A developer asks the agent to create a pull request. Can that developer approve it?
Why B is the answer
No, the requester cannot approve it
GitHub prevents this, which keeps the Required approvals rule meaningful.
In detail
- The requester cannot approve it.
- A separate person keeps the review independent.
- Plan for a second reviewer on small teams.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A developer asks the agent for a change, then tries to approve it. GitHub refuses, because the requester cannot approve, so a second person reviews.
See it in different ways
sequenceDiagram participant D as Developer participant A as Cloud agent participant G as Repository participant R as Reviewer D->>A: Assign a task A->>G: Push to a copilot branch A->>G: Open a draft pull request R->>G: Review, then approve and merge
sequenceDiagram participant D as Developer participant A as Cloud agent participant P as Another reviewer D->>A: Requests a pull request A->>P: Draft pull request P->>P: Approve and run workflows P->>A: Review and merge
flowchart TD
Q{"Who reviews it?"}
Q -->|"The requester"| A0["Not allowed"]
Q -->|"Another person with access"| A1["Allowed"]Key point: The requester cannot approve.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Yes, because they did not write the code themselves
- Asking for the work makes them part of it.
- C. Yes, but only on repositories that are private
- Private repositories follow the same rule.
- D. Only if they first convert it to a normal pull request
- Converting it does not remove the rule.