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title: "Add `max_parallel_checks`"
date: 2024-09-23
tags:
  - Merge Queue
description: "New `max_parallel_checks` option for `merge_queue` controls parallel checks and replaces the deprecated `speculative_checks`."
---

A new top-level options has been added for the `merge_queue` options named `max_parallel_checks`. This settings configure the maximum number of parallel checks that can be used by the merge queue.

This settings replaces and deprecated the previous settings `speculative_checks`.