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Agent Merge watches and fixes pull requests in the cloud
Summary
Agent Merge, a Copilot feature that keeps a pull request mergeable, is now built into pull requests on github.com (2026-10-28); it was already in the Copilot app and VS Code. Copilot watches the PR and, in a cloud development environment, fixes failing Actions workflows and resolves merge conflicts as they appear.
Key points
- Enable it: in a PR's merge box click Watch and fix, then choose failing workflows, merge conflicts, or both. To turn it on for all your PRs, enable Agent Merge by default in your Copilot settings.
- Good for: long-lived PRs that keep going red after rebases or upstream changes. Pair it with auto-merge so GitHub merges once all requirements pass.
- Availability: paid Copilot plans, subject to organization and enterprise policy.
- Docs: "Get pull requests ready to merge" in GitHub Docs.
Why it matters
The last mile of a PR (CI fixes, conflicts) is routine work that an agent can do without a local checkout. It shifts the human role towards reviewing the fix rather than doing it.