ci(mergify): Phase 2 - enable batching (batch_size 5) (#410)

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
#
# ============================================================================
# Mergify configuration — PHASE 1: serial merge queue (issue #409).
# Mergify configuration — PHASE 2: batched merge queue (issue #410).
#
# Spec: docs/ci/mergify-integration-spec.md + docs/ci/mergify.yml.proposed
# (issues #407 / #408).
# Schema: https://docs.mergify.com/configuration/file-format/
# Verified against the LIVE Mergify docs on 2026-07-07 (file-format, queue
# rules, priority, merge-queue lifecycle/setup/batches, and the
# merge-protections auto-merge pages) — the config format evolves, so this is
# Verified against the LIVE Mergify docs (file-format, queue rules, priority,
# merge-queue batches) on 2026-07-08 — the config format evolves, so this is
# not from memory.
# 2026-07-07 CHANGE: auto-queueing migrated OFF the `pull_request_rules`
# queue-action path (which no longer auto-queues — a green matching PR just
# reported "Merge queue is ready — use `@Mergifyio queue`" and sat there) ONTO
# `merge_protections_settings.auto_merge_conditions` (see that block below).
# The old `autoqueue`/queue-action auto path is DEPRECATED and "will stop
# working on 2026-07-16" (docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/rules). This changes only
# the TRIGGER; the queue's merge semantics (below) are untouched.
#
# HISTORY
# Phase 1 (#409; landed #422, proven by #425/#426) ran a SERIAL queue — batch_size 1
# + max_parallel_checks 1 + queue_conditions == merge_conditions — which kept GitHub's
# "Require branches up to date before merging" checkbox LITERALLY on. It was proven
# end-to-end: mergify[bot] auto-merged #425/#426, and serialised #426 -> #427 by
# updating #427 onto the new `main` (incl. #426) and re-running CI before merging.
# Phase 2 (this file, #410) turns on BATCHING now that the queue is proven.
# ============================================================================
#
# WHAT THIS DOES
# A SERIAL merge queue that ends the manual serial-bump grind and supersedes the
# hand-rolled "poor-man's merge queue" (autoupdate.yml + ci-trigger.yml +
# traffic-control.yml — all already `disabled_manually`). Mergify updates each
# queued PR onto the latest `main`, re-runs CI, and merges it with a MERGE COMMIT
# when the single required gate — the "CI passed" check — is green. One PR at a
# time, in P0–P9 priority order.
# A BATCHED merge queue. Mergify takes up to `batch_size` queued PRs, builds ONE
# speculative branch = (latest `main` + all the batched PRs), runs CI on that combined
# branch ONCE, and — if green — merges the whole batch (each as a MERGE COMMIT) in
# P0-P9 priority order. That is ~`batch_size`x the throughput of Phase-1 serial (one CI
# cycle merges many PRs, not one) while STILL testing every PR against the latest `main`
# (they all ride the same speculative batch branch).
#
# HARD INVARIANTS (do NOT relax without the trilemma decision recorded in the spec):
# * require-up-to-date STAYS ON. This is Phase 1 = batch_size 1 + merge_method:
# merge — the ONLY trilemma combination that keeps GitHub's "Require branches to
# be up to date before merging" LITERALLY enabled AND preserves the merge-commit
# policy. Mergify honours it by updating each PR onto the latest `main` and
# re-running CI before merging ("Updates PRs against the latest main before
# merging" — docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/setup). NO batching: batching would
# require turning that checkbox OFF (docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/batches) and is
# the blocked Phase 2 / issue #410 — explicitly OUT OF SCOPE here.
# THE require-up-to-date SWAP (the one hard change from Phase 1 — do not misread it):
# * Batching is INCOMPATIBLE with GitHub's "Require branches to be up to date before
# merging" (docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/batches): a batch branch is by construction
# "ahead of" its member PRs, so that per-PR linear check cannot pass. It is therefore
# turned OFF in the `main` ruleset (18347032 -> `required_status_checks
# .strict_required_status_checks_policy` = false). The required "CI passed" CHECK
# itself STAYS required — only the "must be up to date" part is dropped.
