Surface GitHub auto-merge actions (#1001)

* Surface GitHub auto-merge actions * Namespace GitHub auto-merge RPC * Update workspace git refresh test expectation * Avoid redundant GitHub refresh queue
2026-07-29 12:01:31 +00:00 · 2026-05-14 17:48:05 +08:00
parent 44292b2b69
commit eb7fa02ac8
27 changed files with 3029 additions and 105 deletions
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ At the start of non-trivial work, list `docs/` and skim anything relevant to the
 | [docs/providers.md](docs/providers.md)                         | Adding a new agent provider end-to-end                                                        |
 | [docs/custom-providers.md](docs/custom-providers.md)           | Custom provider config: Z.AI, Alibaba/Qwen, ACP agents, profiles, custom binaries             |
 | [docs/development.md](docs/development.md)                     | Dev server, build sync gotchas, CLI reference, agent state, Playwright MCP                    |
+| [docs/rpc-namespacing.md](docs/rpc-namespacing.md)             | WebSocket RPC naming convention — dotted namespaces and `.request`/`.response` pairs          |
 | [docs/testing.md](docs/testing.md)                             | TDD workflow, determinism, real dependencies over mocks, test organization                    |
 | [docs/mobile-testing.md](docs/mobile-testing.md)               | Maestro and mobile test workflows                                                             |
 | [docs/ad-hoc-daemon-testing.md](docs/ad-hoc-daemon-testing.md) | Isolated in-process daemon test harness                                                       |
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ See [docs/development.md](docs/development.md) for full setup, build sync requir
    - **No defensive branches scattered through the feature.** Capability detection happens in one place; downstream code reads a clean shape.
    - **Capability flags live in `server_info.features.*`** with a single `// COMPAT(featureName): added in v0.1.X, drop the gate when floor >= v0.1.X` comment marking the cleanup site.
    - Existing functionality keeps working across versions — that's the protocol contract doing its job. New-feature degradation is not the goal.
+    - **New RPCs use dotted namespaces with direction suffixes.** Follow [docs/rpc-namespacing.md](docs/rpc-namespacing.md): `domain.provider.operation.request` pairs with `domain.provider.operation.response`. Existing flat RPC names will migrate over time; don't add new ones.

 - **All back-compat shims are tagged and dated for cleanup.** Every shim that exists for old-client/old-daemon support carries a `COMPAT(name)` comment with the version it was added in and a target removal date (typically 6 months out). One grep — `rg "COMPAT\("` — should produce the full list of cleanup work. Don't bury back-compat in untagged `??`-fallbacks or optional-chain tunnels — that's how it stops being deletable.

--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ There is no dedicated welcome message; the server emits a `status` session messa

 **Top-level WS envelopes** are `hello`, `recording_state`, `ping`/`pong`, and `session` (which wraps the rich union of session messages).

+New session RPCs use dotted names with `.request` and `.response` suffixes, such as `checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request` and `checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response`. See [rpc-namespacing.md](rpc-namespacing.md) for the convention and migration rules for older flat RPC names.
+
 **Notable session message types:**

 - `agent_update` — Agent state changed (status, title, labels)
--- a/docs/rpc-namespacing.md
+++ b/docs/rpc-namespacing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# RPC Namespacing
+
+New WebSocket session RPCs use dotted names with the direction as the final segment:
+
+```ts
+checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request;
+checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response;
+```
+
+The namespace reads left to right:
+
+- Domain: `checkout`
+- Provider or subsystem: `github`
+- Operation: `set_auto_merge`
+- Direction: `request` or `response`
+
+Use dots, not slashes. Dots are protocol namespaces; slashes imply paths or transport routing.
+
+## Request/Response Pairs
+
+For ordinary correlated RPCs, a `.request` has a matching `.response` with the same prefix. The daemon client may derive the response type mechanically:
+
+```ts
+checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request;
+// -> checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response
+```
+
+Most new RPCs should follow this shape. If a request does not have a one-to-one response, call that out in the code near the schema.
+
+## Message Shape
+
+Requests keep their parameters at the top level:
+
+```ts
+{
+  type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+  cwd: "/repo",
+  enabled: true,
+  mergeMethod: "squash",
+  requestId: "req_123"
+}
+```
+
+Responses put correlated result data under `payload`:
+
+```ts
+{
+  type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+  payload: {
+    cwd: "/repo",
+    enabled: true,
+    success: true,
+    error: null,
+    requestId: "req_123"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Keep `requestId` in both request and response payloads. It is the correlation key.
+
+## Provider Namespacing
+
+Provider-specific behavior belongs under the provider segment:
+
+- `checkout.github.*` for GitHub-specific checkout operations
+- `checkout.gitlab.*` for future GitLab-specific checkout operations
+
+Do not put GitHub-specific enums or semantics into generic checkout RPC names. A generic RPC should only exist when the behavior is genuinely provider-neutral.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The existing flat RPC names remain part of the protocol until they are intentionally migrated:
+
+```ts
+checkout_pr_merge_request;
+checkout_pr_merge_response;
+```
+
+Do not add new flat names. When migrating old RPCs, keep protocol compatibility rules in mind:
+
+- Add the new names first.
+- Gate new feature behavior through `server_info.features.*` when an old host cannot support it.
+- Keep old names accepted until the compatibility window expires.
+- Mark shims with `COMPAT(...)` and a removal date.
--- a/packages/app/src/git/actions-split-button.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/actions-split-button.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ export function GitActionsSplitButton({ gitActions, hideLabels }: GitActionsSpli
    [theme.colors.foreground, toast],
  );

+  const handlePrimaryPress = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!gitActions.primary) {
+      return;
+    }
+    handleActionSelect(gitActions.primary);
+  }, [gitActions.primary, handleActionSelect]);
+
  const overflowMenuButtonStyle = useMemo(() => [styles.iconButton, styles.overflowMenuButton], []);

  const primaryDisabled = gitActions.primary?.disabled;
@@ -124,7 +131,7 @@ export function GitActionsSplitButton({ gitActions, hideLabels }: GitActionsSpli
          <Pressable
            testID="changes-primary-cta"
            style={primaryPressableStyle}
-            onPress={gitActions.primary.handler}
+            onPress={handlePrimaryPress}
            disabled={gitActions.primary.disabled}
            accessibilityRole="button"
            accessibilityLabel={gitActions.primary.label}
--- a/packages/app/src/git/actions-store.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/actions-store.test.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,91 @@ describe("checkout-git-actions-store", () => {
    ).toBe("idle");
  });

+  it("enables PR auto-merge when the daemon advertises auto-merge actions", async () => {
+    const client = {
+      checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: vi.fn(async () => ({
+        enabled: true,
+        success: true,
+        error: null,
+      })),
+    };
+    useSessionStore.getState().initializeSession(serverId, client as unknown as DaemonClient);
+    useSessionStore.getState().updateSessionServerInfo(serverId, {
+      serverId,
+      hostname: null,
+      version: null,
+      features: { checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: true },
+    });
+
+    await useCheckoutGitActionsStore
+      .getState()
+      .enablePrAutoMerge({ serverId, cwd, method: "squash" });
+
+    expect(client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge).toHaveBeenCalledWith(cwd, {
+      enabled: true,
+      method: "squash",
+    });
+    expect(
+      useCheckoutGitActionsStore
+        .getState()
+        .getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash" }),
+    ).toBe("success");
+  });
+
+  it("disables PR auto-merge when the daemon advertises auto-merge actions", async () => {
+    const client = {
+      checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: vi.fn(async () => ({
+        enabled: false,
+        success: true,
+        error: null,
+      })),
+    };
+    useSessionStore.getState().initializeSession(serverId, client as unknown as DaemonClient);
+    useSessionStore.getState().updateSessionServerInfo(serverId, {
+      serverId,
+      hostname: null,
+      version: null,
+      features: { checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: true },
+    });
+
+    await useCheckoutGitActionsStore.getState().disablePrAutoMerge({ serverId, cwd });
+
+    expect(client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge).toHaveBeenCalledWith(cwd, { enabled: false });
+    expect(
+      useCheckoutGitActionsStore
+        .getState()
+        .getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "disable-pr-auto-merge" }),
+    ).toBe("success");
+  });
+
+  it("does not call PR auto-merge RPCs when the daemon lacks the feature flag", async () => {
+    const client = {
+      checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: vi.fn(async () => ({
+        enabled: true,
+        success: true,
+        error: null,
+      })),
+    };
+    useSessionStore.getState().initializeSession(serverId, client as unknown as DaemonClient);
+    useSessionStore.getState().updateSessionServerInfo(serverId, {
+      serverId,
+      hostname: null,
+      version: null,
+      features: {},
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      useCheckoutGitActionsStore.getState().enablePrAutoMerge({ serverId, cwd, method: "merge" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Update the host to use GitHub auto-merge actions.");
+
+    expect(client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(
+      useCheckoutGitActionsStore
+        .getState()
+        .getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge" }),
+    ).toBe("idle");
+  });
+
  it("hides an archived worktree optimistically while the archive RPC is in flight", async () => {
    const deferred = createDeferred<Record<string, never>>();
    const client = {
--- a/packages/app/src/git/actions-store.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/actions-store.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export type CheckoutGitAsyncActionId =
  | "merge-pr-squash"
  | "merge-pr-merge"
  | "merge-pr-rebase"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase"
+  | "disable-pr-auto-merge"
  | "merge-branch"
  | "merge-from-base"
  | "archive-worktree";
@@ -52,6 +56,13 @@ function resolveClient(serverId: string) {
  return client;
 }

+function assertGitHubAutoMergeActionsSupported(serverId: string) {
+  const session = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[serverId];
+  if (session?.serverInfo?.features?.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge !== true) {
+    throw new Error("Update the host to use GitHub auto-merge actions.");
+  }
+}
+
 function setStatus(
  key: CheckoutKey,
  actionId: CheckoutGitAsyncActionId,
@@ -231,6 +242,12 @@ interface CheckoutGitActionsStoreState {
    cwd: string;
    method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod;
  }) => Promise<void>;
+  enablePrAutoMerge: (params: {
+    serverId: string;
+    cwd: string;
+    method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod;
+  }) => Promise<void>;
+  disablePrAutoMerge: (params: { serverId: string; cwd: string }) => Promise<void>;
  mergeBranch: (params: { serverId: string; cwd: string; baseRef: string }) => Promise<void>;
  mergeFromBase: (params: { serverId: string; cwd: string; baseRef: string }) => Promise<void>;
  archiveWorktree: (params: {
@@ -392,6 +409,38 @@ export const useCheckoutGitActionsStore = create<CheckoutGitActionsStoreState>()
    });
  },

