> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://veryfront.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Check branch merge eligibility

> Check policies, approvals and status checks to say whether a branch can merge now. Requires project.read.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /cloud/rest/openapi.json get /projects/{project_reference}/branches/{branch_id}/merge-eligibility
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Veryfront REST API reference
  version: 1.0.0
  description: |-
    ## Explore the API

    | Domain | Use it to |
    | --- | --- |
    | [Projects](#tag/projects) | Manage projects and files. |
    | [Agents](#tag/agents) | Manage agent primitives. |
    | [Orchestration](#tag/execution) | Manage conversations and runs. |
    | [Evaluations](#tag/evaluations) | Manage evaluations and results. |
    | [AI Gateway](#tag/ai-gateway) | Access models and inference. |
    | [MCP](#tag/mcp) | Discover tools and authorization. |
    | [Integrations](#tag/integrations) | Manage connections and integrations. |
    | [Knowledge](#tag/knowledge) | Manage documents and search. |
    | [Deployments](#tag/deployments) | Manage releases and deployments. |
    | [Runtime](#tag/runtime) | Manage environments and infrastructure. |
    | [Observability](#tag/observability) | Monitor activity and performance. |
    | [Identity & Access](#tag/identity-access) | Manage identity and access. |
    | [Billing & Usage](#tag/billing-usage) | Manage billing and usage. |
    | [Other](#tag/platform) | Inspect health and API metadata. |

    [OpenAPI specification (JSON)](/openapi.json)
  contact:
    name: Veryfront API Support
    url: https://veryfront.com/docs
    email: support@veryfront.com
  x-api-id: 5f1f0b8a-6b0e-4c1a-9b35-0f3a1e6d84c7
  x-audience: external-public
servers:
  - url: https://api.veryfront.com
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: projects
    description: Manage projects and files.
  - name: agents
    description: Manage agent primitives.
  - name: execution
    description: Manage conversations and runs.
  - name: evaluations
    description: Manage evaluations and results.
  - name: ai-gateway
    description: Access models and inference.
  - name: mcp
    description: Discover tools and authorization.
  - name: integrations
    description: Manage connections and integrations.
  - name: knowledge
    description: Manage documents and search.
  - name: deployments
    description: Manage releases and deployments.
  - name: runtime
    description: Manage environments and infrastructure.
  - name: observability
    description: Monitor activity and performance.
  - name: identity-access
    description: Manage identity and access.
  - name: billing-usage
    description: Manage billing and usage.
  - name: platform
    description: Inspect health and API metadata.
  - name: projects/Projects
  - name: projects/Projects/Favorites
  - name: projects/Projects/Account Projects
  - name: projects/Projects/Projects
  - name: projects/Projects/Project Labels
  - name: projects/Projects/Project templates
  - name: projects/Files
  - name: projects/Files/Files
  - name: projects/Files/File Chunks
  - name: projects/Files/Branch File Versions
  - name: projects/Files/Branch Files
  - name: projects/Files/Environment Files
  - name: projects/Files/File Versions
  - name: projects/Files/Branch File Drafts
  - name: projects/Files/Release Files
  - name: projects/Files/Sandbox Files
  - name: projects/Files/File Search
  - name: projects/Branches
  - name: projects/Branches/Branches
  - name: projects/Branches/Branch Policies
  - name: projects/Branches/Branch Approvals
  - name: projects/Branches/Branch Status Checks
  - name: projects/Branches/Project Commits
  - name: projects/Branches/Branch Merges
  - name: projects/Uploads
  - name: projects/Uploads/Upload Folders
  - name: projects/Uploads/Upload Grants
  - name: projects/Uploads/Project Uploads
  - name: projects/Uploads/Upload Visibility
  - name: agents/Agents
  - name: agents/Agents/Agents
  - name: agents/Agents/Agent Labels
  - name: agents/Agents/Agent templates
  - name: agents/Agents/Agent Tool References
  - name: agents/Agents/Agent Avatars
  - name: agents/Agents/Agent Capabilities
  - name: agents/Agents/Agent Installation
