From f4d2cd7612dc14dfb36877c2d1efd90798cadc6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Risch Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:58:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: limit community contributors to one open PR at a time (#13013) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) --- AGENTS.md | 4 ++++ CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++---- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md index b25a19ed89..bb7018e1a7 100644 --- a/AGENTS.md +++ b/AGENTS.md @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ hatch run release-note SHORT_DESCRIPTION Edit the generated file in `releasenotes/notes/`. Release notes use reStructuredText formatting; see the [release notes section in CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#release-notes) for details. +## Pull Requests + +Community contributors can have only one open pull request at a time in this repository. Before opening a PR on the user's behalf, check whether they already have one open (`gh pr list --author @me`); if so, tell them instead of opening another. + In addition, there are rules inferred from previous code reviews. Follow them like a reviewer's note: they encode reasons, not ceremony, so when a rule genuinely does not fit the change at hand, say why rather than contorting the code to satisfy it. diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 545918c04a..36a94bf5bd 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -307,10 +307,9 @@ To ease the review process, please follow the instructions in this paragraph whe - For the body, follow the existing [pull request template](https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/blob/main/.github/pull_request_template.md) to describe and document your changes. - If you used an AI assistant and the PR was **fully AI-generated**, include a brief disclaimer in the PR description (see [Using AI assistants to contribute](#using-ai-assistants-to-contribute)). -- **First-time contributors can have at most one open pull request** in this repository until it has been approved - by a maintainer. Additional PRs opened in the meantime are closed automatically and can be reopened once your first - PR is approved. This lets us give each new contributor's first - contribution the attention it deserves while keeping the review queue manageable. +- **Community contributors can have only one open pull request at a time** in this repository. Please wait until your + open PR is merged or closed before opening another one. This lets us give each contribution the attention it + deserves while keeping the review queue manageable. ### Release notes