diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create_test.go
index 58de61a51..aefa0f7ad 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create_test.go
@@ -729,6 +729,64 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			wantsStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/123\n",
 			wantsStderr: "\nCreating issue in OWNER/REPO\n\n",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "interactive prompts for type",
+			opts: CreateOptions{
+				Interactive: true,
+				Detector:    &fd.EnabledDetectorMock{},
+				Title:       "feature request",
+				Body:        "would be nice to have",
+			},
+			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
+				pm.SelectFunc = func(message, defaultValue string, options []string) (int, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "Issue type":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Feature")
+					case "What's next?":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Submit")
+					default:
+						return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected select prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(t *testing.T, r *httpmock.Registry) {
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`query IssueRepositoryInfo\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`
+						{ "data": { "repository": {
+							"id": "REPOID",
+							"hasIssuesEnabled": true,
+							"viewerPermission": "WRITE"
+						} } }`))
+				// Issue types are fetched up front to power the interactive prompt.
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`query RepositoryIssueTypes\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`
+						{ "data": { "repository": { "issueTypes": { "nodes": [
+							{ "id": "IT_1", "name": "Bug", "description": "", "color": "d73a4a" },
+							{ "id": "IT_2", "name": "Feature", "description": "", "color": "0075ca" },
+							{ "id": "IT_3", "name": "Task", "description": "", "color": "e4e669" }
+						] } } } }`))
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`mutation IssueCreate\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`
+						{ "data": { "createIssue": { "issue": {
+							"id": "ISSUE_ID_123",
+							"URL": "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/123"
+						} } } }`))
+				// Selected ID is reused without re-fetching the types list.
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`mutation UpdateIssueIssueType\b`),
+					httpmock.GraphQLMutation(`
+						{ "data": { "updateIssueIssueType": { "issue": { "id": "ISSUE_ID_123" } } } }`,
+						func(inputs map[string]interface{}) {
+							assert.Equal(t, "ISSUE_ID_123", inputs["issueId"])
+							assert.Equal(t, "IT_2", inputs["issueTypeId"])
+						}))
+			},
+			wantsStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/123\n",
+			wantsStderr: "\nCreating issue in OWNER/REPO\n\n",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "create with type not found",
 			opts: CreateOptions{