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Insights
This chart can help you measure and answer questions like:- Are Pull Requests merged promptly?
- Are the recent process changes effective?
- Are there any recurring patterns or periodic fluctuations?
What good looks like
Ideally, most small Pull Requests should be merged within an hour of being approved. Teams should prioritize finishing work over starting new things.How to improve
There are some strategies that can help your team’s time to merge.- Visit this data during retrospectives and discuss options with the team.
- Keep CI/CD process fast and painless.
- Prioritize finishing open work vs starting new things.
How this metric is calculated
- Start: The first approval date. If the PR was never approved, falls back to the “ready” date or PR creation date.
- End: The PR merge date.
- Aggregation: Average (mean) across all merged PRs in the selected period.
- Business time: Weekends are excluded. Full weekdays are counted.