"GitHub is exploring what already seems like a controversial idea that would allow maintainers of repositories or projects to delete pull requests (PRs) or turn off the ability to receive pull requests as a way to address an influx of low-quality, often AI-generated contributions that many open-source projects are struggling to manage."
"We've been hearing from you that you're dedicating substantial time to reviewing contributions that do not meet project quality standards for a number of reasons - they fail to follow project guidelines, are frequently abandoned shortly after submission, and are often AI-generated,"
"Jiaxiao Zhou, a software engineer on Microsoft's Azure Container Upstream team and maintainer of Containerd's Runwasi project and SpinKube, for one, pointed out that AI-generated code was making it unsustainable for maintainers to review line by line for any code that is shipped."
GitHub is evaluating controls that would let maintainers delete pull requests or disable receiving PRs, alongside AI-based filters, to address a surge of low-quality, AI-generated contributions. Maintainers spend substantial time reviewing submissions that fail to meet project quality standards, often not following guidelines, being frequently abandoned, and being AI-generated. AI-written code is eroding the trust model of code review and making line-by-line verification unsustainable for maintainers responsible for shipped code. The proposed measures aim to reduce operational burden on open-source projects, protect code quality, and provide short-term tools while longer-term solutions are considered.
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