I support this

Both https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js use a merge queue. I think having the same configuration as those would be reasonable here.

configured, let me know if it's working out:

Thanks @trask! I tried merging open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/pull/751 but it seems like there is something related to the branch protection rules that needs to be set up in a different way:

I don't think I am able to fix this on my own, maybe you can compare the branch protection rules that exist in the opentelemetry(.)io/opentelemetry-js repositories?

My guess is that github-merge-queue[bot] needs to be authorized to push to the main branch/to the temporary merge queue branch.

Looks like it worked now! I am closing this, but since we will be setting this up in other repositories, would you mind documenting what was done here to solve the branch protection error?

Looks like it was the branch protection rule on **/** that was preventing the merge queue from getting created, I unchecked this:

I'm going to try narrowing these permissions down (see #2459), can you give me one more PR that I can send to the merge queue afterwards?

Okay, you can try with open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases#736, just removed from the queue. I'll reopen until we get this right :)

Another interesting bit (this may be on us): we have the merge queue now, but it seems like only the "Build" workflow is running 🤔

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/actions/runs/12034936523/job/33552687997

Despite having multiple merge_group items after open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/pull/755.

Looks like it was the branch protection rule on **/** that was preventing the merge queue from getting created, I unchecked this:

Yeah, they mention this requirement here.

ok, the configuration in #2459 looks like it's working

Another interesting bit (this may be on us): we have the merge queue now, but it seems like only the "Build" workflow is running 🤔

you may need to add merge_group to the workflows, e.g.

on:
  pull_request:
  merge_group:

ok, the configuration in #2459 looks like it's working

Another interesting bit (this may be on us): we have the merge queue now, but it seems like only the "Build" workflow is running 🤔

you may need to add merge_group to the workflows, e.g.

on:
  pull_request:
  merge_group:

This was done in open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/pull/755, I think what matters here is that the merge queue only waits/shows the jobs marked as required. I feel like that is an independent problem, we can make a separate request for adding further required checks in the future if needed.