GitHub · Pull requests · Search and REST API · Checked October 25, 2026

GitHub: why the review request is not shown

Reviewers are requested with POST /repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/NUMBER/requested_reviewers (reviewers for people, team_reviewers for teams), and GET on the same address lists both. GitHub's documentation says that once a requested reviewer submits a review, they are no longer a requested reviewer; their review is listed with the pull request's reviews instead. In search, requested reviewers are likewise no longer listed after they review (checked October 25, 2026).

is:pr is:open review-requested:@me        you, and teams you are on
is:pr is:open user-review-requested:@me   only you, by name

Why a request is missing

You already reviewed: an approval, a request for changes or a comment review ends your request. It comes back only when the request is made again.
It was asked of a team: the documentation says review-requested:USERNAME also finds requests to teams the person is on, user-review-requested:@me only requests to you directly, team-review-requested:TEAMNAME one team's requests, and team-review-requested-user:USERNAME only the requests to that person's teams. A public report from 2023 asked for the direct filter because some teams were asked to review a lot.
A token that cannot see the teams: a public report from 2026 found requested_teams empty in the pull request for a token that could not see the organization's teams (an outside collaborator's), while GET …/requested_reviewers listed the team either way.
Code owners and drafts: the documentation says code owners are requested automatically when a pull request changes code they own, but not on a draft; they are notified when the draft is marked ready for review.

What to do

Choose the search: user-review-requested:@me for what asks you by name, review-requested:@me to include your teams, team-review-requested:ORG/TEAM for one team.
Read team requests from the right place: GET /repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/NUMBER/requested_reviewers lists the teams even when the pull request's own requested_teams is empty.
Asked again after a review: the author requests your review again; until then your earlier review stands. If GitHub refuses the request, see a review request refused.
A draft: mark it ready for review so that code owners hear of it.

In IntelliJ IDEA: Review requests is review-requested:@me in one repository

How the GitHub support built into IntelliJ IDEA shows review requests, in its source (checked October 31, 2026; IntelliJ IDEA: GHPRSearchPanelViewModel.kt, GHPRListSearchValue.kt, GHPRDataContext.kt, pullRequestInfoShort.graphql, pullRequestReviewer.graphql, GHReviewersUtils.kt):

The Review requests filter of the pull request list searches GitHub for is:open review-requested:@me in the one repository the list belongs to, so requests to your teams are in it too. The Review filter's Awaiting review from you adds the same review-requested:@me. There is no choice for user-review-requested:@me, but text typed in the search box is added to the search as it is (see why the pull request list is incomplete).
A pull request's reviewers come from GitHub's reviewRequests (the first 100, people and teams) and its last 100 reviews. A reviewer still asked shows as waiting for review, one asked again after reviewing as re-requested, and one who reviewed and was not asked again by the state of their review (see changes requested).

GitHub pull requests in IntelliJ IDEA

Pull Request Inbox for GitHub, a plugin by Lesstep for JetBrains IDEs 2024.1 or later, fills "Waiting for my review" with GitHub's search review-requested:@me, so your teams' requests are in it, and "I am a reviewer" with that search and reviewed-by:@me; up to 200 pull requests each, most recently updated first. A pull request's reviewers are the people asked and the people who reviewed, with the teams asked listed under them. After an automatic refresh it shows a notification for each pull request that newly waits for your review: asked of you by name, or found by the review-requested:@me search (Waiting for my review, I am a reviewer, and All open with Everywhere), so a request to one of your teams counts there. In the other lists, a request only to your team brings no notification, as the plugin does not read who is in a team. As on GitHub, any review you submit, comments alone included, ends a request to you: commenting on a pull request nobody asked you about brings no notification. The review inbox, diffs and conversations are free; approving, commenting and merging are Pro (US$1.50 a month, with a 30-day trial).

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