+  enablePrAutoMerge: async ({ serverId, cwd, method }) => {
+    assertGitHubAutoMergeActionsSupported(serverId);
+    await runCheckoutAction({
+      serverId,
+      cwd,
+      actionId: `enable-pr-auto-merge-${method}`,
+      run: async () => {
+        const client = resolveClient(serverId);
+        const payload = await client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge(cwd, { enabled: true, method });
+        if (payload.error) {
+          throw new Error(payload.error.message);
+        }
+      },
+    });
+  },
+
+  disablePrAutoMerge: async ({ serverId, cwd }) => {
+    assertGitHubAutoMergeActionsSupported(serverId);
+    await runCheckoutAction({
+      serverId,
+      cwd,
+      actionId: "disable-pr-auto-merge",
+      run: async () => {
+        const client = resolveClient(serverId);
+        const payload = await client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge(cwd, { enabled: false });
+        if (payload.error) {
+          throw new Error(payload.error.message);
+        }
+      },
+    });
+  },
+
  mergeBranch: async ({ serverId, cwd, baseRef }) => {
    await runCheckoutAction({
      serverId,
--- a/packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,43 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { CheckoutPrStatusSchema } from "@server/shared/messages";

 import { buildGitActions, type BuildGitActionsInput } from "./policy";

+function githubStatus(
+  overrides: Partial<NonNullable<BuildGitActionsInput["pullRequestGithub"]>> = {},
+): NonNullable<BuildGitActionsInput["pullRequestGithub"]> {
+  return {
+    mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+    autoMergeRequest: null,
+    viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+    viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+    viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+    viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+    repository: {
+      autoMergeAllowed: true,
+      mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+      squashMergeAllowed: true,
+      rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+      viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+    },
+    isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+    isInMergeQueue: false,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
 function createInput(overrides: Partial<BuildGitActionsInput> = {}): BuildGitActionsInput {
  return {
    isGit: true,
    githubFeaturesEnabled: true,
+    githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled: true,
    hasPullRequest: false,
    pullRequestUrl: null,
    pullRequestState: null,
    pullRequestIsDraft: false,
    pullRequestIsMerged: false,
    pullRequestMergeable: "UNKNOWN",
+    pullRequestGithub: null,
    hasRemote: false,
    isPaseoOwnedWorktree: false,
    isOnBaseBranch: true,
@@ -65,6 +91,26 @@ function createInput(overrides: Partial<BuildGitActionsInput> = {}): BuildGitAct
        status: "idle",
        handler: () => undefined,
      },
+      "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash": {
+        disabled: false,
+        status: "idle",
+        handler: () => undefined,
+      },
+      "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge": {
+        disabled: false,
+        status: "idle",
+        handler: () => undefined,
+      },
+      "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase": {
+        disabled: false,
+        status: "idle",
+        handler: () => undefined,
+      },
+      "disable-pr-auto-merge": {
+        disabled: false,
+        status: "idle",
+        handler: () => undefined,
+      },
      "merge-branch": {
        disabled: false,
        status: "idle",
@@ -167,6 +213,9 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        behindBaseCount: 1,
        hasPullRequest: true,
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
      }),
    );

@@ -177,9 +226,6 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
      "merge-from-base",
      "merge-branch",
      "pr",
-      "merge-pr-squash",
-      "merge-pr-merge",
-      "merge-pr-rebase",
    ]);
    expect(
      actions.secondary.some((action) => action.id === "pr" && action.label === "View PR"),
@@ -246,6 +292,28 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
        pullRequestState: "open",
        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
+        shipDefault: "pr",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({
+      id: "merge-pr-squash",
+      label: "Squash and merge",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses GitHub merge state, not mergeable, for direct merge readiness", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "UNKNOWN",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus({ mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN" }),
        shipDefault: "pr",
      }),
    );
@@ -266,6 +334,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
        pullRequestState: "open",
        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
        shipDefault: "pr",
      }),
    );
@@ -278,6 +347,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
        pullRequestState: "open",
        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
        shipDefault: "merge",
      }),
    );
@@ -305,6 +375,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
        pullRequestState: "open",
        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
      }),
    );

@@ -321,6 +392,73 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
    ]);
  });

+  it("keeps the visible PR action model stable on feature branches", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
+      }),
+    );
+    const pullRequestActions = actions.secondary
+      .filter((action) =>
+        ["pr", "merge-pr-squash", "merge-pr-merge", "merge-pr-rebase"].includes(action.id),
+      )
+      .map((action) => ({
+        id: action.id,
+        label: action.label,
+        pendingLabel: action.pendingLabel,
+        successLabel: action.successLabel,
+        disabled: action.disabled,
+        unavailableMessage: action.unavailableMessage,
+        startsGroup: action.startsGroup,
+      }));
+
+    expect(pullRequestActions).toEqual([
+      {
+        id: "pr",
+        label: "View PR",
+        pendingLabel: "View PR",
+        successLabel: "View PR",
+        disabled: false,
+        unavailableMessage: undefined,
+        startsGroup: false,
+      },
+      {
+        id: "merge-pr-squash",
+        label: "Squash and merge",
+        pendingLabel: "Merging PR...",
+        successLabel: "PR merged",
+        disabled: false,
+        unavailableMessage: undefined,
+        startsGroup: true,
+      },
+      {
+        id: "merge-pr-merge",
+        label: "Create a merge commit",
+        pendingLabel: "Merging PR...",
+        successLabel: "PR merged",
+        disabled: false,
+        unavailableMessage: undefined,
+        startsGroup: false,
+      },
+      {
+        id: "merge-pr-rebase",
+        label: "Rebase and merge",
+        pendingLabel: "Merging PR...",
+        successLabel: "PR merged",
+        disabled: false,
+        unavailableMessage: undefined,
+        startsGroup: false,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
  it("uses Merge locally for the local merge action", () => {
    const actions = buildGitActions(
      createInput({
@@ -334,27 +472,11 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
  });

  it.each([
-    [
-      "draft",
-      { pullRequestIsDraft: true },
-      "Merge PR isn't available because the pull request is still a draft",
-    ],
-    [
-      "merged",
-      { pullRequestIsMerged: true },
-      "Merge PR isn't available because the pull request is already merged",
-    ],
-    [
-      "closed",
-      { pullRequestState: "closed" as const },
-      "Merge PR isn't available because the pull request is closed",
-    ],
-    [
-      "conflicting",
-      { pullRequestMergeable: "CONFLICTING" as const },
-      "Merge PR isn't available because the pull request has conflicts",
-    ],
-  ])("marks merge-pr actions unavailable when the PR is %s", (_name, overrides, message) => {
+    ["draft", { pullRequestIsDraft: true }],
+    ["merged", { pullRequestIsMerged: true }],
+    ["closed", { pullRequestState: "closed" as const }],
+    ["conflicting", { pullRequestMergeable: "CONFLICTING" as const }],
+  ])("does not offer direct merge actions when the PR is %s", (_name, overrides) => {
    const actions = buildGitActions(
      createInput({
        hasRemote: true,
@@ -364,6 +486,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
        pullRequestState: "open",
        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
        ...overrides,
      }),
    );
@@ -371,13 +494,224 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
      ["merge-pr-squash", "merge-pr-merge", "merge-pr-rebase"].includes(action.id),
    );

-    expect(mergePrActions).toHaveLength(3);
-    expect(mergePrActions.map((action) => action.unavailableMessage)).toEqual([
-      message,
-      message,
-      message,
+    expect(mergePrActions).toEqual([]);
+    expect(actions.secondary).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ id: "pr", label: "View PR" })]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("preserves legacy direct merge actions when old payloads have no GitHub facts", () => {
+    const oldDaemonStatus = CheckoutPrStatusSchema.parse({
+      number: 456,
+      url: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+      title: "Legacy payload",
+      state: "open",
+      baseRefName: "main",
+      headRefName: "feature",
+      isMerged: false,
+      mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+    });
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: oldDaemonStatus.url,
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestIsDraft: oldDaemonStatus.isDraft,
+        pullRequestIsMerged: oldDaemonStatus.isMerged,
+        pullRequestMergeable: oldDaemonStatus.mergeable,
+        pullRequestGithub: oldDaemonStatus.github,
+        shipDefault: "pr",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(oldDaemonStatus.github).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "merge-pr-squash", label: "Squash and merge" });
+    expect(actions.secondary.map((action) => action.id)).toEqual([
+      "pull",
+      "push",
+      "pull-and-push",
+      "merge-from-base",
+      "merge-branch",
+      "pr",
+      "merge-pr-squash",
+      "merge-pr-merge",
+      "merge-pr-rebase",
    ]);
-    expect(mergePrActions.map((action) => action.disabled)).toEqual([true, true, true]);
+  });
+
+  it("requires GitHub's direct-merge allowlist before promoting PR merge", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/993",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus({
+          mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+          repository: {
+            autoMergeAllowed: true,
+            mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+            squashMergeAllowed: true,
+            rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+            viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+          },
+        }),
+        shipDefault: "pr",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({
+      id: "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash",
+      label: "Enable auto-merge with squash",
+    });
+    expect(actions.secondary.map((action) => action.id)).toEqual([
+      "pull",
+      "push",
+      "pull-and-push",
+      "merge-from-base",
+      "merge-branch",
+      "pr",
+      "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash",
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      actions.secondary.some((action) =>
+        ["merge-pr-squash", "merge-pr-merge", "merge-pr-rebase"].includes(action.id),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not offer auto-merge when the daemon feature gate is missing", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/993",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus({
+          mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+        }),
+        githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled: false,
+        shipDefault: "pr",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "pr", label: "View PR" });
+    expect(actions.secondary.some((action) => action.id.startsWith("enable-pr-auto-merge"))).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("shows existing auto-merge as state and disables it when the viewer can", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus({
+          autoMergeRequest: {
+            enabledAt: "2026-05-13T12:00:00Z",
+            mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+            enabledBy: "octocat",
+          },
+          viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: true,
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.secondary).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          id: "disable-pr-auto-merge",
+          label: "Auto-merge enabled",
+          disabled: false,
+          unavailableMessage: undefined,
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(
+      actions.secondary.some((action) =>
+        ["merge-pr-squash", "merge-pr-merge", "merge-pr-rebase"].includes(action.id),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("respects repository merge method policy for direct merge actions", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus({
+          repository: {
+            autoMergeAllowed: true,
+            mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+            squashMergeAllowed: false,
+            rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+            viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+          },
+        }),
+        shipDefault: "pr",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({
+      id: "merge-pr-merge",
+      label: "Create a merge commit",
+    });
+    expect(actions.secondary.map((action) => action.id)).toEqual([
+      "pull",
+      "push",
+      "pull-and-push",
+      "merge-from-base",
+      "merge-branch",
+      "pr",
+      "merge-pr-merge",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not treat merge queue repositories as direct mergeable", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        hasPullRequest: true,
+        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
+        pullRequestState: "open",
+        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus({
+          mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+          isMergeQueueEnabled: true,
+        }),
+        shipDefault: "pr",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "pr", label: "View PR" });
+    expect(
+      actions.secondary.some((action) =>
+        ["merge-pr-squash", "merge-pr-merge", "merge-pr-rebase"].includes(action.id),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
  });