# * The INVARIANT that option protected — never merge code untested against the latest
# `main` — is NOT lost; it MOVES to Mergify. The speculative batch branch IS
# latest-`main`-plus-the-batch, so a green batch check IS the against-latest-main
# test. This is the sanctioned swap (invariant preserved, enforcement relocated),
# authorised ONLY because Phase 1 proved the queue actually performs that update+re-CI.
# Do NOT drop require-up-to-date for any reason that does NOT relocate the invariant.
# * The single required status check stays "CI passed" — the exact `name:` of the
# `ci-passed` job in .github/workflows/ci.yml. NOT "ci-passed". A wrong name means
# PRs queue but never merge.
# * IN-PLACE CHECKS, not speculative draft-PR checks. GitHub's strict
# `required_status_checks` ruleset (require-branches-up-to-date) rejects
# speculative checks outright — Mergify surfaced this as a "Configuration not
# compatible with `required_status_checks` ruleset rule" check on #422. The fix
# (per Mergify: docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/rules) is to make Mergify validate
# each PR IN PLACE, on the real PR branch, which requires ALL THREE of:
# (a) `merge_queue.max_parallel_checks: 1` (below),
# (b) every `queue_rules[].batch_size: 1` (below), and
# (c) `queue_rules.default.queue_conditions` IDENTICAL (same conditions, same
# order) to `queue_rules.default.merge_conditions` — i.e. no "two-step CI"
# where the conditions to ENTER the queue differ from the conditions to
# MERGE. Mergify runs three condition sets, sequentially:
# `merge_protections_settings.auto_merge_conditions` (TRIGGERS auto-queueing)
# → `queue_conditions` (validates a PR's queue ENTRY) → `merge_conditions`
# (validates the MERGE). Omitting `queue_conditions` — as this config first
# did — reads as a two-step-CI mismatch and re-trips the incompatibility
# check, so we keep all three lists identical. Do not let them drift apart.
# `ci-passed` job in .github/workflows/ci.yml. NOT "ci-passed".
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# queue_rules — how a queued PR is validated and merged.
# queue_rules — how a batch of queued PRs is validated and merged.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
queue_rules:
- name: default
# Final merge gate. Merge ONLY when the single required context is green (the exact
# same check branch protection requires), the PR targets `main`, is not a draft, has
# no merge conflicts, and is not flagged `broken`. NOTE: branch protection requires 0
# approvals here (the active repository ruleset sets required_approving_review_count
# = 0), so there is deliberately NO `#approved-reviews-by` condition — adding one
# would wedge the solo-maintainer flow, where nobody can approve their own PR.
# Merge a batch ONLY when the combined batch branch is green on the single required
# context ("CI passed"), every member PR targets `main`, is not a draft, has no merge
# conflict, and is not flagged `broken`. NOTE: the ruleset requires 0 approvals
# (required_approving_review_count = 0), so there is deliberately NO `#approved-reviews-by`
# condition — it would wedge the solo-maintainer flow (nobody can approve their own PR).
#
# IN-PLACE CHECKS: `queue_conditions` (what a PR must satisfy to ENTER/stay in the
# queue) MUST be IDENTICAL (same conditions, same order) to `merge_conditions` (what
# it must satisfy to MERGE) below. When those two lists match — plus batch_size 1 and
# max_parallel_checks 1 — Mergify validates each PR IN PLACE on the real PR branch
# instead of running speculative draft-PR checks, which is what GitHub's strict
# `required_status_checks` ruleset (require-branches-up-to-date) demands. Omitting
# `queue_conditions` (as this config originally did) is treated as a "two-step CI"
# mismatch and Mergify flags the ruleset as incompatible. Keep the three lists here —
# `queue_conditions`, `merge_conditions`, and
# `merge_protections_settings.auto_merge_conditions` — all identical; if any diverge,
# Mergify's ruleset-compatibility check fails again.
# queue_conditions (queue ENTRY) are kept IDENTICAL — same conditions, same order — to
# merge_conditions (MERGE). Under Phase 1 this identity was REQUIRED for in-place-checks
# compatibility with the strict ruleset; with require-up-to-date now off, batching uses
# speculative batch checks and the identity is no longer mandatory — but it is kept so
# auto_merge_conditions / queue_conditions / merge_conditions remain one single source of
# truth (no reason for entry and merge gates to differ). Keep all three lists identical.
queue_conditions:
- base = main
- -draft
@@ -92,31 +72,33 @@ queue_rules:
