{"slug": "bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved", "title": "Bot-created pull requests can run workflows if approved", "summary": "GitHub now allows pull requests created by the `github-actions[bot]` to run CI/CD workflows if approved by a user with write access to the repository. The change requires explicit user approval as a security measure to prevent automated workflows from accessing sensitive information. Previously, bot-generated pull requests could not run workflows, risking merges without CI validation.", "body_md": "# Bot-created pull requests can run workflows if approved\n\nPull requests created by the `github-actions[bot]`\n\nare now able to run your CI/CD workflows with user approval. Requiring approval is a security measure to ensure generated code does not automatically run workflows which may have access to sensitive information. This matches the behavior of [Copilot-generated pull requests](https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/configuring-agent-settings#allowing-github-actions-workflows-to-run-automatically-when-copilot-pushes).\n\nPreviously, pull requests generated by `github-actions[bot]`\n\nwere not able to run CI/CD workflows, allowing pull requests to be accidentally merged without having gone through CI. This change allows all pull requests, even bot-generated changes, to run configured CI/CD workflows if approved by a user with write access to the repository.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-11-bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved", "published_at": "2026-06-11 19:00:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-11 19:51:59.620553+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure", "mlops"], "entities": ["GitHub", "GitHub Actions", "Copilot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bot-created-pull-requests-can-run-workflows-if-approved.jsonld"}}