About this tag
The ci automation tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of the tooling and workflows that build, test, and merge code without manual intervention. Recent coverage centers on GitHub's asynchronous pull request merge API, which became generally available on October 1, 2026, and how it affects bots, release scripts, and GitHub Actions workflows that land pull requests. The thread explains that merge requests no longer need to complete within a single HTTP call, that GitHub now recommends this approach over the older synchronous REST endpoint and GraphQL mutations, and that it is the only merge API supporting stacked pull requests, making updates necessary for maintainers of merge automation.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    GitHub Async Pull Request Merge API: Update Bots for Stacked PRs and Merge Queues

    On October 1, 2026, GitHub made its asynchronous pull request merge API generally available, and it changes how automation should merge code. A merge request no longer has to finish inside one HTTP call. A bot or CI pipeline sends the request, gets back a tracking ID, and checks on it later...