## Ask Questions { #ask-questions }

You can <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/discussions/new?category=questions" class="external-link" target="_blank">create a new question</a> in the GitHub repository, for example to:

* Ask a **question** or ask about a **problem**.
* Suggest a new **feature**.

**Note**: if you do it, then I'm going to ask you to also help others. 😉

    about: Please report security vulnerabilities to ******@****.***
  - name: Question or Problem
    about: Ask a question or ask about a problem in GitHub Discussions.
    url: https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/discussions/categories/questions
  - name: Feature Request
    about: To suggest an idea or ask about a feature, please start with a question saying what you would like to achieve. There might be a way to do it already.

## Links

-   [GitHub project](https://github.com/google/guava)
-   [Issue tracker: Report a defect or feature request](https://github.com/google/guava/issues/new)
-   [StackOverflow: Ask "how-to" and "why-didn't-it-work" questions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=guava+java)
-   [guava-discuss: For open-ended questions and discussion](https://groups.google.com/group/guava-discuss)

## IMPORTANT WARNINGS

blank_issues_enabled: false
contact_links:
  - name: Ask for help
    url: http://help.gradle.org/
    about: If you need help with Gradle or have a usage question, please reach our community instead of creating an issue.
  - name: Create an issue without template
    url: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/new?template=blank

## Links

-   [GitHub project](https://github.com/google/guava)
-   [Issue tracker: Report a defect or feature request](https://github.com/google/guava/issues/new)
-   [StackOverflow: Ask "how-to" and "why-didn't-it-work" questions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=guava+java)
-   [guava-announce: Announcements of releases and upcoming significant changes](https://groups.google.com/group/guava-announce)

  workflow_dispatch:

permissions: {}

jobs:
  feedback:
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # Feedback loop: ask for something on PR/Issue and close if not provided or return to the queue on update.
      # https://github.com/gradle/issue-management-action/blob/main/src/feedback.ts

To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute.

Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and
proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of
places to ask questions about the Go language.

[rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/

If your pull request is about ~20 lines of code you don't need to sign an
[Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf) if you are unsure
please ask on the developers list.

To make clear that you license your contribution under
the [Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

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        Thanks for your interest in FastAPI! 🚀

        If you are not @tiangolo or he didn't ask you directly to create an issue here, please start the conversation in a [Question in GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/discussions/categories/questions) instead.
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