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title: "`max_parallel_checks` is now 5 by default"
date: 2025-06-02
tags:
  - Merge Queue
description: ""
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The default value from `max_parallel_checks` which controls how many pull requests can be tested in parallel in the queue is now set to 5 by default. This makes sure that the latency of merging pull request is reduce to a minimum by default without over consuming CI resources.