  it("groups merge-pr actions behind their own menu separator via startsGroup", () => {
@@ -390,6 +724,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
        pullRequestUrl: "https://example.com/pr/456",
        pullRequestState: "open",
        pullRequestMergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        pullRequestGithub: githubStatus(),
        isPaseoOwnedWorktree: true,
      }),
    );
--- a/packages/app/src/git/policy.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/policy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import type { ReactElement } from "react";

 import type { ActionStatus } from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu";
-import type { CheckoutPrMergeMethod, PullRequestMergeable } from "@server/shared/messages";
+import type {
+  CheckoutPrMergeMethod,
+  CheckoutPrStatusResponse,
+  PullRequestMergeable,
+} from "@server/shared/messages";

 export type GitActionId =
  | "commit"
@@ -12,6 +16,10 @@ export type GitActionId =
  | "merge-pr-squash"
  | "merge-pr-merge"
  | "merge-pr-rebase"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase"
+  | "disable-pr-auto-merge"
  | "merge-branch"
  | "merge-from-base"
  | "archive-worktree";
@@ -46,12 +54,14 @@ interface GitActionRuntimeState {
 export interface BuildGitActionsInput {
  isGit: boolean;
  githubFeaturesEnabled: boolean;
+  githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled: boolean;
  hasPullRequest: boolean;
  pullRequestUrl: string | null;
  pullRequestState: "open" | "closed" | null;
  pullRequestIsDraft: boolean;
  pullRequestIsMerged: boolean;
  pullRequestMergeable: PullRequestMergeable;
+  pullRequestGithub: PullRequestGithubStatus | null;
  hasRemote: boolean;
  isPaseoOwnedWorktree: boolean;
  isOnBaseBranch: boolean;
@@ -67,24 +77,117 @@ export interface BuildGitActionsInput {
  runtime: Record<GitActionId, GitActionRuntimeState>;
 }

-const REMOTE_ACTION_IDS: GitActionId[] = ["pull", "push", "pull-and-push"];
-const FEATURE_ACTION_IDS: GitActionId[] = [
-  "merge-from-base",
-  "merge-branch",
-  "pr",
-  "merge-pr-squash",
-  "merge-pr-merge",
-  "merge-pr-rebase",
+type PullRequestActionId = Extract<
+  GitActionId,
+  | "pr"
+  | "merge-pr-squash"
+  | "merge-pr-merge"
+  | "merge-pr-rebase"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase"
+  | "disable-pr-auto-merge"
+>;
+type PullRequestDirectMergeActionId = Extract<
+  GitActionId,
+  "merge-pr-squash" | "merge-pr-merge" | "merge-pr-rebase"
+>;
+type PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionId = Extract<
+  GitActionId,
+  "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash" | "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge" | "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase"
+>;
+type PullRequestActionRole = "status" | "direct" | "auto";
+type PullRequestGithubStatus = NonNullable<CheckoutPrStatusResponse["payload"]["status"]>["github"];
+
+interface PullRequestActionModel {
+  readonly id: PullRequestActionId;
+  readonly role: PullRequestActionRole;
+  readonly build: (input: BuildGitActionsInput) => GitAction;
+}
+
+interface PullRequestDirectMergeActionModel {
+  readonly id: PullRequestDirectMergeActionId;
+  readonly role: "direct";
+  readonly label: string;
+  readonly method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod;
+  readonly startsGroup: boolean;
+}
+
+interface PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionModel {
+  readonly id: PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionId;
+  readonly role: "auto";
+  readonly label: string;
+  readonly method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod;
+  readonly startsGroup: boolean;
+}
+
+const PULL_REQUEST_DIRECT_MERGE_ACTION_MODELS = [
+  {
+    id: "merge-pr-squash",
+    role: "direct",
+    label: "Squash and merge",
+    method: "squash",
+    startsGroup: true,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "merge-pr-merge",
+    role: "direct",
+    label: "Create a merge commit",
+    method: "merge",
+    startsGroup: false,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "merge-pr-rebase",
+    role: "direct",
+    label: "Rebase and merge",
+    method: "rebase",
+    startsGroup: false,
+  },
+] as const satisfies readonly PullRequestDirectMergeActionModel[];
+
+const PULL_REQUEST_AUTO_MERGE_ENABLE_ACTION_MODELS = [
+  {
+    id: "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash",
+    role: "auto",
+    label: "Enable auto-merge with squash",
+    method: "squash",
+    startsGroup: true,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge",
+    role: "auto",
+    label: "Enable auto-merge with merge commit",
+    method: "merge",
+    startsGroup: false,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase",
+    role: "auto",
+    label: "Enable auto-merge with rebase",
+    method: "rebase",
+    startsGroup: false,
+  },
+] as const satisfies readonly PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionModel[];
+
+const PULL_REQUEST_ACTION_MODELS: readonly PullRequestActionModel[] = [
+  { id: "pr", role: "status", build: buildPrAction },
+  ...PULL_REQUEST_DIRECT_MERGE_ACTION_MODELS.map((model) => ({
+    ...model,
+    build: (input: BuildGitActionsInput) => buildDirectPullRequestMergeAction(input, model),
+  })),
+  ...PULL_REQUEST_AUTO_MERGE_ENABLE_ACTION_MODELS.map((model) => ({
+    ...model,
+    build: (input: BuildGitActionsInput) => buildEnablePullRequestAutoMergeAction(input, model),
+  })),
+  {
+    id: "disable-pr-auto-merge",
+    role: "auto",
+    build: buildDisablePullRequestAutoMergeAction,
+  },
 ];

-const MERGE_PR_METHODS: Record<
-  "merge-pr-squash" | "merge-pr-merge" | "merge-pr-rebase",
-  { label: string; method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod }
-> = {
-  "merge-pr-squash": { label: "Squash and merge", method: "squash" },
-  "merge-pr-merge": { label: "Create a merge commit", method: "merge" },
-  "merge-pr-rebase": { label: "Rebase and merge", method: "rebase" },
-};
+const REMOTE_ACTION_IDS: GitActionId[] = ["pull", "push", "pull-and-push"];
+const GITHUB_DIRECT_MERGE_STATE_ALLOWLIST = new Set(["CLEAN", "HAS_HOOKS"]);

 export function narrowPullRequestState(state: string | null | undefined): "open" | "closed" | null {
  if (state === "open") return "open";
@@ -152,11 +255,9 @@ export function buildGitActions(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActions {
    handler: input.runtime["pull-and-push"].handler,
  });

-  allActions.set("pr", buildPrAction(input));
-
-  allActions.set("merge-pr-squash", buildMergePrAction(input, "merge-pr-squash"));
-  allActions.set("merge-pr-merge", buildMergePrAction(input, "merge-pr-merge"));
-  allActions.set("merge-pr-rebase", buildMergePrAction(input, "merge-pr-rebase"));
+  for (const model of PULL_REQUEST_ACTION_MODELS) {
+    allActions.set(model.id, model.build(input));
+  }

  allActions.set("merge-branch", {
    id: "merge-branch",
@@ -209,7 +310,7 @@ export function buildGitActions(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActions {

  const secondaryIds = [...REMOTE_ACTION_IDS];
  if (!input.isOnBaseBranch) {
-    secondaryIds.push(...FEATURE_ACTION_IDS);
+    secondaryIds.push(...getFeatureActionIds(input));
  }
  if (input.isPaseoOwnedWorktree) {
    secondaryIds.push("archive-worktree");
@@ -239,7 +340,10 @@ function getPrimaryActionId(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActionId | null {
    return "merge-from-base";
  }
  if (canMergePr(input) && input.shipDefault === "pr") {
-    return "merge-pr-squash";
+    return getDefaultDirectPullRequestMergeActionId(input);
+  }
+  if (canEnablePrAutoMerge(input) && input.shipDefault === "pr") {
+    return getDefaultEnablePullRequestAutoMergeActionId(input);
  }
  if (!input.isOnBaseBranch && input.aheadCount > 0 && input.shipDefault === "merge") {
    return "merge-branch";
@@ -253,6 +357,41 @@ function getPrimaryActionId(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActionId | null {
  return null;
 }

+function getPullRequestActionIds(filter: {
+  roles: readonly PullRequestActionRole[];
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput;
+}): PullRequestActionId[] {
+  return PULL_REQUEST_ACTION_MODELS.filter((model) => filter.roles.includes(model.role))
+    .filter((model) => shouldShowPullRequestAction(filter.input, model.id))
+    .map((model) => model.id);
+}
+
+function getFeatureActionIds(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActionId[] {
+  return [
+    "merge-from-base",
+    "merge-branch",
+    ...getPullRequestActionIds({ roles: ["status", "direct", "auto"], input }),
+  ];
+}
+
+function getDefaultDirectPullRequestMergeActionId(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): PullRequestDirectMergeActionId {
+  return (
+    getPreferredDirectPullRequestMergeActionModel(input)?.id ??
+    PULL_REQUEST_DIRECT_MERGE_ACTION_MODELS[0].id
+  );
+}
+
+function getDefaultEnablePullRequestAutoMergeActionId(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionId {
+  return (
+    getPreferredEnablePullRequestAutoMergeActionModel(input)?.id ??
+    PULL_REQUEST_AUTO_MERGE_ENABLE_ACTION_MODELS[0].id
+  );
+}
+
 function buildPrAction(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitAction {
  if (input.hasPullRequest && input.pullRequestUrl) {
    return {
@@ -288,23 +427,60 @@ function buildPrAction(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitAction {
  };
 }

