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Slack Developer Kit for Python

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Indexed issues: 42
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Merged PRs (30d): 16

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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42 issues indexed so far

`slack_file` image blocks appended with `chat.appendStream` render as missing images inline Open

needs info server-side-issue

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1961 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Use logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG) instead of logger.level <= logging.DEBUG for debug guards Open

auto-triage-skip bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1957 · Opened Sep 3, 2026
Socket Mode: reconnects behind NAT leak server-side connection registrations → too_many_websockets cap → silent loss of interactive payloads; mitigation proposals Open

auto-triage-skip discussion

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1940 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 13, 2026
chat_postMessage silently forwards thread_id to the API, so a threaded reply posts to the channel Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1923 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 26, 2026
SocketModeClient.connect() retries forever against a permanently closed aiohttp ClientSession Open

auto-triage-skip bug socket-mode

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1922 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2026
files_upload_v2 should respect the retry handlers Open

auto-triage-skip bug python web-client

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1853 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 7, 2026
markdown block type not supported when sending via WebhookClient / response_url Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1847 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 30, 2026
Proxy URL log can expose proxy credentials Open

auto-triage-skip needs info web-client

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1826 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 30, 2026
Add support for the admin.users.getExpiration API Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement untriaged

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1773 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 30, 2025
files_upload_v2 returns internal_error when using markdown in blocks Open

area:async auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1756 · 8 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 1, 2025
Token rotation failed to refresh the token in a certain time period when using SQLAlchemyInstallationStore Open

auto-triage-skip bug oauth Version: 3x

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1731 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 24, 2025
Retrying internal errors in files_upload_v2 Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement web-client

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1730 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 21, 2025
Improve rate-limit handling Open

auto-triage-skip discussion

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1693 · 10 comments · Opened May 29, 2025
Drop Support for EOL Python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 Open

auto-triage-skip discussion question

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1634 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 13, 2025
Uploaded files are not appearing in channel and do not contain mimetype Open

auto-triage-skip question server-side-issue Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1575 · 39 comments · Opened Oct 25, 2024
Export types for the objects returned from making requests Open

auto-triage-skip discussion Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1543 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 25, 2024
Intersphinx Docs No Longer being Published Open

docs Version: 3x

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1542 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2024
Why are deprecated methods not commented out or removed? Open

Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1531 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 17, 2024
Setting `timezone="UTC"` for `TimePickerElement` should display "UTC" as the "hint" text, not "Monrovia, Reykjavik" Open

auto-triage-skip bug server-side-issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1525 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 3, 2024
Add TypedDict to slack_sdk.models classes Open

discussion enhancement Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1515 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 23, 2024
Add `Options` / `initial_options` validation Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 40/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1510 · Opened Jun 14, 2024
Need a method to get the channel ID using the current channel name Open

auto-triage-skip duplicate question server-side-issue

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1503 · 10 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Jun 4, 2024
API Cursor Pagination Performance : conversations.list Open

auto-triage-skip server-side-issue Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1494 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 7, 2024
Why we don't use certifi root certificates by default? Open

enhancement question

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1491 · 7 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Apr 23, 2024
Last Bullet List Item Not Displayed on iOS Devices Open

auto-triage-skip bug question server-side-issue Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1490 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 18, 2024
VSCode (with jedi) can't suggest imports beyond base level of package Open

auto-triage-skip question Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1457 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 2, 2024
block/type/image should allow image_url to reference an uploaded file to Slack without having to make it public Open

server-side-issue Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1444 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 22, 2023
Add MongoDB installation store Open

discussion oauth Version: 3x

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1437 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 30, 2023
Download file using WebClient Open

discussion enhancement Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1434 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 28, 2023
SQLAlchemyInstallationStore: Non-English column data support for MySQL use cases Open

bug oauth Version: 3x

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1415 · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 19, 2023
Improve structure of `admin.apps.config.set` HTTP API arguments Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement good first issue

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1412 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 6, 2023
SCIM version 2.0 support Open

enhancement scim-client Version: 3x

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1360 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 27, 2023
Add param to enable "Auto-Acknowledgment" of Events to the SocketModeClient Open

discussion enhancement socket-mode Version: 3x

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1299 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 14, 2022
SlackApiError cannot be unpickled Open

auto-triage-skip enhancement question web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1291 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 30, 2022
Inconsistent SlackObjectFormationError raising when empty text is provided. Open

enhancement

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1267 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 20, 2022
Django connection issue with RTM v2 client Open

enhancement rtm-client Version: 3x

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1238 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 15, 2022
Writing unit tests for an app using this SDK Open

discussion enhancement tests Version: 3x

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1188 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 3, 2022
Disable historical_data_enabled in SQLAlchemyInstallationStore / SQLite3InstallationStore Open

enhancement oauth Version: 3x

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1133 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 14, 2021
More convenient pagination support in SCIM / Audit Logs API clients Open

discussion good first issue scim-client Version: 3x

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1121 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 21, 2021
Add smart Rate Limiter Open

audit-logs-client enhancement scim-client Version: 3x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1101 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Aug 19, 2021
Update async unit tests to use unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase base classes Open

tests

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1052 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 28, 2021
aiohttp: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'noop' was never awaited (4.0.0a1-py3.6 / 3.6.2-py3.8) Open

area:concurrency dependency-side-issue Version: 2x web-client

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

slackapi/python-slack-sdk#622 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 17, 2020

slackapi/python-slack-sdk

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