# GitHub async merge API generally available

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- Publisher: GitHub Changelog
- Author credit: Allison
- Category: IT
- Original publication time: 2026-10-01T14:00:51Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T15:54:37Z
- Original source: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-01-github-async-merge-api-generally-available
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-e77dbfb3ff372c839752

## The brief

Automation no longer has to wait for a complex pull-request merge to finish inside one request. GitHub's generally available async merge API accepts the job and returns an identifier to poll for progress. It supports individual and stacked pull requests, merge queues and direct merges; bypassing rules still requires the appropriate permission.

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