-function buildMergePrAction(
+function buildDirectPullRequestMergeAction(
  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
-  id: "merge-pr-squash" | "merge-pr-merge" | "merge-pr-rebase",
+  model: PullRequestDirectMergeActionModel,
 ): GitAction {
-  const runtime = input.runtime[id];
-  const config = MERGE_PR_METHODS[id];
+  const runtime = input.runtime[model.id];
  const unavailableMessage = getMergePrUnavailableMessage(input);
  return {
-    id,
-    label: config.label,
+    id: model.id,
+    label: model.label,
    pendingLabel: "Merging PR...",
    successLabel: "PR merged",
    disabled: runtime.disabled || shouldDisableMergePrAction(input),
    status: runtime.status,
    unavailableMessage: runtime.disabled ? undefined : unavailableMessage,
    icon: runtime.icon,
-    startsGroup: id === "merge-pr-squash",
+    startsGroup: model.startsGroup,
+    handler: runtime.handler,
+  };
+}
+
+function buildEnablePullRequestAutoMergeAction(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+  model: PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionModel,
+): GitAction {
+  const runtime = input.runtime[model.id];
+  return {
+    id: model.id,
+    label: model.label,
+    pendingLabel: "Enabling auto-merge...",
+    successLabel: "Auto-merge enabled",
+    disabled: runtime.disabled,
+    status: runtime.status,
+    icon: runtime.icon,
+    startsGroup: model.startsGroup,
+    handler: runtime.handler,
+  };
+}
+
+function buildDisablePullRequestAutoMergeAction(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitAction {
+  const runtime = input.runtime["disable-pr-auto-merge"];
+  const unavailableMessage =
+    input.pullRequestGithub?.viewerCanDisableAutoMerge === true
+      ? undefined
+      : "Auto-merge is enabled, but this account can't disable it";
+  return {
+    id: "disable-pr-auto-merge",
+    label: "Auto-merge enabled",
+    pendingLabel: "Disabling auto-merge...",
+    successLabel: "Auto-merge disabled",
+    disabled: runtime.disabled || input.pullRequestGithub?.viewerCanDisableAutoMerge !== true,
+    status: runtime.status,
+    unavailableMessage: runtime.disabled ? undefined : unavailableMessage,
+    icon: runtime.icon,
+    startsGroup: true,
    handler: runtime.handler,
  };
 }
@@ -327,18 +503,55 @@ function canMergeFromBase(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
 }

 function canMergePr(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
-  return (
+  const github = input.pullRequestGithub;
+  const canMergeFromTopLevelStatus =
    input.githubFeaturesEnabled &&
    input.hasPullRequest &&
    input.pullRequestState === "open" &&
    !input.pullRequestIsDraft &&
    !input.pullRequestIsMerged &&
-    input.pullRequestMergeable === "MERGEABLE" &&
+    input.pullRequestMergeable !== "CONFLICTING" &&
    input.aheadCount > 0 &&
    !input.hasUncommittedChanges &&
    input.behindOfOrigin === 0 &&
    input.aheadOfOrigin === 0 &&
-    !canMergeFromBase(input)
+    !canMergeFromBase(input);
+
+  if (!canMergeFromTopLevelStatus) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!hasPullRequestGithubFacts(github)) {
+    return input.pullRequestMergeable === "MERGEABLE";
+  }
+
+  return (
+    GITHUB_DIRECT_MERGE_STATE_ALLOWLIST.has(github.mergeStateStatus ?? "") &&
+    github.autoMergeRequest === null &&
+    !github.isMergeQueueEnabled &&
+    !github.isInMergeQueue &&
+    getAllowedDirectPullRequestMergeActionModels(input).length > 0
+  );
+}
+
+function canEnablePrAutoMerge(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
+  const github = input.pullRequestGithub;
+  return (
+    input.githubFeaturesEnabled &&
+    input.githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled &&
+    input.hasPullRequest &&
+    input.pullRequestState === "open" &&
+    !input.pullRequestIsDraft &&
+    !input.pullRequestIsMerged &&
+    input.pullRequestMergeable !== "CONFLICTING" &&
+    hasPullRequestGithubFacts(github) &&
+    github.autoMergeRequest === null &&
+    github.mergeStateStatus === "BLOCKED" &&
+    github.repository.autoMergeAllowed &&
+    github.viewerCanEnableAutoMerge &&
+    !github.isMergeQueueEnabled &&
+    !github.isInMergeQueue &&
+    getAllowedAutoMergeEnableActionModels(input).length > 0
  );
 }

@@ -436,14 +649,131 @@ function getMergePrUnavailableMessage(input: BuildGitActionsInput): string | und
  if (input.pullRequestMergeable === "CONFLICTING") {
    return "Merge PR isn't available because the pull request has conflicts";
  }
+  if (!hasPullRequestGithubFacts(input.pullRequestGithub)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  if (input.pullRequestGithub?.isMergeQueueEnabled || input.pullRequestGithub?.isInMergeQueue) {
+    return "Merge PR isn't available here because this repository uses a merge queue";
+  }
+  if (!GITHUB_DIRECT_MERGE_STATE_ALLOWLIST.has(input.pullRequestGithub?.mergeStateStatus ?? "")) {
+    return "Merge PR isn't available until GitHub reports the pull request is ready to merge";
+  }
  return undefined;
 }

 function shouldDisableMergePrAction(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
-  return (
-    input.pullRequestIsDraft ||
-    input.pullRequestIsMerged ||
-    input.pullRequestState === "closed" ||
-    input.pullRequestMergeable === "CONFLICTING"
+  return !canMergePr(input);
+}
+
+function shouldShowPullRequestAction(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+  id: PullRequestActionId,
+): boolean {
+  if (id === "pr") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (id === "disable-pr-auto-merge") {
+    return (
+      input.githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled &&
+      hasPullRequestGithubFacts(input.pullRequestGithub) &&
+      input.pullRequestGithub.autoMergeRequest !== null
+    );
+  }
+  if (isDirectPullRequestMergeActionId(id)) {
+    return canMergePr(input) && getAllowedDirectPullRequestMergeActionIds(input).includes(id);
+  }
+  if (isEnablePullRequestAutoMergeActionId(id)) {
+    return canEnablePrAutoMerge(input) && getAllowedAutoMergeEnableActionIds(input).includes(id);
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function isDirectPullRequestMergeActionId(
+  id: PullRequestActionId,
+): id is PullRequestDirectMergeActionId {
+  return PULL_REQUEST_DIRECT_MERGE_ACTION_MODELS.some((model) => model.id === id);
+}
+
+function isEnablePullRequestAutoMergeActionId(
+  id: PullRequestActionId,
+): id is PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionId {
+  return PULL_REQUEST_AUTO_MERGE_ENABLE_ACTION_MODELS.some((model) => model.id === id);
+}
+
+function getAllowedDirectPullRequestMergeActionIds(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): PullRequestDirectMergeActionId[] {
+  return getAllowedDirectPullRequestMergeActionModels(input).map((model) => model.id);
+}
+
+function getAllowedAutoMergeEnableActionIds(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionId[] {
+  return getAllowedAutoMergeEnableActionModels(input).map((model) => model.id);
+}
+
+function getAllowedDirectPullRequestMergeActionModels(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): readonly PullRequestDirectMergeActionModel[] {
+  return PULL_REQUEST_DIRECT_MERGE_ACTION_MODELS.filter((model) =>
+    isPullRequestMergeMethodAllowed(input, model.method),
  );
 }
+
+function getAllowedAutoMergeEnableActionModels(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): readonly PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionModel[] {
+  return PULL_REQUEST_AUTO_MERGE_ENABLE_ACTION_MODELS.filter((model) =>
+    isPullRequestMergeMethodAllowed(input, model.method),
+  );
+}
+
+function getPreferredDirectPullRequestMergeActionModel(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): PullRequestDirectMergeActionModel | null {
+  const allowed = getAllowedDirectPullRequestMergeActionModels(input);
+  const preferred = normalizeGithubMergeMethod(
+    input.pullRequestGithub?.repository.viewerDefaultMergeMethod ?? null,
+  );
+  return allowed.find((model) => model.method === preferred) ?? allowed[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+function getPreferredEnablePullRequestAutoMergeActionModel(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+): PullRequestAutoMergeEnableActionModel | null {
+  const allowed = getAllowedAutoMergeEnableActionModels(input);
+  const preferred = normalizeGithubMergeMethod(
+    input.pullRequestGithub?.repository.viewerDefaultMergeMethod ?? null,
+  );
+  return allowed.find((model) => model.method === preferred) ?? allowed[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+function isPullRequestMergeMethodAllowed(
+  input: BuildGitActionsInput,
+  method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod,
+): boolean {
+  const repository = input.pullRequestGithub?.repository;
+  if (!repository) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (method === "squash") {
+    return repository.squashMergeAllowed;
+  }
+  if (method === "merge") {
+    return repository.mergeCommitAllowed;
+  }
+  return repository.rebaseMergeAllowed;
+}
+
+function hasPullRequestGithubFacts(
+  github: PullRequestGithubStatus | null,
+): github is NonNullable<PullRequestGithubStatus> {
+  return github !== null && github !== undefined;
+}
+
+function normalizeGithubMergeMethod(value: string | null): CheckoutPrMergeMethod | null {
+  if (value === "SQUASH") return "squash";
+  if (value === "MERGE") return "merge";
+  if (value === "REBASE") return "rebase";
+  return null;
+}
--- a/packages/app/src/git/pr-pane-data.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/pr-pane-data.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,24 @@ import {
 type CheckoutPrStatus = NonNullable<CheckoutPrStatusResponse["payload"]["status"]>;
 type PullRequestTimeline = PullRequestTimelineResponse["payload"];

+const githubStatus: CheckoutPrStatus["github"] = {
+  mergeStateStatus: null,
+  autoMergeRequest: null,
+  viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+  viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+  viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+  viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+  repository: {
+    autoMergeAllowed: false,
+    mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+    squashMergeAllowed: false,
+    rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod: null,
+  },
+  isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+  isInMergeQueue: false,
+};
+
 const baseStatus: CheckoutPrStatus = {
  number: 42,
  url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/42",
@@ -26,6 +44,7 @@ const baseStatus: CheckoutPrStatus = {
  mergeable: "UNKNOWN",
  checks: [],
  reviewDecision: null,
+  github: githubStatus,
 };

 const baseTimeline: PullRequestTimeline = {
--- a/packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
      s.getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "merge-pr-rebase" }),
    ),
  };
+  const enablePrAutoMergeStatuses: Record<CheckoutPrMergeMethod, CheckoutGitActionStatus> = {
+    squash: useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) =>
+      s.getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash" }),
+    ),
+    merge: useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) =>
+      s.getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge" }),
+    ),
+    rebase: useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) =>
+      s.getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase" }),
+    ),
+  };
+  const disablePrAutoMergeStatus = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) =>
+    s.getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "disable-pr-auto-merge" }),
+  );
  const mergeStatus = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) =>
    s.getStatus({ serverId, cwd, actionId: "merge-branch" }),
  );
@@ -262,9 +276,14 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
  const runPullAndPush = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.pullAndPush);
  const runCreatePr = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.createPr);
  const runMergePr = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.mergePr);
+  const runEnablePrAutoMerge = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.enablePrAutoMerge);
+  const runDisablePrAutoMerge = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.disablePrAutoMerge);
  const runMergeBranch = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.mergeBranch);
  const runMergeFromBase = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.mergeFromBase);
  const runArchiveWorktree = useCheckoutGitActionsStore((s) => s.archiveWorktree);
+  const githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled = useSessionStore(
+    (s) => s.sessions[serverId]?.serverInfo?.features?.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge === true,
+  );

  const toastActionError = useCallback(
    (error: unknown, fallback: string) => {
@@ -354,6 +373,32 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
    [cwd, persistShipDefault, runMergePr, serverId, toastActionError, toastActionSuccess],
  );

