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Stack fails to merge partway through when a branch gets automatically deleted and then the PR is automatically closed

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github, go
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the stack merge involving PR 32235, then trace how the merged queue handles an earlier branch being automatically deleted and its PR being closed. Done means the stack no longer fails partway in this scenario and the behavior is covered by an appropriate regression test.

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Description

bug topic: merge

When trying to merge the stack containing the following PR. It was removed from the merged queue after the branch from the earlier PR was automatically deleted and the PR was then automatically closed.

Dominant language
Go
Stars
1.5k
Forks
73
Avg merge
1d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
7

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