Waiting on review
Pull requests that need a reviewer, reviews that have stalled, and who has reviews waiting.
On this page
Waiting on review lists pull requests whose review is late or has not been asked for. Above the list, a strip shows the people with the most reviews waiting on them. Chips narrow the list to Stalled review or Needs a reviewer.
#What you see
Stalled review
A requested review has not arrived, and the pull request has been open more than 24 hours. The mark turns amber at 48 hours and red at 72. When the wait is longer than the workspace's review target, the card says so, for example "Over the 4h review target — waiting 9 working hours".
Needs a reviewer
Nobody has been asked and nobody has reviewed, and the pull request is older than four hours. For the top 15 such cards, Limn suggests reviewers from the code owners and the repository's history, and you can ask one with Assign.
Reviews waiting on people
The strip above the list names up to eight people with requested reviews they have not done yet, most first. Two or more is amber; four or more is red. It is not scored and not counted in the tab's number.
#What you can do
- Go to the item to open the pull request's Overview and review it.
- Use Assign on a suggestion to request a review from that person on GitHub.
- A review asked of you is in My turn, not here. Your own pull requests that wait on someone are in Waiting on others.
#Why it helps
Most pull requests wait longest for their first review. This tab shows where that wait is happening and who is overloaded, so the team can move reviews to someone with time.