+  const handleEnablePrAutoMerge = useCallback(
+    (method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod) => {
+      void persistShipDefault("pr");
+      void runEnablePrAutoMerge({ serverId, cwd, method })
+        .then(() => {
+          toastActionSuccess("Auto-merge enabled");
+          return;
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+          toastActionError(err, "Failed to enable auto-merge");
+        });
+    },
+    [cwd, persistShipDefault, runEnablePrAutoMerge, serverId, toastActionError, toastActionSuccess],
+  );
+
+  const handleDisablePrAutoMerge = useCallback(() => {
+    void runDisablePrAutoMerge({ serverId, cwd })
+      .then(() => {
+        toastActionSuccess("Auto-merge disabled");
+        return;
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        toastActionError(err, "Failed to disable auto-merge");
+      });
+  }, [cwd, runDisablePrAutoMerge, serverId, toastActionError, toastActionSuccess]);
+
  const handleMergeBranch = useCallback(() => {
    if (!baseRef) {
      toast.error("Base ref unavailable");
@@ -484,12 +529,14 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
    return buildGitActions({
      isGit,
      githubFeaturesEnabled,
+      githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled,
      hasPullRequest,
      pullRequestUrl: prStatus?.url ?? null,
      pullRequestState: narrowPullRequestState(prStatus?.state),
      pullRequestIsDraft: prStatus?.isDraft ?? false,
      pullRequestIsMerged: prStatus?.isMerged ?? false,
      pullRequestMergeable: prStatus?.mergeable ?? "UNKNOWN",
+      pullRequestGithub: prStatus?.github ?? null,
      hasRemote,
      isPaseoOwnedWorktree,
      isOnBaseBranch,
@@ -551,6 +598,30 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
          icon: icons.mergePrRebase,
          handler: () => handleMergePr("rebase"),
        },
+        "enable-pr-auto-merge-squash": {
+          disabled: isActionDisabled(actionsDisabled, enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.squash),
+          status: enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.squash,
+          icon: icons.mergePrSquash,
+          handler: () => handleEnablePrAutoMerge("squash"),
+        },
+        "enable-pr-auto-merge-merge": {
+          disabled: isActionDisabled(actionsDisabled, enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.merge),
+          status: enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.merge,
+          icon: icons.mergePrMerge,
+          handler: () => handleEnablePrAutoMerge("merge"),
+        },
+        "enable-pr-auto-merge-rebase": {
+          disabled: isActionDisabled(actionsDisabled, enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.rebase),
+          status: enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.rebase,
+          icon: icons.mergePrRebase,
+          handler: () => handleEnablePrAutoMerge("rebase"),
+        },
+        "disable-pr-auto-merge": {
+          disabled: isActionDisabled(actionsDisabled, disablePrAutoMergeStatus),
+          status: disablePrAutoMergeStatus,
+          icon: icons.viewPr,
+          handler: handleDisablePrAutoMerge,
+        },
        "merge-branch": {
          disabled: isActionDisabled(actionsDisabled, mergeStatus),
          status: mergeStatus,
@@ -580,11 +651,13 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
    prStatus?.isDraft,
    prStatus?.isMerged,
    prStatus?.mergeable,
+    prStatus?.github,
    aheadCount,
    behindBaseCount,
    isPaseoOwnedWorktree,
    isOnBaseBranch,
    githubFeaturesEnabled,
+    githubAutoMergeActionsEnabled,
    hasUncommittedChanges,
    aheadOfOrigin,
    behindOfOrigin,
@@ -600,6 +673,10 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
    mergePrStatuses.squash,
    mergePrStatuses.merge,
    mergePrStatuses.rebase,
+    enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.squash,
+    enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.merge,
+    enablePrAutoMergeStatuses.rebase,
+    disablePrAutoMergeStatus,
    mergeStatus,
    mergeFromBaseStatus,
    archiveStatus,
@@ -609,6 +686,8 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
    handlePullAndPush,
    handlePrAction,
    handleMergePr,
+    handleEnablePrAutoMerge,
+    handleDisablePrAutoMerge,
    handleMergeBranch,
    handleMergeFromBase,
    handleArchiveWorktree,
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-pr-pane-data.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-pr-pane-data.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ vi.mock("@/runtime/host-runtime", () => ({
 const cwd = "/repo";
 const serverId = "server-1";

+const githubStatus: CheckoutPrStatus["github"] = {
+  mergeStateStatus: null,
+  autoMergeRequest: null,
+  viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+  viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+  viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+  viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+  repository: {
+    autoMergeAllowed: false,
+    mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+    squashMergeAllowed: false,
+    rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod: null,
+  },
+  isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+  isInMergeQueue: false,
+};
+
 function status(overrides: Partial<CheckoutPrStatus> = {}): CheckoutPrStatus {
  return {
    number: 42,
@@ -69,6 +87,7 @@ function status(overrides: Partial<CheckoutPrStatus> = {}): CheckoutPrStatus {
    reviewDecision: null,
    repoOwner: "getpaseo",
    repoName: "paseo",
+    github: githubStatus,
    ...overrides,
  };
 }
--- a/packages/server/src/client/daemon-client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/client/daemon-client.test.ts
@@ -1586,6 +1586,118 @@ test("requests checkout merge from base via RPC", async () => {
  });
 });

+test("requests GitHub auto-merge enable via namespaced RPC", async () => {
+  const logger = createMockLogger();
+  const mock = createMockTransport();
+
+  const client = new DaemonClient({
+    url: "ws://test",
+    clientId: "clsk_unit_test",
+    logger,
+    reconnect: { enabled: false },
+    transportFactory: () => mock.transport,
+  });
+  clients.push(client);
+
+  const connectPromise = client.connect();
+  mock.triggerOpen();
+  await connectPromise;
+
+  const promise = client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge(
+    "/tmp/project",
+    { enabled: true, method: "squash" },
+    "req-enable-auto-merge",
+  );
+
+  expect(mock.sent).toHaveLength(1);
+  const request = parseSentFrame(mock.sent[0]);
+  expect(request.type).toBe("checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request");
+  expect(request.cwd).toBe("/tmp/project");
+  expect(request.enabled).toBe(true);
+  expect(request.mergeMethod).toBe("squash");
+  expect(request.requestId).toBe("req-enable-auto-merge");
+
+  mock.triggerMessage(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      type: "session",
+      message: {
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+        payload: {
+          cwd: "/tmp/project",
+          enabled: true,
+          requestId: "req-enable-auto-merge",
+          success: true,
+          error: null,
+        },
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await expect(promise).resolves.toEqual({
+    cwd: "/tmp/project",
+    enabled: true,
+    requestId: "req-enable-auto-merge",
+    success: true,
+    error: null,
+  });
+});
+
+test("requests GitHub auto-merge disable via namespaced RPC", async () => {
+  const logger = createMockLogger();
+  const mock = createMockTransport();
+
+  const client = new DaemonClient({
+    url: "ws://test",
+    clientId: "clsk_unit_test",
+    logger,
+    reconnect: { enabled: false },
+    transportFactory: () => mock.transport,
+  });
+  clients.push(client);
+
+  const connectPromise = client.connect();
+  mock.triggerOpen();
+  await connectPromise;
+
+  const promise = client.checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge(
+    "/tmp/project",
+    { enabled: false },
+    "req-disable-auto-merge",
+  );
+
+  expect(mock.sent).toHaveLength(1);
+  const request = parseSentFrame(mock.sent[0]);
+  expect(request.type).toBe("checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request");
+  expect(request.cwd).toBe("/tmp/project");
+  expect(request.enabled).toBe(false);
+  expect(request.mergeMethod).toBeUndefined();
+  expect(request.requestId).toBe("req-disable-auto-merge");
+
+  mock.triggerMessage(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      type: "session",
+      message: {
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+        payload: {
+          cwd: "/tmp/project",
+          enabled: false,
+          requestId: "req-disable-auto-merge",
+          success: true,
+          error: null,
+        },
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await expect(promise).resolves.toEqual({
+    cwd: "/tmp/project",
+    enabled: false,
+    requestId: "req-disable-auto-merge",
+    success: true,
+    error: null,
+  });
+});
+
 test("requests checkout pull via RPC", async () => {
  const logger = createMockLogger();
  const mock = createMockTransport();
--- a/packages/server/src/client/daemon-client.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/client/daemon-client.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type {
  CheckoutPrCreateResponse,
  CheckoutPrMergeResponse,
  CheckoutPrMergeMethod,
+  CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponse,
  CheckoutPrStatusResponse,
  PullRequestTimelineResponse,
  CheckoutSwitchBranchResponse,
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ type CheckoutPullPayload = CheckoutPullResponse["payload"];
 type CheckoutPushPayload = CheckoutPushResponse["payload"];
 type CheckoutPrCreatePayload = CheckoutPrCreateResponse["payload"];
 type CheckoutPrMergePayload = CheckoutPrMergeResponse["payload"];
+type CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergePayload = CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponse["payload"];
 type CheckoutPrStatusPayload = CheckoutPrStatusResponse["payload"];
 type PullRequestTimelinePayload = PullRequestTimelineResponse["payload"];
 type CheckoutSwitchBranchPayload = CheckoutSwitchBranchResponse["payload"];
@@ -1425,6 +1427,25 @@ export class DaemonClient {
    });
  }

+  private sendNamespacedCorrelatedSessionRequest<
+    TResponseType extends CorrelatedResponseType,
+    TResult = CorrelatedResponsePayload<TResponseType>,
+  >(params: {
+    requestId?: string;
+    message: { type: Extract<SessionInboundMessage["type"], `${string}.request`> } & Record<
+      string,
+      unknown
+    >;
+    timeout: number;
+    selectPayload?: (payload: CorrelatedResponsePayload<TResponseType>) => TResult | null;
+  }): Promise<TResult> {
+    const responseType = params.message.type.replace(/\.request$/, ".response") as TResponseType;
+    return this.sendCorrelatedSessionRequest({
+      ...params,
+      responseType,
+    });
+  }
+
  private sendSessionMessageStrict(message: SessionInboundMessage): void {
    if (!this.transport || this.connectionState.status !== "connected") {
      throw new Error("Transport not connected");
@@ -2817,6 +2838,23 @@ export class DaemonClient {
    });
  }

