diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index c4fd875b54ba..95626ca52944 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ jvm_library(
     "//jvm/jvm-analysis-impl:analysis-impl",
     "//plugins/ByteCodeViewer:java-byteCodeViewer",
     "//plugins/github/github-json:vcs-github-json",
+    "//plugins/github/github-tracker:vcs-github-tracker",
     "//plugins/search-everywhere-ml/ranking/core",
     "//plugins/search-everywhere-ml/ranking/java",
     "//plugins/search-everywhere-ml/ranking/vcs",
@@ -548,6 +549,7 @@ jvm_library(
     "//jvm/jvm-analysis-impl:analysis-impl",
     "//plugins/ByteCodeViewer:java-byteCodeViewer",
     "//plugins/github/github-json:vcs-github-json",
+    "//plugins/github/github-tracker:vcs-github-tracker",
     "//plugins/search-everywhere-ml/ranking/core",
     "//plugins/search-everywhere-ml/ranking/java",
     "//plugins/search-everywhere-ml/ranking/vcs",
diff --git a/intellij.idea.community.main.iml b/intellij.idea.community.main.iml
index c12c5b31e095..83049b499c71 100644
--- a/intellij.idea.community.main.iml
+++ b/intellij.idea.community.main.iml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.jvm.analysis.impl" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.java.byteCodeViewer" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.vcs.github.json" scope="RUNTIME" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.vcs.github.tracker" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.searchEverywhereMl.ranking.core" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.searchEverywhereMl.ranking.java" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.searchEverywhereMl.ranking.vcs" scope="RUNTIME" />
diff --git a/plugins/github/github-tracker/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepository.java b/plugins/github/github-tracker/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepository.java
index ec2813290e53..006359da0c1e 100644
--- a/plugins/github/github-tracker/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/github/github-tracker/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepository.java
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ import com.intellij.tasks.*;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.BaseRepository;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.annotations.Tag;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutor;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequests;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubServerPath;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubIssue;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubIssueBase;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubIssueCommentWithHtml;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubIssueLabel;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubIssueState;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.*;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.util.GithubApiPagesLoader;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.exceptions.GithubAuthenticationException;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.exceptions.GithubJsonException;
@@ -41,16 +39,17 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 @Tag("GitHub")
-final class GithubRepository extends BaseRepository {
-
+@VisibleForTesting
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+public final class GithubRepository extends BaseRepository {
   private Pattern myPattern = Pattern.compile("($^)");
   private @NotNull String myRepoAuthor = "";
   private @NotNull String myRepoName = "";
   private @NotNull String myUser = "";
   private boolean myAssignedIssuesOnly = false;
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
-  GithubRepository() {
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public GithubRepository() {
   }
 
   GithubRepository(GithubRepository other) {
@@ -157,7 +156,8 @@ final class GithubRepository extends BaseRepository {
     return tasks.toArray(Task.EMPTY_ARRAY);
   }
 
-  private @NotNull Task createTask(@NotNull GithubIssueBase issue, @NotNull List<GithubIssueCommentWithHtml> comments) {
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public @NotNull Task createTask(@NotNull GithubIssueBase issue, @NotNull List<GithubIssueCommentWithHtml> comments) {
     return new Task() {
       private final @NotNull String myRepoName = getRepoName();
       private final Comment @NotNull [] myComments =
diff --git a/plugins/github/github-tracker/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepositoryTest.java b/plugins/github/github-tracker/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepositoryTest.java
index 11cd63bbd205..a8cf6fecbe05 100644
--- a/plugins/github/github-tracker/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/plugins/github/github-tracker/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/tasks/GithubRepositoryTest.java
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubIssueLabel;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
-public class GithubRepositoryTest {
-
+class GithubRepositoryTest {
   private GithubRepository repository;
 
   @BeforeEach
@@ -28,21 +25,21 @@ public class GithubRepositoryTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testCreateTaskBug() throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+  public void testCreateTaskBug() {
     GithubIssueBase issue = makeIssueWithLabels(Collections.singletonList("bug"));
     Task task = createTask(repository, issue, Collections.emptyList());
     assertEquals(TaskType.BUG, task.getType());
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testCreateTaskFeature() throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+  public void testCreateTaskFeature() {
     GithubIssueBase issue = makeIssueWithLabels(Collections.singletonList("enhancement"));
     Task task = createTask(repository, issue, Collections.emptyList());
     assertEquals(TaskType.FEATURE, task.getType());
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testCreateTaskUnmapped() throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+  public void testCreateTaskUnmapped() {
     // Test with a label that is not recognized as a specific type
     GithubIssueBase issue = makeIssueWithLabels(Collections.singletonList("question"));
     Task task = createTask(repository, issue, Collections.emptyList());
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ public class GithubRepositoryTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testCreateTaskMultipleLabelsMatchFirstWins() throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+  public void testCreateTaskMultipleLabelsMatchFirstWins() {
     GithubIssueBase issue = makeIssueWithLabels(
       List.of("bug", "enhancement", "feature", "task", "question") // Multiple labels including bug and enhancement
     );
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ public class GithubRepositoryTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testCreateTaskMultipleLabelsSingleMatch() throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+  public void testCreateTaskMultipleLabelsSingleMatch() {
     GithubIssueBase issue = makeIssueWithLabels(
       List.of("custom1", "enhancement", "custom2") // Multiple labels including enhancement in the middle
     );
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ public class GithubRepositoryTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testCreateTaskNoLabel() throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
+  public void testCreateTaskNoLabel() {
     GithubIssueBase issue = makeIssueWithLabels(
       Collections.emptyList()
     );
@@ -114,15 +111,9 @@ public class GithubRepositoryTest {
    * @param issue    the GithubIssueBase instance
    * @param comments the list of comments associated with the issue
    * @return a Task object created by the private createTask method
-   * @throws NoSuchMethodException     if the method is not found
-   * @throws InvocationTargetException if the method invocation fails
-   * @throws IllegalAccessException    if access to the method is denied
    */
-  private static Task createTask(GithubRepository repo, GithubIssueBase issue, List<GithubIssueCommentWithHtml> comments)
-    throws NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
-    Method createTask = GithubRepository.class.getDeclaredMethod("createTask", GithubIssueBase.class, List.class);
-    createTask.setAccessible(true);
-    Task task = (Task) createTask.invoke(repo, issue, comments);
+  private static Task createTask(GithubRepository repo, GithubIssueBase issue, List<GithubIssueCommentWithHtml> comments) {
+    Task task = repo.createTask(issue, comments);
     return task;
   }