How to automatically unapprove when pull request is changed?

[Deleted user]

Hi,

We would like to automatically "undo" approves for a pull request when it is updated - it is too easy to make mistakes without it.

There is a plugin for BitBucket Server (https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.stash.plugin.stash-auto-unapprove-plugin/server/support), but there seems to be none available for Bitbucket Cloud.

Is there any other way for us to realize this?

Kind regards,

Roderik van Heijst

[Eric Henry · Accepted solution]

Hello Roderik,

If you have a Premium plan, you can enable required merge checks that will unapprove pull requests when the source branch is modified. There are other merge checks available as well. See the merge checks documentation page for more details.

Eric Henry
Development Team Lead, Bitbucket Cloud

[Josh]

Hey Eric,

Do you know of anything technical/legal that would prevent us from setting up a little server to do this on our own with webhooks?

Thanks!

Josh

[Eric Henry]

Hey @Josh,

Unfortunately, there isn't any way to do that with the API. Yes, you could receive webhooks to know when a PR is changed, but then there is no way to unapprove the pull request for all participants. The API only lets you remove approval for the currently authenticated user.

Eric Henry
Development Team Lead, Bitbucket Cloud