+  async checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge(
+    cwd: string,
+    input: { enabled: true; method: CheckoutPrMergeMethod } | { enabled: false },
+    requestId?: string,
+  ): Promise<CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergePayload> {
+    return this.sendNamespacedCorrelatedSessionRequest<"checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response">({
+      requestId,
+      message: {
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+        cwd,
+        enabled: input.enabled,
+        ...(input.enabled ? { mergeMethod: input.method } : {}),
+      },
+      timeout: 60000,
+    });
+  }
+
  async checkoutPrStatus(cwd: string, requestId?: string): Promise<CheckoutPrStatusPayload> {
    return this.sendCorrelatedSessionRequest({
      requestId,
--- a/packages/server/src/server/checkout/status-projection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/checkout/status-projection.test.ts
@@ -35,4 +35,63 @@ describe("checkout status projection", () => {
    expect(payload).toHaveProperty("mergeable", "MERGEABLE");
    expect(CheckoutPrStatusSchema.parse(payload)).toEqual(payload);
  });
+
+  test("projects PR 993 GitHub merge facts without changing top-level status fields", () => {
+    const payload = normalizeCheckoutPrStatusPayload({
+      number: 993,
+      repoOwner: "getpaseo",
+      repoName: "paseo",
+      url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/993",
+      title: "Auto-merge UX",
+      state: "open",
+      baseRefName: "main",
+      headRefName: "github-pr-auto-merge-ux",
+      isMerged: false,
+      isDraft: false,
+      mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+      checks: [
+        {
+          name: "server tests",
+          status: "pending",
+          url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/actions/runs/993",
+          workflow: "CI",
+        },
+      ],
+      checksStatus: "pending",
+      reviewDecision: "approved",
+      github: {
+        mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+        autoMergeRequest: null,
+        viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+        viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+        viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+        viewerCanUpdateBranch: true,
+        repository: {
+          autoMergeAllowed: true,
+          mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+          squashMergeAllowed: true,
+          rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+          viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+        },
+        isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+        isInMergeQueue: false,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(payload).toMatchObject({
+      number: 993,
+      mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+      checksStatus: "pending",
+      github: {
+        mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+        viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+        repository: {
+          autoMergeAllowed: true,
+          squashMergeAllowed: true,
+          viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(CheckoutPrStatusSchema.parse(payload)).toEqual(payload);
+  });
 });
--- a/packages/server/src/server/checkout/status-projection.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/checkout/status-projection.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function normalizeCheckoutPrStatusPayload(
  if (!status) {
    return null;
  }
-  return {
+  const payload: CheckoutPrStatusPayloadStatus = {
    number: status.number,
    url: status.url,
    title: status.title,
@@ -131,4 +131,8 @@ export function normalizeCheckoutPrStatusPayload(
    checksStatus: status.checksStatus,
    reviewDecision: status.reviewDecision,
  };
+  if (status.github) {
+    payload.github = status.github;
+  }
+  return payload;
 }
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
  createProviderSnapshotManagerStub,
 } from "./test-utils/session-stubs.js";
 import { isPlatform } from "../test-utils/platform.js";
+import type { GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts } from "../services/github-service.js";

 interface SessionHandlerInternals {
  startVoiceTurnController(): Promise<void>;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ interface SessionHandlerInternals {
  handleCheckoutCommitRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
  handleCheckoutPrCreateRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
  handleCheckoutPrMergeRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
+  handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
  handleCheckoutPullRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
  handleCheckoutPushRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
  handleCheckoutStatusRequest(params: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
@@ -1971,6 +1973,23 @@ describe("session checkout pull request merge", () => {
        github: {
          pullRequest: {
            number: 42,
+            github: {
+              mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+              autoMergeRequest: null,
+              viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+              viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+              repository: {
+                autoMergeAllowed: true,
+                mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+                squashMergeAllowed: true,
+                rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+                viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+              },
+              isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+              isInMergeQueue: false,
+            },
          },
        },
      }),
@@ -1988,8 +2007,33 @@ describe("session checkout pull request merge", () => {
      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
      prNumber: 42,
      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      status: {
+        number: 42,
+        github: {
+          mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+          autoMergeRequest: null,
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+          viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+          viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+          viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+          repository: {
+            autoMergeAllowed: true,
+            mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+            squashMergeAllowed: true,
+            rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+            viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+          },
+          isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+          isInMergeQueue: false,
+        },
+      },
    });
-    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/request-worktree", {
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+    });
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "/tmp/request-worktree", {
      force: true,
      reason: "merge-pr",
    });
@@ -2005,6 +2049,131 @@ describe("session checkout pull request merge", () => {
    });
  });

+  test("rejects direct merge when fresh GitHub facts block a warm clean snapshot", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      mergePullRequest: vi.fn(
+        async (input: { status?: { github?: { mergeStateStatus?: string | null } } }) => {
+          if (input.status?.github?.mergeStateStatus === "BLOCKED") {
+            throw new Error("GitHub does not report this pull request as ready for direct merge");
+          }
+          return { success: true };
+        },
+      ),
+    };
+    const createSnapshot = (mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN" | "BLOCKED") => ({
+      github: {
+        pullRequest: {
+          number: 42,
+          github: {
+            mergeStateStatus,
+            autoMergeRequest: null,
+            viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+            viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+            viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+            viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+            repository: {
+              autoMergeAllowed: true,
+              mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+              squashMergeAllowed: true,
+              rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+              viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+            },
+            isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+            isInMergeQueue: false,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn(async (_cwd: string, options?: { force?: boolean }) =>
+        createSnapshot(options?.force ? "BLOCKED" : "CLEAN"),
+      ),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutPrMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout_pr_merge_request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      requestId: "request-pr-merge-fresh-blocked",
+    });
+
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+    });
+    expect(github.mergePullRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        status: expect.objectContaining({
+          github: expect.objectContaining({ mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED" }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(github.invalidate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout_pr_merge_response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          code: "UNKNOWN",
+          message: "GitHub does not report this pull request as ready for direct merge",
+        },
+        requestId: "request-pr-merge-fresh-blocked",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("rejects direct merge when the current pull request is missing GitHub merge facts", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      mergePullRequest: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutPrMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout_pr_merge_request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      requestId: "request-pr-merge-missing-github-facts",
+    });
+
+    expect(github.mergePullRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(github.invalidate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+    });
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout_pr_merge_response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          code: "UNKNOWN",
+          message: "GitHub merge facts are unavailable for this pull request",
+        },
+        requestId: "request-pr-merge-missing-github-facts",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
  test("surfaces merge errors verbatim", async () => {
    const messages: unknown[] = [];
    const github = {
@@ -2016,6 +2185,23 @@ describe("session checkout pull request merge", () => {
        github: {
          pullRequest: {
            number: 42,
+            github: {
+              mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+              autoMergeRequest: null,
+              viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+              viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+              repository: {
+                autoMergeAllowed: true,
+                mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+                squashMergeAllowed: true,
+                rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+                viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+              },
+              isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+              isInMergeQueue: false,
+            },
          },
        },
      }),
@@ -2044,6 +2230,362 @@ describe("session checkout pull request merge", () => {
  });
 });

+describe("session checkout pull request auto-merge", () => {
+  const autoMergeGithubFacts = (
+    overrides: Partial<GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts> = {},
+  ): GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts => ({
+    mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+    autoMergeRequest: null,
+    viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+    viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+    viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+    viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+    repository: {
+      autoMergeAllowed: true,
+      mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+      squashMergeAllowed: true,
+      rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+      viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+    },
+    isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+    isInMergeQueue: false,
+    ...overrides,
+  });
+
+  test("enables auto-merge for the current pull request and refreshes GitHub state", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      enablePullRequestAutoMerge: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+            github: autoMergeGithubFacts(),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      enabled: true,
+      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-enable",
+    });
+
+    expect(github.enablePullRequestAutoMerge).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      prNumber: 42,
+      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      status: {
+        number: 42,
+        mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        github: autoMergeGithubFacts(),
+      },
+    });
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "auto-merge-validation",
+    });
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      reason: "enable-pr-auto-merge",
+    });
+    expect(github.invalidate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree" });
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        enabled: true,
+        success: true,
+        error: null,
+        requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-enable",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("disables auto-merge for the current pull request and refreshes GitHub state", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      disablePullRequestAutoMerge: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            github: autoMergeGithubFacts({
+              autoMergeRequest: {
+                enabledAt: "2026-05-13T17:00:00Z",
+                mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+                enabledBy: "moboudra",
+              },
+              viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: true,
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      enabled: false,
+      requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-disable",
+    });
+
+    expect(github.disablePullRequestAutoMerge).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      prNumber: 42,
+      status: {
+        number: 42,
+        github: autoMergeGithubFacts({
+          autoMergeRequest: {
+            enabledAt: "2026-05-13T17:00:00Z",
+            mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+            enabledBy: "moboudra",
+          },
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+          viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: true,
+        }),
+      },
+    });
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "auto-merge-validation",
+    });
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      reason: "disable-pr-auto-merge",
+    });
+    expect(github.invalidate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree" });
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        enabled: false,
+        success: true,
+        error: null,
+        requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-disable",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("surfaces auto-merge errors verbatim", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      enablePullRequestAutoMerge: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("auto-merge is disabled")),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            github: autoMergeGithubFacts(),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      enabled: true,
+      mergeMethod: "merge",
+      requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-failure",
+    });
+
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        enabled: true,
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          code: "UNKNOWN",
+          message: "auto-merge is disabled",
+        },
+        requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-failure",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("rejects auto-merge enable when the requested method is disabled", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      enablePullRequestAutoMerge: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            github: autoMergeGithubFacts({
+              repository: {
+                autoMergeAllowed: true,
+                mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+                squashMergeAllowed: false,
+                rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+                viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "MERGE",
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      enabled: true,
+      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-method-disabled",
+    });
+
+    expect(github.enablePullRequestAutoMerge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(github.invalidate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "auto-merge-validation",
+    });
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        enabled: true,
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          code: "UNKNOWN",
+          message: "Auto-merge is not available because squash is disabled",
+        },
+        requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-method-disabled",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("rejects auto-merge disable when the viewer cannot disable it", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      disablePullRequestAutoMerge: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            github: autoMergeGithubFacts({
+              autoMergeRequest: {
+                enabledAt: "2026-05-13T17:00:00Z",
+                mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+                enabledBy: "someone-else",
+              },
+              viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      enabled: false,
+      requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-disable-forbidden",
+    });
+
+    expect(github.disablePullRequestAutoMerge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(github.invalidate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(workspaceGitService.getSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/request-worktree", {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "auto-merge-validation",
+    });
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        enabled: false,
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          code: "UNKNOWN",
+          message: "GitHub does not allow this viewer to disable auto-merge",
+        },
+        requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-disable-forbidden",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("rejects auto-merge disable requests that include a merge method", async () => {
+    const messages: unknown[] = [];
+    const github = {
+      invalidate: vi.fn(),
+      disablePullRequestAutoMerge: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    };
+    const workspaceGitService = {
+      getSnapshot: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            number: 42,
+            github: autoMergeGithubFacts({
+              autoMergeRequest: {
+                enabledAt: "2026-05-13T17:00:00Z",
+                mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+                enabledBy: "moboudra",
+              },
+              viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: true,
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+    const session = createSessionForTest({ github, workspaceGitService, messages });
+
+    await asSessionInternals(session).handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+      enabled: false,
+      mergeMethod: "squash",
+      requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-disable-with-method",
+    });
+
+    expect(github.disablePullRequestAutoMerge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(github.invalidate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(messages).toContainEqual({
+      type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+      payload: {
+        cwd: "/tmp/request-worktree",
+        enabled: false,
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          code: "UNKNOWN",
+          message: "mergeMethod is not allowed when disabling auto-merge",
+        },
+        requestId: "request-pr-auto-merge-disable-with-method",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("session checkout pull and push handling", () => {
  test("forces workspace git and GitHub refresh after pulling", async () => {
    const messages: unknown[] = [];
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ import type { DaemonConfigStore } from "./daemon-config-store.js";
 import { applyMutableProviderConfigToOverrides } from "./daemon-config-store.js";
 import { getErrorMessage, getErrorMessageOr } from "../shared/error-utils.js";
 import { getAgentStatusPriority } from "../shared/agent-state-bucket.js";
-import type { WorkspaceGitRuntimeSnapshot, WorkspaceGitService } from "./workspace-git-service.js";
+import type {
+  WorkspaceGitRuntimeSnapshot,
+  WorkspaceGitService,
+  WorkspaceGitSnapshotOptions,
+} from "./workspace-git-service.js";

