fix(ci): CodeRabbit reviews no longer request changes

[Yash-Singh1]

Problem

CodeRabbit currently requests changes on pull requests from authors outside the owner, member, and collaborator groups. Its feedback should arrive as review comments for every author.

Change

Set reviews.request_changes_workflow to false and update the comment that described the old behavior. Automatic reviews and the existing author approval and reviewer override restrictions remain configured as before.

Scope and approval

Requested by the maintainer in this T3 Code thread. This changes the existing CodeRabbit review verdict setting and stays within repository review configuration.

Verification

• vp lint .coderabbit.config.ts passed.
• vp fmt --check .coderabbit.config.ts passed.
• node_modules/.bin/tsc --noEmit --module nodenext --target es2022 --strict --skipLibCheck .coderabbit.config.ts passed.
• git diff --check passed.

CodeRabbit's hosted review behavior has not been exercised. Its documented request-changes setting is disabled for all authors.

Model: gpt-6.1-sol. Harness: Codex through T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at d7d6b88

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped CodeRabbit workflow configuration fix: reviews remain enabled, while automatic change requests are disabled. It does not alter the application, production deployment, product defaults, or static-analysis diagnostics.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

⚙️ Run configuration

• Configuration used: Path: .coderabbit.config.ts
• Review profile: CHILL
• Plan: Team
• Run ID: 39719f23-5806-4e1a-b600-ff85f140a3eb

📥 Commits

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• .coderabbit.config.ts

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📝 Walkthrough

The configuration disables request_changes_workflow for all authors. allow_author_approval and override_requested_reviewers_only remain conditional on isGated(ctx). The comment now refers to org members and collaborators approving their own pull requests.

Changes: Review workflow settings

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure review workflow .coderabbit.config.ts	request_changes_workflow is now set to false for all authors. The comment is updated, while allow_author_approval and override_requested_reviewers_only remain gated.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: esthor

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d7d6b

The configuration change is limited to review workflow behavior and is mergeable.

Pre-merge checks · 4

Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check		The description covers the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the configuration change, approval context, focused checks, and the untested hosted beha…
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: CodeRabbit reviews no longer request changes.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: e82a1ce · PR result: d7d6b88 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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