Issue headings no longer bolded

[mirmaid]

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Why is this? Makes a long list of issues much less readable than it used to be.

[harshguleria-dev]

This is likely due to a recent GitHub UI change rather than an issue with your account. GitHub sometimes updates the Issues layout, which can change how issue lists, spacing, and separators are displayed.

What you can try
Refresh the page or try a hard refresh.
Check the same issue list in another browser.
Try GitHub in an incognito/private window to rule out an extension issue.
If the new layout appears everywhere, it is most likely a GitHub-side UI change.

If the change is making issue lists harder to read, you can report it through GitHub Community Discussions as product feedback and include a screenshot of the old and new layouts.

[juhoinkinen]

Well, taking a look at this discussion, this is "GitHub Community Discussions" and I cannot see a "product feedback" category that you suggested. This "Other Feature Feedback, Questions, & Ideas" is the most correct category.

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[queenofcorgis]

@juhoinkinen product feedback is a type of discussion you're able to select when creating that applies a label that routes this to the proper team. If you'd like me to apply that label, please let me know!

[harshguleria-dev]

Got it, thanks for clarifying. I’ll keep that in mind.

[updalla-apshir]

I noticed this too. The issue titles no longer being bold makes the list noticeably harder to scan

[sunmeat]

Hi @mirmaid, thank you for bringing this up. A number of users have noticed and expressed frustration over this recent visual adjustment where issue and pull request titles are rendered with normal font weight rather than bold text in list views.

Current Technical Context

This change stems from a recent platform-side CSS and design update deployed across GitHub's repository and issue tracker interfaces. The design revision aims to unify typography hierarchies and reduce visual noise across dense tables, but it has inadvertently introduced readability challenges—particularly when scanning long lists of issues or distinguishing unread/open items from surrounding metadata.

Currently, GitHub's standard web interface does not provide a user-facing toggle or theme preference to restore previous typographic weights.

Note

I am an independent community contributor and not a member of GitHub staff. If a staff member or another contributor can provide insight into whether this is an intentional permanent design shift or a bug being evaluated, please feel free to correct or supplement this response.

Workarounds & Mitigation Strategies

While waiting to see if GitHub adjusts the typography based on community feedback, you can use these temporary approaches to improve scannability:

1. Custom CSS Injectors (Stylus / Tampermonkey): If unbolded headers severely disrupt your daily workflow, you can use browser extensions like Stylus to apply a custom user stylesheet targeting the issue title class selectors and forcing bold rendering (font-weight: 600 !important;).
2. GitHub CLI (gh) or IDE Integration: For heavy issue triage where web UI typography is a bottleneck, consider managing your workflows directly through the GitHub CLI or your IDE's native GitHub extension, which present lists using your editor's native formatting.

Escalating Feedback

To ensure the design team recognizes how this typography change impacts daily developer productivity and visual scanning:

• Upvote this discussion and add your specific use cases (e.g., managing hundreds of issues daily) to help signal the demand for a layout adjustment or accessibility toggle.
• Check the GitHub Changelog for rolling interface updates and design tweaks.

References

• GitHub Community Discussions
• GitHub Changelog
• GitHub Documentation

Thank you again for highlighting this regression in UI readability for the community.