 import { buildProviderRegistry } from "./agent/provider-registry.js";
 import type {
@@ -211,6 +215,8 @@ import { LoopService } from "./loop-service.js";
 import { ScheduleService } from "./schedule/service.js";
 import { execCommand } from "../utils/spawn.js";
 import {
+  assertPullRequestAutoMergeDisableReady,
+  assertPullRequestAutoMergeEnableReady,
  createGitHubService,
  type GitHubService,
  type PullRequestTimelineItem,
@@ -242,6 +248,12 @@ import { toWorktreeWireError } from "./worktree-errors.js";

 const WORKSPACE_GIT_WATCH_REMOVED_STATE_KEY = "__removed__";

+type CurrentWorkspacePullRequest = NonNullable<
+  WorkspaceGitRuntimeSnapshot["github"]["pullRequest"]
+> & {
+  number: number;
+};
+
 interface ResolveKnownProjectRootForConfigInput {
  repoRoot: string;
  projectRegistry: Pick<ProjectRegistry, "list">;
@@ -288,6 +300,8 @@ type GitMutationRefreshReason =
  | "merge-to-base"
  | "merge-from-base"
  | "merge-pr"
+  | "enable-pr-auto-merge"
+  | "disable-pr-auto-merge"
  | "create-pr"
  | "switch-branch"
  | "create-branch"
@@ -2013,6 +2027,8 @@ export class Session {
        return this.handleCheckoutPrCreateRequest(msg);
      case "checkout_pr_merge_request":
        return this.handleCheckoutPrMergeRequest(msg);
+      case "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request":
+        return this.handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest(msg);
      case "checkout_pr_status_request":
        return this.handleCheckoutPrStatusRequest(msg);
      case "pull_request_timeline_request":
@@ -5180,16 +5196,17 @@ export class Session {
    const { cwd, requestId } = msg;

    try {
-      const snapshot = await this.workspaceGitService.getSnapshot(cwd);
-      const prNumber = snapshot.github.pullRequest?.number;
-      if (typeof prNumber !== "number") {
-        throw new Error("Unable to determine GitHub pull request number for merge");
-      }
-
+      const pullRequest = await this.resolveCurrentPullRequest(cwd, "merge", {
+        force: true,
+        includeGitHub: true,
+        reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+      });
+      this.assertCurrentPullRequestHasGithubMergeFacts(pullRequest);
      await this.github.mergePullRequest({
        cwd,
-        prNumber,
+        prNumber: pullRequest.number,
        mergeMethod: msg.mergeMethod,
+        status: pullRequest,
      });
      await this.notifyGitMutation(cwd, "merge-pr", { invalidateGithub: true });

@@ -5215,6 +5232,96 @@ export class Session {
    }
  }

+  private assertCurrentPullRequestHasGithubMergeFacts(
+    pullRequest: CurrentWorkspacePullRequest,
+  ): void {
+    if (!pullRequest.github) {
+      throw new Error("GitHub merge facts are unavailable for this pull request");
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async handleCheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest(
+    msg: Extract<SessionInboundMessage, { type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request" }>,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const { cwd, requestId } = msg;
+
+    try {
+      const pullRequest = await this.resolveCurrentPullRequest(cwd, "auto-merge", {
+        force: true,
+        includeGitHub: true,
+        reason: "auto-merge-validation",
+      });
+      if (msg.enabled) {
+        const mergeMethod = msg.mergeMethod;
+        if (!mergeMethod) {
+          throw new Error("mergeMethod is required when enabling auto-merge");
+        }
+        assertPullRequestAutoMergeEnableReady({
+          mergeMethod,
+          status: pullRequest,
+        });
+        await this.github.enablePullRequestAutoMerge({
+          cwd,
+          prNumber: pullRequest.number,
+          mergeMethod,
+          status: pullRequest,
+        });
+      } else {
+        if (msg.mergeMethod) {
+          throw new Error("mergeMethod is not allowed when disabling auto-merge");
+        }
+        assertPullRequestAutoMergeDisableReady({ status: pullRequest });
+        await this.github.disablePullRequestAutoMerge({
+          cwd,
+          prNumber: pullRequest.number,
+          status: pullRequest,
+        });
+      }
+      await this.notifyGitMutation(
+        cwd,
+        msg.enabled ? "enable-pr-auto-merge" : "disable-pr-auto-merge",
+        {
+          invalidateGithub: true,
+        },
+      );
+
+      this.emit({
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+        payload: {
+          cwd,
+          enabled: msg.enabled,
+          success: true,
+          error: null,
+          requestId,
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.emit({
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+        payload: {
+          cwd,
+          enabled: msg.enabled,
+          success: false,
+          error: toCheckoutError(error),
+          requestId,
+        },
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async resolveCurrentPullRequest(
+    cwd: string,
+    operation: "merge" | "auto-merge",
+    options?: WorkspaceGitSnapshotOptions,
+  ): Promise<CurrentWorkspacePullRequest> {
+    const snapshot = await this.workspaceGitService.getSnapshot(cwd, options);
+    const pullRequest = snapshot.github.pullRequest;
+    if (!pullRequest || typeof pullRequest.number !== "number") {
+      throw new Error(`Unable to determine GitHub pull request number for ${operation}`);
+    }
+    return { ...pullRequest, number: pullRequest.number };
+  }
+
  private async handleCheckoutPrStatusRequest(
    msg: Extract<SessionInboundMessage, { type: "checkout_pr_status_request" }>,
  ): Promise<void> {
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.workspace-git-watch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.workspace-git-watch.test.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,23 @@ describe("workspace git watch targets", () => {
            ],
            checksStatus: "success",
            reviewDecision: "approved",
+            github: {
+              mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+              autoMergeRequest: null,
+              viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+              viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+              viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+              viewerCanUpdateBranch: true,
+              repository: {
+                autoMergeAllowed: true,
+                mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+                squashMergeAllowed: true,
+                rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+                viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+              },
+              isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+              isInMergeQueue: false,
+            },
          },
          error: null,
        },
@@ -483,6 +500,23 @@ describe("workspace git watch targets", () => {
        ],
        checksStatus: "success",
        reviewDecision: "approved",
+        github: {
+          mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+          autoMergeRequest: null,
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+          viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+          viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+          viewerCanUpdateBranch: true,
+          repository: {
+            autoMergeAllowed: true,
+            mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+            squashMergeAllowed: true,
+            rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+            viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+          },
+          isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+          isInMergeQueue: false,
+        },
      },
      githubFeaturesEnabled: true,
      error: null,
--- a/packages/server/src/server/websocket-server.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/websocket-server.ts
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ export class VoiceAssistantWebSocketServer {
      features: {
        // COMPAT(providersSnapshot): keep optional until all clients rely on snapshot flow.
        providersSnapshot: true,
+        // COMPAT(checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge): added in v0.1.75, remove gate after 2026-11-13.
+        checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: true,
      },
    };
  }
--- a/packages/server/src/server/workspace-git-service.primitive.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/workspace-git-service.primitive.test.ts
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ function createCheckoutStatus(
  };
 }

-function createPullRequestStatusResult(): PullRequestStatusResult {
+function createPullRequestStatusResult(title = "Update feature"): PullRequestStatusResult {
  return {
    status: {
      url: "https://github.com/acme/repo/pull/123",
-      title: "Update feature",
+      title,
      state: "open",
      baseRefName: "main",
      headRefName: "feature",
@@ -537,6 +537,61 @@ describe("WorkspaceGitServiceImpl primitive refresh entrypoint", () => {
    service.dispose();
  });

+  test("a forced GitHub-inclusive call during an in-flight forced git refresh queues a GitHub refresh", async () => {
+    const forcedGitRefresh = createDeferred<CheckoutStatusGit>();
+    const getCheckoutStatus = vi
+      .fn<() => Promise<CheckoutStatusGit>>()
+      .mockImplementationOnce(async () => forcedGitRefresh.promise)
+      .mockImplementation(async () => createCheckoutStatus(REPO_CWD));
+    const getPullRequestStatus = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(createPullRequestStatusResult("Stale cached PR"))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(createPullRequestStatusResult("Fresh validation PR"));
+    const service = createService({ getCheckoutStatus, getPullRequestStatus });
+
+    const gitRefresh = service.getSnapshot(REPO_CWD, {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: false,
+      reason: "watch",
+    });
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    const validationRefresh = service.getSnapshot(REPO_CWD, {
+      force: true,
+      includeGitHub: true,
+      reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+    });
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    expect(getCheckoutStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    forcedGitRefresh.resolve(createCheckoutStatus(REPO_CWD));
+
+    await expect(validationRefresh).resolves.toEqual(
+      createSnapshot(REPO_CWD, {
+        github: {
+          pullRequest: {
+            url: "https://github.com/acme/repo/pull/123",
+            title: "Fresh validation PR",
+            state: "open",
+            baseRefName: "main",
+            headRefName: "feature",
+            isMerged: false,
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    await gitRefresh;
+
+    expect(getCheckoutStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(getPullRequestStatus).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, REPO_CWD, expect.anything(), {
+      force: true,
+      reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+    });
+
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
  test("ref-watch firing during an in-flight forced refresh does not produce an extra shell burst", async () => {
    const forcedRefresh = createDeferred<CheckoutStatusGit>();
    const getCheckoutStatus = vi
--- a/packages/server/src/server/workspace-git-service.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/workspace-git-service.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from "../utils/checkout-git.js";
 import {
  createGitHubService,
+  type GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts,
  type GitHubService,
  type PullRequestMergeable,
 } from "../services/github-service.js";
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceGitRuntimeSnapshot {
      }>;
      checksStatus?: "none" | "pending" | "success" | "failure";
      reviewDecision?: "approved" | "changes_requested" | "pending" | null;
+      github?: GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts;
    } | null;
    error: { message: string } | null;
  };
@@ -1324,7 +1326,10 @@ export class WorkspaceGitServiceImpl implements WorkspaceGitService {
    request: WorkspaceGitRefreshRequest,
  ): Promise<WorkspaceGitRuntimeSnapshot> {
    if (target.refreshState.status === "in-flight") {
-      if (request.force && !target.refreshState.force) {
+      const needsForcedRefresh = request.force && !target.refreshState.force;
+      const needsGitHubRefresh =
+        request.force && request.includeGitHub && !target.refreshState.includeGitHub;
+      if (needsForcedRefresh || needsGitHubRefresh) {
        target.refreshState.queued = this.mergeQueuedRefresh(target.refreshState.queued, request);
      }
      return target.refreshState.promise;
@@ -1424,10 +1429,12 @@ export class WorkspaceGitServiceImpl implements WorkspaceGitService {
    }

    const force = queued.force || request.force;
+    const upgradesForce = request.force && !queued.force;
+    const upgradesGitHub = request.includeGitHub && !queued.includeGitHub;
    return {
      force,
      includeGitHub: queued.includeGitHub || request.includeGitHub,
-      reason: request.force && !queued.force ? request.reason : queued.reason,
+      reason: upgradesForce || upgradesGitHub ? request.reason : queued.reason,
      notify: queued.notify || request.notify,
    };
  }
--- a/packages/server/src/services/github-service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/services/github-service.test.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,31 @@ function currentPullRequestJson(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}): string
  });
 }

