Add workflow to auto-close PRs with merge conflicts#18
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Add workflow to auto-close PRs with merge conflicts#18
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[WIP] Review and close pull requests with merge conflicts
Add workflow to auto-close PRs with merge conflicts
Mar 7, 2026
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Adds a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically detects and closes PRs that have merge conflicts with
master.Workflow:
.github/workflows/close-conflicting-prs.ymlpushtomaster(scans all open PRs) andpull_requestevents (opened,synchronize,reopened)mergeable_statevia GitHub API — retries up to 5× with 10s backoff since GitHub computes this field asynchronously; treats'dirty'as conflicting💬 We'd love your input! Share your thoughts on Copilot coding agent in our 2 minute survey.