unstack shows a generic/incorrect error instead of the real API rejection reason
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Descrição
## Summary
`gh stack unstack ` fails on a stack containing merged PRs, but the plain (non-debug) error message names an unrelated cause. The actual server-side reason is only visible with `GH_DEBUG=api`.
## Repro
1. Create a stack with `gh stack link` (or `submit`), e.g. `main <- a <- b <- c <- d <- e`.
2. Merge `a` and `b` (via merge queue or a normal merge — doesn't matter which).
3. Run `gh stack unstack ` on that stack.
## Actual
```
⚠ Some pull requests are queued for merge or have auto-merge enabled and remain stacked on GitHub
The stack was left in place — local tracking is unchanged
```
I verified via `gh api graphql` that **none** of the stack's PRs had `autoMergeRequest` set or a `mergeQueueEntry` — so the stated reason doesn't match reality.
Running the identical command with `GH_DEBUG=api gh stack unstack ` shows the real HTTP exchange:
```
POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks/{id}/unstack
< HTTP/2.0 422 Unprocessable Entity
{
"message": "Pull requests #.. , #.. cannot be removed from this stack",
"documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/pulls/stacks#remove-pull-requests-from-a-pull-request-stack",
"status": "422"
}
```
Interestingly, in the `GH_DEBUG=api` run the CLI's own final stderr line correctly echoed this specific message (`✗ Unstacking not allowed: Pull requests #.., #.. cannot be removed from this stack`) — a materially different, and accurate, explanation compared to the generic message shown without debug logging.
## Expected
The non-debug error message should reflect the actual REST API rejection (a stack can't be unstacked once any of its PRs have merged), not a generic, unrelated "queued for merge / auto-merge enabled" message.
## Environment
`gh-stack` version 0.0.8, installed via `gh extension install github/gh-stack`.
Guia de contribuição
Direção de pesquisa
Comece reproduzindo `gh stack unstack ` em uma stack com pull requests mesclados, comparando a saída normal com `GH_DEBUG=api`. Rastreie o tratamento de erros de unstack e a resposta 422 da REST API; considera-se concluído quando a saída sem depuração relata o motivo real da rejeição em vez da mensagem não relacionada queued-for-merge.
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Avaliação
- Stack de tecnologia
- github, go
- Domínio
- api, cli
- Tipo de issue
- Bug
- Dificuldade
- 3/5
- Tempo estimado
- 1-2 dias
- Status de atividade
- Ativa
- Clareza
- Razoavelmente clara
- Facilidade para iniciantes
- 67/100