diff --git a/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection.go b/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection.go
index fba317f58..5ff08a573 100644
--- a/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection.go
+++ b/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection.go
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ type Detector interface {
 }
 
 type IssueFeatures struct {
-	StateReason bool
+	StateReason       bool
+	ActorIsAssignable bool
 }
 
 var allIssueFeatures = IssueFeatures{
-	StateReason: true,
+	StateReason:       true,
+	ActorIsAssignable: true,
 }
 
 type PullRequestFeatures struct {
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ func (d *detector) IssueFeatures() (IssueFeatures, error) {
 	}
 
 	features := IssueFeatures{
-		StateReason: false,
+		StateReason:       false,
+		ActorIsAssignable: false,
 	}
 
 	var featureDetection struct {
diff --git a/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection_test.go b/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection_test.go
index f1152da2c..2c7d19071 100644
--- a/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection_test.go
+++ b/internal/featuredetection/feature_detection_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ func TestIssueFeatures(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "github.com",
 			hostname: "github.com",
 			wantFeatures: IssueFeatures{
-				StateReason: true,
+				StateReason:       true,
+				ActorIsAssignable: true,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ func TestIssueFeatures(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "ghec data residency (ghe.com)",
 			hostname: "stampname.ghe.com",
 			wantFeatures: IssueFeatures{
-				StateReason: true,
+				StateReason:       true,
+				ActorIsAssignable: true,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ func TestIssueFeatures(t *testing.T) {
 				`query Issue_fields\b`: `{"data": {}}`,
 			},
 			wantFeatures: IssueFeatures{
-				StateReason: false,
+				StateReason:       false,
+				ActorIsAssignable: false,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},