[jsejcksn]

> When I star a repo I don't get notified when anyone opens a new issue.

You can customize your repository notifications in a granular way, including subscribing to issues (Watch > Custom > Issues), discussions, releases, etc.

This is the primary method I use to track OSS releases. More in the GitHub docs:

https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/managing-subs...

[DangitBobby]

But people don't do that. Pretty much only the maintainer(s) of a project opt in to be notified of issues on GH. On Discord, by default the channel lights up if a channel has new messages.