Create a PR when automergeType=branch has not succeded for some time

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Discussed in #30145

^{Originally posted by schulzjo-tng July 12, 2024}

What would you like help with?

I would like help with my configuration

How are you running Renovate?

Self-hosted

If you're self-hosting Renovate, tell us which platform (GitHub, GitLab, etc) and which version of Renovate.

Bitbucket on-premise

Please tell us more about your question or problem

• We would like to use Automerge on our Bitbucket project.
• The default automergeType=pr is not viable for us because we require approvals for PRs, and Bitbucket neither supports self-approval nor an allow-list of users who can merge PRs without approval.
• We have allowed the technical user to commit to the branch without PRs (that is supported, at least).
• We have tried to use automergeType=branch which does work, but comes with another issue:
  • It can take weeks until a given branch is merged when there is a lot of activity on main, and nobody notices because Renovate only creates PRs when the pipeline fails.

Therefore, I was wondering if any of the following is possible:

• Use the automergeType=branch strategy, but create a PR if no merge was possible for a given timeframe (e.g. 72 hours).
• Use automergeType=pr, but commit the changes directly and close the PR instead of merging the PR via Bitbucket.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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