---
title: "Queue a pull request before it's ready"
date: 2026-11-12
tags:
  - "Merge Queue"
description: "The \"Queue this pull request\" checkbox now appears as soon as a pull request is open, not only once it's ready to be queued."
---

You no longer have to come back to a pull request once its reviews and CI are done just to queue it. Tick the **Queue this pull request** checkbox right after you open it, and Mergify adds it to the merge queue as soon as it meets your queue conditions, as `@mergifyio queue` does.

- The checkbox shows up on every open, non-draft pull request one of your queue rules covers.
- A pull request ticked early waits, then joins the queue on its own once its approvals and checks pass.
- Pushing new commits after ticking it cancels the request, and the checkbox comes back so you can tick it again.
- Pull requests Mergify already queues automatically don't get one.
There is nothing to turn on. To hide the checkbox, set `queue_controls_comment` to `false`, as described in [Queueing with a checkbox](https://docs.mergify.com/commands/queue/#queueing-with-a-checkbox).