Merge allowed without PR approval

[Ritesh Thakur]

I have a repo where I have setup branch restrictions so that PRs are only allowed to be merged in master branch if 1 PR approval is provided. However, today I am noticing that Bitbucket is allowing me to merge PR even without approvals. It is displaying a message that "This is a recommended check and does not affect merging".

What changed or am I missing a restriction ? (PFB my screenshots)

[Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted solution]

Just very recently, Atlassian allows configured whether a merge check is "recommended" or "required". I think it was not possible previously.

And it may even depend on the plan (Standard vs Premium) I think.

See: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/set-up-and-use-custom-merge-checks/