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Copilot's Code Review Cannot Block Your Merge. It Says So in the Docs.

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GitHub's own documentation is unambiguous about this: Copilot always submits a Comment review — never Approve, never Request changes. It does not count toward required approvals. It does not block a merge. That is a sensible safety boundary. It is also the single most misread fact in AI code review…

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  1. 2026-08-26 01:26 · DEV Community — AI
    Copilot's Code Review Cannot Block Your Merge. It Says So in the Docs.

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