GitHub Ships Pull-Request Limits Aimed Squarely at AI-Generated PR Spam

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On June 19, GitHub launched configurable pull-request limits letting maintainers cap incoming PRs, allow-list trusted contributors, and specifically throttle AI-generated pull requests. The feature is an explicit response to a flood of low-quality agent-authored PRs overwhelming open-source projects. For builders: expect new friction for bot/agent contributions — get your automation onto bypass lists, and treat unattended PR-generating agents as a maintainer burden, not a freebie.