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Prevent PR Author from Approving Their Own Pull Request (Bitbucket Cloud)

Elshan Kodikara
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August 6, 2025

Aloha!

 

I’m using Bitbucket Cloud.
Is there a setting to explicitly block PR authors from approving their own PRs?


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August 6, 2025

Hi @Elshan Kodikara , 

There is no specific setting for it, however authors approvals don't count towards the merge check.

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