  - name: agents/Prompts
  - name: agents/Prompts/Project prompts
  - name: agents/Tools
  - name: agents/Tools/Project tools
  - name: agents/Skills
  - name: agents/Skills/Project skills
  - name: agents/Resources
  - name: agents/Resources/Project resources
  - name: agents/Tasks
  - name: agents/Tasks/Tasks
  - name: agents/Workflows
  - name: agents/Workflows/Workflows
  - name: execution/Conversations
  - name: execution/Conversations/Conversations
  - name: execution/Conversations/Conversation messages
  - name: execution/Conversations/Conversation participants
  - name: execution/Conversations/Conversation read state
  - name: execution/Triggers
  - name: execution/Triggers/Project schedules
  - name: execution/Triggers/Webhooks
  - name: execution/Triggers/Webhook events
  - name: execution/Runs
  - name: execution/Runs/Run Input Requests
  - name: execution/Runs/Runs
  - name: execution/Runs/Runtime
  - name: execution/Runs/Child Runs
  - name: execution/Runs/Conversation Runs
  - name: execution/Runs/Project Runs
  - name: execution/Runs/Webhook Runs
  - name: execution/Runs/Run Events
  - name: execution/Runs/Run Actions
  - name: execution/Runs/Run Artifacts
  - name: execution/Executors
  - name: execution/Executors/Connected agents
  - name: execution/Executors/Agent workers
  - name: evaluations/Evaluations
  - name: evaluations/Evaluations/Evaluations
  - name: evaluations/Evaluations/Evaluation Runs
  - name: ai-gateway/Models
  - name: ai-gateway/Models/Model discovery
  - name: ai-gateway/Models/Inference Models
  - name: ai-gateway/Models/Project inference policy
  - name: ai-gateway/Models/Account inference policy
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/OpenAI Chat Completions
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/Embeddings
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/OpenAI Responses
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/Proxy metadata
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/Anthropic Messages
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/Provider gateway
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/Gemini inference
  - name: ai-gateway/Inference/Image generation
  - name: mcp/Tools
  - name: mcp/Tools/MCP discovery
  - name: mcp/Authorization
  - name: mcp/Authorization/Protected resource discovery
  - name: integrations/Integrations
  - name: integrations/Integrations/Integration tools
  - name: integrations/Integrations/Integration catalog
  - name: integrations/Integrations/Project integrations
  - name: integrations/Connections
  - name: integrations/Connections/Connections
  - name: integrations/Channels
  - name: integrations/Channels/Channels
  - name: integrations/Channels/Setup lookups
  - name: integrations/External storage
  - name: integrations/External storage/External Files
  - name: knowledge/Documents
  - name: knowledge/Documents/Project knowledge
  - name: knowledge/Documents/Retrieval documents
  - name: knowledge/Search
  - name: knowledge/Search/Search
  - name: knowledge/Embeddings
  - name: knowledge/Embeddings/Project embeddings
  - name: deployments/Releases
  - name: deployments/Releases/Releases
  - name: deployments/Releases/Release Versions
  - name: deployments/Releases/Release Source Manifests
  - name: deployments/Deployments
  - name: deployments/Deployments/Project deployments
  - name: deployments/Artifacts
  - name: deployments/Artifacts/Dependencies
  - name: deployments/Artifacts/Release Asset Manifests
  - name: deployments/Artifacts/Style artifacts
  - name: runtime/Environments
  - name: runtime/Environments/Environments
  - name: runtime/Environments/Environment Domains
  - name: runtime/Environments/Environment variables
  - name: runtime/Environments/Project Domains
  - name: runtime/Environments/Environment Variable Keys
  - name: runtime/Servers
  - name: runtime/Servers/Environment Servers
  - name: runtime/Servers/Project servers
  - name: runtime/Sandboxes
  - name: runtime/Sandboxes/Sandbox Lifecycle
  - name: runtime/Sandboxes/Sandbox Commands
  - name: runtime/Sandboxes/Sandbox Environment
  - name: runtime/Sandboxes/Sandbox Health
  - name: runtime/Sandboxes/Sandbox Terminal
  - name: runtime/Cache
  - name: runtime/Cache/Project Cache
  - name: runtime/Cache/User Cache
  - name: observability/Logs
  - name: observability/Logs/Log entries
  - name: observability/Traces
  - name: observability/Traces/Trace spans
  - name: observability/Traces/Project traces
  - name: observability/Traces/Trace Search
  - name: observability/Metrics
  - name: observability/Metrics/Metric series
  - name: observability/Alerts
  - name: observability/Alerts/Project alerts
  - name: observability/Error types
  - name: observability/Error types/Error types
  - name: identity-access/Users
  - name: identity-access/Users/Account users
  - name: identity-access/Users/Project users
  - name: identity-access/Users/Current user
  - name: identity-access/Accounts
  - name: identity-access/Accounts/Accounts
  - name: identity-access/Invitations
  - name: identity-access/Invitations/Invitations
  - name: identity-access/Permissions
  - name: identity-access/Permissions/Feature gates
  - name: identity-access/Permissions/Project Ownership
  - name: identity-access/API keys
  - name: identity-access/API keys/API keys
  - name: identity-access/Authentication
  - name: identity-access/Authentication/Sign-in
  - name: identity-access/Authentication/Tokens
  - name: identity-access/Authorization
  - name: identity-access/Authorization/Authorized apps
  - name: identity-access/Authorization/General OAuth
  - name: identity-access/Authorization/Consent
  - name: billing-usage/Subscriptions
  - name: billing-usage/Subscriptions/Subscriptions
  - name: billing-usage/Subscriptions/Seats
  - name: billing-usage/Billing
  - name: billing-usage/Billing/Invoices
  - name: billing-usage/Billing/Payments
  - name: billing-usage/Billing/Payment Methods
  - name: billing-usage/Billing/Billing Details
  - name: billing-usage/Billing/Account billing
  - name: billing-usage/Credits
  - name: billing-usage/Credits/Credits
  - name: billing-usage/Budgets
  - name: billing-usage/Budgets/Budgets
  - name: billing-usage/Usage
  - name: billing-usage/Usage/API key usage
  - name: billing-usage/Usage/Account usage
  - name: billing-usage/Usage/Project usage
  - name: billing-usage/Analytics
  - name: billing-usage/Analytics/Conversation Analytics
  - name: billing-usage/Analytics/Run Analytics
  - name: platform/Other
  - name: platform/Other/API metadata
paths:
  /projects/{project_reference}/branches/{branch_id}/merge-eligibility:
    get:
      tags:
        - projects/Branches/Branch Merges
      summary: Check branch merge eligibility
      description: >-
        Check policies, approvals and status checks to say whether a branch can
        merge now. Requires project.read.
      operationId: checkBranchMergeEligibility
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectReference'
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            description: >-
              Branch UUID belonging to the selected project. Missing or foreign
              branches return 404.
          required: true
          name: branch_id
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Merge eligibility result. A branch that cannot merge is a result
            with blockers, not an error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  can_merge:
                    type: boolean
                    description: >-
                      Whether policies, approvals and status checks allow the
                      merge now.
                  applicable_policies:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: Policy ID.
                        project_id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: Project that owns the policy.
                        name:
                          type: string
                          description: Policy name.
                        is_enabled:
                          type: boolean
                          description: Whether the policy is evaluated on merge.
                        target_branch_pattern:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: >-
                            Branch-name pattern the policy applies to; null
                            applies to every branch.
                        required_approvals:
                          type: integer
                          minimum: 0
                          description: >-
                            Approvals a matching branch needs before it can
                            merge.
                        allow_self_approval:
                          type: boolean
                          description: Whether the merging user's own approval counts.
                        required_reviewer_ids:
                          type:
                            - array
                            - 'null'
                          items:
                            type: string
                          description: >-
                            Users who must approve; null when the policy was
                            created without reviewers.
                        created_at:
                          type: string
                          description: Creation time.
                        updated_at:
                          type: string
                          description: Last update time.
                      required:
                        - id
                        - project_id
                        - name
                        - is_enabled
                        - target_branch_pattern
                        - required_approvals
                        - allow_self_approval
                        - required_reviewer_ids
                        - created_at
                        - updated_at
                    description: Enabled policies that match the branch.
                  approvals:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: Approval ID.
                        branch_id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: Approved branch.
                        approved_by:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: User who approved.
                        approved_at:
                          type: string
                          description: Approval time; kept after dismissal.
                        comment:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Approval comment, or null.
                        dismissed_at:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Dismissal time, or null while the approval counts.
                        dismissed_by:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          format: uuid
                          description: User who dismissed the approval, or null.
                        dismissed_reason:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Dismissal reason, or null.
                      required:
                        - id
                        - branch_id
                        - approved_by
                        - approved_at
                        - comment
                        - dismissed_at
                        - dismissed_by
                        - dismissed_reason
                    description: Approvals that still count.
                  status_checks:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: Status check ID.
                        branch_id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                          description: Branch the check reports on.
                        check_name:
                          type: string
                          description: Check name; the key of the check on its branch.
                        status:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - pending
                            - success
                            - failure
                          description: Reported state.
                        description:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Result description, or null.
                        external_url:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Link to the external result, or null.
                        started_at:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Start time, or null when unavailable.
                        completed_at:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: Completion time, or null while pending.
                        created_at:
                          type: string
                          description: Creation time.
                        updated_at:
                          type: string
                          description: Last update time.
                      required:
                        - id
                        - branch_id
                        - check_name
                        - status
                        - description
                        - external_url
                        - started_at
                        - completed_at
                        - created_at
                        - updated_at
                    description: Status checks reported for the branch.
                  blockers:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        type:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - approval_required
                            - status_check_failed
                            - status_check_pending
                            - self_approval_not_allowed
                            - required_reviewer_missing
                          description: Kind of blocker.
                        message:
                          type: string
                          description: Reader-facing reason.
                        details:
                          type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                          properties:
                            policy_id:
                              type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              format: uuid
                              description: Policy that blocks the merge, or null.
                            required_approvals:
                              type:
                                - integer
                                - 'null'
                              description: Approvals the policy requires, or null.
                            approval_count:
                              type:
                                - integer
                                - 'null'
                              description: Approvals that count toward the policy, or null.
                            missing_reviewer_ids:
                              type:
                                - array
                                - 'null'
                              items:
                                type: string
                              description: >-
                                Required reviewers who have not approved, or
                                null.
                            failed_checks:
                              type:
                                - array
                                - 'null'
                              items:
                                type: object
                                properties:
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                                    description: Check name.
                                  description:
                                    type:
                                      - string
                                      - 'null'
                                    description: Result description, or null.
                                required:
                                  - name
                                  - description
                              description: Failed status checks, or null.
                            pending_checks:
                              type:
                                - array
                                - 'null'
                              items:
                                type: object
                                properties:
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                                    description: Check name.
                                  description:
                                    type:
                                      - string
                                      - 'null'
                                    description: Result description, or null.
                                required:
                                  - name
                                  - description
                              description: Pending status checks, or null.
                          required:
                            - policy_id
                            - required_approvals
                            - approval_count
                            - missing_reviewer_ids
                            - failed_checks
                            - pending_checks
                          description: Facts behind the blocker, or null.
                      required:
                        - type
                        - message
                        - details
                    description: Reasons the branch cannot merge; empty when it can.
                required:
                  - can_merge
                  - applicable_policies
                  - approvals
                  - status_checks
                  - blockers
              example:
                can_merge: false
                applicable_policies:
                  - id: 1d2c3b4a-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d
                    project_id: 3b9e2c7a-5d41-4f8e-9a6b-2c1d0e9f8a7b
                    name: Review main
                    is_enabled: true
                    target_branch_pattern: main
                    required_approvals: 1
                    allow_self_approval: true
                    required_reviewer_ids: null
                    created_at: '2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z'
                    updated_at: '2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z'
                approvals: []
                status_checks:
                  - id: 6b7c8d9e-0f1a-4b2c-9d3e-4f5a6b7c8d9e
                    branch_id: 0f6d3c1e-2a4b-4c8d-9e7f-1a2b3c4d5e6f
                    check_name: ci/build
                    status: success
                    description: Build passed
                    external_url: https://ci.example.com/runs/42
                    started_at: '2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z'
                    completed_at: '2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z'
                    created_at: '2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z'
                    updated_at: '2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z'
                blockers:
                  - type: approval_required
                    message: 1 approval required, 0 received
                    details:
                      policy_id: 1d2c3b4a-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d
                      required_approvals: 1
                      approval_count: 0
                      missing_reviewer_ids: null
                      failed_checks: null
                      pending_checks: null
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        '500':
          description: Server error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        '503':
          description: >-
            internal: authentication state is temporarily unavailable and the
            request was not processed; retry shortly.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
components:
  parameters:
    ProjectReference:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectReference'
      required: true
      description: Project slug, UUID, or domain that identifies the project.
      name: project_reference
      in: path
  schemas:
    Problem:
      type: object
      properties:
        cause:
          type: string
          enum:
            - schedule_concurrency_forbidden
            - schedule_fire_in_progress
            - schedule_run_limit_reached
          description: Schedule admission refusal.
        idempotency:
          type: object
          properties:
            state:
              type: string
              enum:
                - in_progress
                - payload_mismatch
                - outcome_unknown
            operation:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            retryable:
              type: boolean
            retry_after_seconds:
              type:
                - integer
                - 'null'
              minimum: 0
            expires_at:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
            recovery:
              type: object
              properties:
                available:
                  type: boolean
                description:
                  type: string
                resource_url:
                  type: string
              required:
                - available
                - description
          required:
            - state
            - operation
            - retryable
            - retry_after_seconds
            - expires_at
          description: Replay status, retry timing, and recovery lookup.
        type:
          type: string
          description: URI reference identifying the problem type
          example: https://api.veryfront.com/errors/validation-failed
        title:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable summary of the problem
          example: Validation Failed
        status:
          type: integer
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 599
          description: HTTP status code
          example: 400
        code:
          type: string
          description: Stable machine-readable error code
          example: RUN_INVALID_INPUT
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence
          example: The 'email' field must be a valid email address
        instance:
          type: string
          description: URI reference identifying the specific occurrence
          example: /projects/my-project/members
        slug:
          type: string
          description: Stable identifier for the problem type
          example: validation-failed
        category:
          type: string
          enum:
            - AUTH
            - RESOURCE
            - VALIDATION
            - DATABASE
            - SUBSCRIPTION
            - INTEGRATION
            - INTERNAL
          description: API error category
          example: VALIDATION
        suggestion:
          type: string
          description: Suggested action to resolve the problem
          example: >-
            Check the request body and query parameters against the API
            documentation.
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              field:
                type: string
                description: Field path that caused the error
                example: email
              message:
                type: string
                description: Error message for this field
                example: Invalid email format
              code:
                type: string
                description: Error code for this field
                example: INVALID_FORMAT
            required:
              - field
              - message
          description: Detailed field-level errors for validation failures
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
    ProjectReference:
      type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT or API Key
      description: >-
        Use a JWT bearer token or a Veryfront API key in the `Authorization`
        header.
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Alternative API key header for `vf_<prefix>_<secret>` tokens.

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