slackapi/bolt-js

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A framework to build Slack apps using JavaScript

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Indexed issues: 63
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Merged PRs (30d): 28

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
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63 open issues indexed

Bolt 5 does not provide the undici peer required by @slack/socket-mode 3 Open

auto-triage-stale discussion question untriaged

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

slackapi/bolt-js#3039 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Offer: self-updating EOL badge for your supported-versions table Open

dependencies discussion docs

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#3028 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 27, 2026
Support automatic SLACK_API_URL configuration via slackApiUrl Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2926 · 1 comment · Opened May 13, 2026
docs: convert remaining code examples from CommonJS to ESM Open

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Difficulty 2/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 72/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2923 · 2 comments · Opened May 13, 2026
Make `express` an optional peer dependency Open

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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2814 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 8, 2026
Feature: acknowledging requests without an HTTP response Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement semver:major semver:minor

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2789 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 15, 2026
Feature Request: manual ack option Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement semver:major

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2788 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 15, 2026
Feature Request: Allow users to stop/cancel streaming messages Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement server-side-issue

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2698 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2025
Feature Request: Support updating/editing stream content Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement server-side-issue

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2697 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2025
Slack assistant `assistant.userMessage` loops infinitely when given specific message Open

auto-triage-skip bug needs info server-side-issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2668 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 6, 2025
Removing support for Node 18 and other upcoming breaking changes Open

discussion semver:major

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2644 · Opened Sep 4, 2025
Slack app won't continue processing unless I change tabs or trigger another action/event on AWS Lambda without a deferred response Open

area:examples auto-triage-skip docs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2630 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2025
Biome plugin to warn developers to use app.logger instead of console. Open

auto-triage-skip discussion

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2627 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 12, 2025
Type Checking Bug Open

auto-triage-skip question TypeScript-specific

slackapi/bolt-js#2605 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 16, 2025
`message_replied` subtype doesn't not invoke Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

slackapi/bolt-js#2587 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 29, 2025
docs: document workflow token behaviors Open

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Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2500 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 14, 2025
Bot scopes in the app constructor do not match app manifest settings Open

auto-triage-skip discussion enhancement question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2437 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2025
Next.js 15 & Vercel compatible receiver Open

area:examples auto-triage-skip discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2430 · 7 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Feb 25, 2025
Can't figure out which token Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2418 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 6, 2025
plain_text_input default_value is not populating on iOS Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2377 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 28, 2024
feat: add support for more function scoped events Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement semver:minor

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2322 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 5, 2024
feat: expose `@slack/socket-mode` options to bolt apps Open

enhancement good first issue semver:minor

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2292 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 15, 2024
bug: `buildSource` does not take into account `authorizations` array when sourcing `user_id` during user-token retrieval/authorization Open

auto-triage-skip bug semver:patch

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2271 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 23, 2024
feat: consolidate custom error handlers Open

docs enhancement semver:major TypeScript-specific

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2258 · Opened Sep 15, 2024
Add invalidRequestSignatureHandler to HTTP/ExpressReceiver Open

enhancement good first issue semver:minor

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2156 · Opened Jul 4, 2024
Japanese document updates reflecting #2136 Open

docs good first issue

slackapi/bolt-js#2137 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 17, 2024
Add docs/sample for using browser cookies to pass custom app data during OAuth flow Open

area:examples auto-triage-skip docs enhancement good first issue semver:patch

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2124 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 3, 2024
Better typing for block actions payload Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement semver:major TypeScript-specific

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2122 · 3 comments · Opened May 30, 2024
Links with ampersand do not work in Slack iOS app Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2103 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Apr 29, 2024
How to get search params in custom routes Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement good first issue question semver:minor

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2100 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 25, 2024
More clearly surface documentation on how to use Bolt.js with HTTP event delivery Open

auto-triage-skip docs enhancement good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2083 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2024
deferInitialization option during App creation is not clearly explained Open

docs

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2071 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 4, 2024
Message event payloads missing `team_id` in enterprise on mobile slack clients Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2062 · 16 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 16, 2024
How to document `optional` field from housing Block and how it applies to Block Elements within? Open

auto-triage-skip docs enhancement question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#2044 · 11 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 2, 2024
log level returned by getLevel function in custom logger not being respected. Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1812 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 26, 2023
Overriding callbackOptions while keeping default behavior Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1766 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2023
Add support for setting `timezone` on DateTimePicker input Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement server-side-issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1753 · 12 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 27, 2023
Add concrete examples demonstrating how to run offline AWS Lambda functions in bolt-js app Open

docs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1728 · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 28, 2023
Multi static select dropdown wont open again after selecting an option Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1706 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 5, 2023
Use `unknown` instead of `any` for `StringIndexed` Open

discussion semver:major TypeScript-specific

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1661 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 22, 2022
Test utility for validating blocks Open

auto-triage-skip discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1652 · 17 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Nov 9, 2022
Move block-action.ts to @slack/types Open

enhancement semver:major TypeScript-specific

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1432 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 26, 2022
unfurl_links: false works with chat.postMessage but not with chat.scheduleMessage Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

slackapi/bolt-js#1387 · 34 comments · 5 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 23, 2022
Document extending context using `App<CustomContext>` generic Open

docs TypeScript-specific

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1362 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 10, 2022
port argument in App can be ignored when using a custom receiver Open

bug enhancement

slackapi/bolt-js#1357 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 7, 2022
installerOptions.stateStore.verifyStateParam not called when state parameter is empty Open

discussion semver:major

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1316 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2022
Automatically invoke the InstallationStore's deleteInstallation function for relevant events Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement good first issue semver:minor

slackapi/bolt-js#1203 · 12 comments · 12 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 8, 2021
User-Agent should include receiver type Open

enhancement semver:patch

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1150 · Opened Oct 8, 2021
"Sign in with Slack" is unsupported by Bolt and its underlying OAuth module Open

discussion enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1063 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2021
bug: bolt does not trigger handlers consistently when handler pattern contains stateful regex flags (`/y` or `/g`) Open

auto-triage-skip bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

slackapi/bolt-js#1058 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2021

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