fix: populate GitHub subscriber checks from GraphQL and refresh cache version

Author: KristjanESPERANTO

scripts/check-modules/__tests__/result-markdown.test.js

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe("result-markdown", () => {
         name: "MMM-Quiet",
         maintainer: "Dana",
         url: "https://github.com/example/MMM-Quiet",
-        issues: ["GitHub reports 0 watchers; maintainer notifications may be missed."]
+        issues: ["GitHub reports 0 subscribers (Watch); maintainer notifications may be missed."]
       }
     ]);
   });

scripts/check-modules/result-markdown.ts

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function collectIssueSummaries(modules: unknown[]): IssueSummary[] {
     const stageModule = module as ProcessedModuleLike;
     const issues = normalizeIssuesInput(stageModule.issues);
     const watcherIssue = isGitHubUrl(stageModule.url) && stageModule.watchersCount === 0
-      ? "GitHub reports 0 watchers; maintainer notifications may be missed."
+      ? "GitHub reports 0 subscribers (Watch); maintainer notifications may be missed."
       : null;
 
     const combinedIssues = watcherIssue ? [...issues, watcherIssue] : issues;

scripts/collect-metadata/__tests__/runtime.test.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test("runCollectMetadata retries repositories even when a stale negative cache e
   const cachePath = join(cacheDir, "repository-api-cache.json");
   const repoId = "MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror";
   const cachePayload = {
-    version: "repository-api/v1",
+    version: "repository-api/v2",
     generatedAt: "2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z",
     entries: {
       [repoId]: {

scripts/collect-metadata/index.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ interface GraphQlRepoData {
   hasIssuesEnabled?: boolean;
   isArchived?: boolean;
   stargazerCount?: number;
+  watchers?: { totalCount?: number };
   [key: string]: unknown;
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ const httpClient = createHttpClient({ rateLimiter });
 const repositoryCache = createPersistentCache({
   filePath: REPOSITORY_CACHE_PATH,
   defaultTtlMs: REPOSITORY_CACHE_TTL_MS,
-  version: "repository-api/v1"
+  version: "repository-api/v2"
 });
 
 /**
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ async function fetchGitHubBatch(modules: EnrichedModule[]): Promise<GitHubBatchR
         ${alias}: repository(owner: "${owner}", name: "${name}") {
           openIssues: issues(states: OPEN) { totalCount }
           stargazerCount
+          watchers { totalCount }
           isArchived
           isDisabled
           hasIssuesEnabled

scripts/updateRepositoryApiData/__tests__/api.test.js

@@ -39,4 +39,16 @@ describe("updateRepositoryApiData/api", () => {
 
     assert.strictEqual(typeof normalized.watchersCount, "undefined");
   });
+
+  it("uses GraphQL watchers totalCount when subscribers_count is missing", () => {
+    const normalized = normalizeRepositoryData({
+      stargazers_count: 12,
+      watchers: { totalCount: 4 },
+      has_issues: true,
+      archived: false,
+      defaultBranchRef: { target: { committedDate: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" } }
+    }, null, "github");
+
+    assert.strictEqual(normalized.watchersCount, 4);
+  });
 });

scripts/updateRepositoryApiData/api.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ interface RepositoryApiData {
   stargazers_count?: number;
   stars_count?: number;
   subscribers_count?: number;
+  watchers?: { totalCount?: number };
   watchers_count?: number;
   [key: string]: unknown;
 }
@@ -186,8 +187,10 @@ export function normalizeRepositoryData(data: RepositoryApiData, branchData: Rep
         ?? data.pushed_at
         ?? data.pushedAt
         ?? null;
-      // Only trust an explicit API value. GraphQL batch payloads do not provide subscribers_count.
-      watchersCount = typeof data.subscribers_count === "number" ? data.subscribers_count : undefined;
+      // Prefer the REST subscribers_count, then GraphQL watchers.totalCount.
+      watchersCount = typeof data.subscribers_count === "number"
+        ? data.subscribers_count
+        : (typeof data.watchers?.totalCount === "number" ? data.watchers.totalCount : undefined);
       break;
     case "gitlab":
       stars = data.star_count ?? 0;