- -conflict
- label != broken
- check-success = CI passed
# SERIAL: exactly one PR per merge. No batching (Phase 2 / #410). One merge commit
# per PR, which is what lets require-up-to-date stay literally ON.
batch_size: 1
# Merge commit — never squash / rebase / fast-forward (repo policy: merges use
# merge commits, never squash).
# BATCHING (Phase 2 / #410): validate up to 5 PRs together on ONE speculative branch, so
# a single ~15-min CI cycle can merge up to 5 PRs instead of 1. `batch_max_wait_time`
# bounds how long Mergify waits to fill a batch before starting CI on a partial one, so a
# lone PR is not left waiting for companions. Requires the require-up-to-date checkbox OFF
# (see the SWAP note in the header).
batch_size: 5
batch_max_wait_time: 5 min
# Merge commit — never squash / rebase / fast-forward (repo policy: merges use merge
# commits, never squash).
merge_method: merge
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# merge_queue — queue-wide options.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
merge_queue:
# Validate ONE PR at a time — true serial, no speculative parallel checks. This is the
# strictest, unambiguously require-up-to-date-compatible setting: Mergify updates the
# REAL PR branch onto the latest `main`, runs CI on that branch, and merges on the real
# green "CI passed" — with no speculative temp-branch/real-branch check mismatch to
# reason about. It also caps the expensive, wedge-prone ~15-min E2E matrix at a single
# concurrent run. Raising this (speculative parallelism) is a throughput optimisation to
# weigh alongside the Phase 2 / #410 batching decision — not part of serial Phase 1.
# One batch validated at a time. `batch_size` (above) — not parallelism — is the Phase-2
# throughput lever: a single batch of up to 5 PRs merges per CI cycle, keeping the
# expensive/wedge-prone ~15-min E2E matrix to ONE concurrent run. Raising this would run
# multiple batches' CI concurrently (more runner load / cost) — a later tuning knob, not
# needed to get the batching win.
max_parallel_checks: 1
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# priority_rules — map the repo's P0–P9 labels onto queue priority.
# priority_rules — map the repo's P0-P9 labels onto queue priority.
# Higher number merges first (Mergify keywords: low=1000 / medium=2000 / high=3000;
# numeric range 1–10000). P0 is emergency-only and outranks everything. PRs with no P-label
# fall to Mergify's default `medium` (2000).
# numeric range 1-10000). P0 is emergency-only and outranks everything. PRs with no P-label
# fall to Mergify's default `medium` (2000). Priority also orders merges within a batch.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
priority_rules:
- name: p0-emergency
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# merge_protections_settings — WHICH PRs are AUTOMATICALLY added to the queue.
# (Unchanged from Phase 1 — this is the auto-queue TRIGGER, orthogonal to batching.)
#
# This REPLACES the old `pull_request_rules` `queue` action. That action no longer
# auto-queues in current Mergify: a green, matching PR just reported "Merge queue is
# ready — use `@Mergifyio queue`" and sat there forever (never merged). Automatic
# queueing now lives in `auto_merge_conditions` under `merge_protections_settings`. The
# old `queue_rules[].autoqueue` field (and the queue-action auto path) is DEPRECATED and
# "will stop working on 2026-07-16. Use `auto_merge_conditions` in
# `merge_protections_settings` instead" (docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/rules).
# Automatic queueing lives in `auto_merge_conditions` (the old `pull_request_rules` queue
# action no longer auto-queues — deprecated 2026-07-16). Same audience as before: green on
# "CI passed", targeting `main`, not a draft, no conflicts, not `broken`. A matched PR is
# auto-QUEUED (not merged directly); the batched queue then routes + merges it.
#
# `auto_merge_conditions` accepts `true` (auto-queue every mergeable PR) or, as here,
# "a list of conditions to restrict the audience" (docs.mergify.com/configuration/
# file-format). We give the SAME set the old queue action used, so EXACTLY the same PRs
# auto-queue: green on "CI passed", targeting `main`, not a draft, no conflicts, not
# `broken`.
#
# WHY THIS PRESERVES require-up-to-date: this changes only the TRIGGER (manual →
# automatic). It does NOT touch how the queue validates or merges — batch_size 1,
# merge_method merge, and max_parallel_checks 1 above are unchanged — and those are the
# settings that interact with require-up-to-date (only BATCHING, batch_size > 1, forces
# that checkbox OFF; see the invariants header + docs.mergify.com/merge-queue/batches).
# When a merge queue is configured, a matched PR is auto-QUEUED, not merged directly:
# "Every PR is auto-queued. The merge queue then handles routing and merging"
# (docs.mergify.com/merge-protections/auto-merge) — so it still goes through the serial
# queue, gets updated onto the latest `main`, re-runs CI, and merges on the real green
# "CI passed". Mergify also auto-reads GitHub branch protection (the required "CI passed"
# check + require-up-to-date) and injects it as a merge condition, so the GitHub gate is
# enforced on top of queue_rules.merge_conditions.
#
# This list MUST stay IDENTICAL (same conditions, same order) to
# `queue_rules.default.queue_conditions` and `.merge_conditions` above — see the note
# there and the IN-PLACE CHECKS hard invariant at the top of this file.
# Kept IDENTICAL (same conditions, same order) to queue_conditions / merge_conditions above.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
merge_protections_settings:
auto_merge_conditions: