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Managing a branch protection rule should mention that merge queues for private repositories are only supported by enterprise plans #46506

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-protected-branches/managing-a-branch-protection-rule#creating-a-branch-protection-rule

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

Optionally, to merge pull requests using a merge queue, select Require merge queue. For more information about merge queues, see Managing a merge queue.

Should mention that you can't use the feature for private repositories unless they're in an enterprise.

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Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations. Protected branches are also available in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. See GitHub's plans.

Optionally, in public repositories owned by a GitHub Free organization and in all repositories owned by an organization using GitHub Team or GitHub Enterprise Cloud, enable branch restrictions.

And https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-a-merge-queue which says:

Pull request merge queues are available in any public repository owned by an organization, or in private repositories owned by organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. See GitHub's plans.

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  2. changed the title [-]`Managing a branch protection rule` should mention that **merge queues** for **private repositories** are only supported by **enterprise plans**[/-] [+]`Managing a branch protection rule` should mention that *merge queues* for *private repositories* are only supported by *enterprise plans*[/+] on Oct 27, 2026
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  4. changed the title [-]`Managing a branch protection rule` should mention that *merge queues* for *private repositories* are only supported by *enterprise plans*[/-] [+]`Managing a branch protection rule` should mention that `merge queues` for `private repositories` are only supported by `enterprise plans`[/+] on Oct 27, 2026
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  6. subatoi commented on Oct 27, 2026

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    Thanks @jsoref, we'll get this reviewed by the appropriate team

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