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title: "Merge protections honor GitHub's \"require approval of most recent push\""
date: 2026-06-19
tags:
  - Merge Protections
description: "Mergify now respects GitHub's \"Require approval of the most recent push\" branch-protection option when evaluating merge protections."
---

When your branch protection enables GitHub's "Require approval of the most recent push" option, Mergify now automatically adds a matching condition to your merge protections. A pull request won't merge until its latest push has been approved by someone other than the author, keeping Mergify aligned with GitHub's own enforcement.