author.login === renovateUsername