GitHub Copilot code review can now approve pull requests
Copilot code review can now submit an approval that counts toward a repository's required-approvals rule, off by default and enabled by admins at the enterprise, organization, or repository level, with limits on which file paths it may approve. The guardrails are conventional — a new commit dismisses Copilot's approval exactly as it would a human reviewer's — so teams on the Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans in this public preview can let an agent satisfy a merge gate that previously required a person.
Source: github.blog ↗
If new commits are pushed after Copilot approves, its approval is dismissed just like a human reviewer's
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Why this matters
- → Automates merge approvals — a previously human-only gate now handled by an agent
- → Reduces review bottlenecks for teams on Copilot plans
- → Off by default; admins control scope per file path
Agent as gatekeeper