API support for PR limits is now available

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We’re rolling out new API support for pull request creation cap settings (see changelog) on repositories.

This release adds REST API endpoints that let repository admins view and configure the pull request creation cap, making it easier to automate these settings across repositories instead of managing them only through the UI.

What’s new

You can now use the API to:

• Get the current pull request creation cap configuration for a repository
• Set whether the cap is enabled
• Configure the maximum number of open pull requests a user can have at one time

This is especially useful for maintainers and admins who want to manage repository interaction settings programmatically at scale, including through tools like gh api.

New endpoints

• GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/interaction-limits/pulls/creation-cap
• PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/interaction-limits/pulls/creation-cap

Check out the docs to learn more

• Get pull request creation cap for a repository
• Update pull request creation cap for a repository

We’d love to hear how you use this in your workflows and whether there are other interaction limit settings you’d like to see exposed via API.