+function currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    data: {
+      repository: {
+        autoMergeAllowed: true,
+        mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+        squashMergeAllowed: true,
+        rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+        viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+        pullRequest: {
+          mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+          autoMergeRequest: null,
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+          viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+          viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+          viewerCanUpdateBranch: true,
+          isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+          isInMergeQueue: false,
+        },
+        ...overrides,
+      },
+    },
+  });
+}
+
 function createCurrentPullRequestStatus(
  overrides: Partial<GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus> = {},
 ): GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus {
@@ -137,6 +162,29 @@ function createCurrentPullRequestStatus(
  };
 }

+function githubStatusFacts(
+  overrides: Partial<NonNullable<GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus["github"]>> = {},
+): NonNullable<GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus["github"]> {
+  return {
+    mergeStateStatus: "CLEAN",
+    autoMergeRequest: null,
+    viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: false,
+    viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+    viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+    viewerCanUpdateBranch: false,
+    repository: {
+      autoMergeAllowed: true,
+      mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+      squashMergeAllowed: true,
+      rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+      viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+    },
+    isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+    isInMergeQueue: false,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
 function recordCurrentPullRequestStatusReads(service: ReturnType<typeof createGitHubService>) {
  const reads: GitHubReadOptions[] = [];
  const getCurrentPullRequestStatus = service.getCurrentPullRequestStatus.bind(service);
@@ -147,6 +195,12 @@ function recordCurrentPullRequestStatusReads(service: ReturnType<typeof createGi
  return reads;
 }

+function currentPullRequestStatusCalls(calls: RunnerCall[]): RunnerCall[] {
+  return calls.filter(
+    (call) => call.args[0] === "pr" && (call.args[1] === "view" || call.args[1] === "list"),
+  );
+}
+
 function noPullRequestError(args: string[] = ["pr", "view"]): GitHubCommandError {
  return new GitHubCommandError({
    args,
@@ -314,6 +368,9 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
        prNumber: 42,
        mergeMethod,
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+          github: githubStatusFacts(),
+        }),
      }),
    ).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });

@@ -326,6 +383,196 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    ]);
  });

+  it("rejects direct merge when GitHub facts are unavailable", async () => {
+    const runner = createRunner([""]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.mergePullRequest({
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        prNumber: 42,
+        mergeMethod: "squash",
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus(),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("GitHub merge facts are unavailable");
+
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it.each(["BLOCKED", "DIRTY", null] as const)(
+    "rejects direct merge when GitHub mergeStateStatus is %s",
+    async (mergeStateStatus) => {
+      const runner = createRunner([""]);
+      const service = createGitHubService({
+        runner: runner.runner,
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        service.mergePullRequest({
+          cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+          prNumber: 42,
+          mergeMethod: "squash",
+          status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+            github: githubStatusFacts({ mergeStateStatus }),
+          }),
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow("ready for direct merge");
+
+      expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each([
+    ["merge queue enabled", { isMergeQueueEnabled: true }],
+    ["PR already in merge queue", { isInMergeQueue: true }],
+  ] as const)("rejects direct merge when %s", async (_name, overrides) => {
+    const runner = createRunner([""]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.mergePullRequest({
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        prNumber: 42,
+        mergeMethod: "squash",
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+          github: githubStatusFacts(overrides),
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("merge queue");
+
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects direct merge when auto-merge is already enabled", async () => {
+    const runner = createRunner([""]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.mergePullRequest({
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        prNumber: 42,
+        mergeMethod: "squash",
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+          github: githubStatusFacts({
+            autoMergeRequest: {
+              enabledAt: "2026-05-13T12:00:00Z",
+              mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+              enabledBy: "octocat",
+            },
+          }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("auto-merge is already enabled");
+
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects direct merge when the requested method is disabled by repository policy", async () => {
+    const runner = createRunner([""]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.mergePullRequest({
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        prNumber: 42,
+        mergeMethod: "squash",
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+          github: githubStatusFacts({
+            repository: {
+              autoMergeAllowed: true,
+              mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+              squashMergeAllowed: false,
+              rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+              viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "MERGE",
+            },
+          }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("squash is disabled");
+
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["merge", ["pr", "merge", "42", "--auto", "--merge"]],
+    ["squash", ["pr", "merge", "42", "--auto", "--squash"]],
+    ["rebase", ["pr", "merge", "42", "--auto", "--rebase"]],
+  ] as const)("enables auto-merge with gh using %s", async (mergeMethod, expectedArgs) => {
+    const runner = createRunner([""]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.enablePullRequestAutoMerge({
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        prNumber: 42,
+        mergeMethod,
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+          github: githubStatusFacts({
+            mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+            viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+            repository: {
+              autoMergeAllowed: true,
+              mergeCommitAllowed: true,
+              squashMergeAllowed: true,
+              rebaseMergeAllowed: true,
+              viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+            },
+          }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });
+
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([
+      {
+        args: expectedArgs,
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        envOverlay: { GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("disables auto-merge with gh", async () => {
+    const runner = createRunner([""]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.disablePullRequestAutoMerge({
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        prNumber: 42,
+        status: createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+          github: githubStatusFacts({
+            autoMergeRequest: {
+              enabledAt: "2026-05-13T12:00:00Z",
+              mergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+              enabledBy: "octocat",
+            },
+            viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: true,
+          }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });
+
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([
+      {
+        args: ["pr", "merge", "42", "--disable-auto"],
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        envOverlay: { GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
  it("computes fast cadence for pending and slow cadence for stable PR states", () => {
    const pendingStatus = createCurrentPullRequestStatus({ checksStatus: "pending" });
    const runningCheckStatus = createCurrentPullRequestStatus({
@@ -408,7 +655,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    now = EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS;
    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS);

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(2);
    expect(reads.map((read) => read.reason)).toEqual([undefined, "self-heal-github"]);

    subscription?.unsubscribe();
@@ -441,11 +688,11 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {

    now = EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS;
    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS);
-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(1);

    now = EXPECTED_GITHUB_SLOW_POLL_MS;
    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(EXPECTED_GITHUB_SLOW_POLL_MS - EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS);
-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(2);
    expect(reads.map((read) => read.reason)).toEqual([undefined, "self-heal-github"]);

    subscription?.unsubscribe();
@@ -458,14 +705,17 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      currentPullRequestJson({
        statusCheckRollup: [{ __typename: "StatusContext", context: "ci", state: "PENDING" }],
      }),
+      currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(),
      { error: new Error("network down") },
      { error: new Error("network still down") },
      currentPullRequestJson({
        statusCheckRollup: [{ __typename: "StatusContext", context: "ci", state: "SUCCESS" }],
      }),
+      currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(),
      currentPullRequestJson({
        statusCheckRollup: [{ __typename: "StatusContext", context: "ci", state: "SUCCESS" }],
      }),
+      currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(),
    ]);
    const service = createGitHubService({
      ttlMs: 0,
@@ -490,7 +740,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    now += EXPECTED_GITHUB_SLOW_POLL_MS;
    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(EXPECTED_GITHUB_SLOW_POLL_MS);

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(5);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(5);
    expect(reads.map((read) => read.reason)).toEqual([
      undefined,
      "self-heal-github",
@@ -527,7 +777,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    now = EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS;
    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS);

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(1);

    service.dispose?.();
  });
@@ -553,7 +803,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    now = EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS;
    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(EXPECTED_GITHUB_FAST_POLL_MS);

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(1);
  });

  it("fetches PR reviews and issue comments with one GraphQL call sorted chronologically", async () => {
@@ -1139,7 +1389,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      headRef: "feature/pr-pane",
    });

-    expect(runner.calls.map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
+    expect(runner.calls.slice(0, 2).map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
      ["pr", "view", "--json", CURRENT_PR_STATUS_FIELDS],
      ["pr", "view", "--json", CURRENT_PR_STATUS_BASE_FIELDS],
    ]);
@@ -1171,6 +1421,72 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    expect(status?.mergeable).toBe("UNKNOWN");
  });

+  it("loads GitHub merge, auto-merge, permission, policy, and queue facts for PR 993 shape", async () => {
+    const runner = createScriptedRunner([
+      currentPullRequestJson({
+        number: 993,
+        url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/993",
+        title: "Auto-merge UX",
+        headRefName: "github-pr-auto-merge-ux",
+        mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        reviewDecision: "APPROVED",
+        statusCheckRollup: [
+          {
+            __typename: "CheckRun",
+            name: "server tests",
+            workflowName: "CI",
+            status: "IN_PROGRESS",
+            conclusion: null,
+            detailsUrl: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/actions/runs/993",
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(),
+    ]);
+    const service = createGitHubService({
+      runner: runner.runner,
+      resolveGhPath: async () => "/usr/bin/gh",
+      now: () => 100,
+    });
+
+    const status = await service.getCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+      cwd: "/repo",
+      headRef: "github-pr-auto-merge-ux",
+    });
+
+    expect(runner.calls.map((call) => call.args[0])).toEqual(["pr", "api"]);
+    expect(status).toMatchObject({
+      number: 993,
+      mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+      checks: [
+        {
+          name: "server tests",
+          status: "pending",
+          url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/actions/runs/993",
+          workflow: "CI",
+        },
+      ],
+      checksStatus: "pending",
+      github: {
+        mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+        autoMergeRequest: null,
+        viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+        viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+        viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+        viewerCanUpdateBranch: true,
+        repository: {
+          autoMergeAllowed: true,
+          mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+          squashMergeAllowed: true,
+          rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+          viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+        },
+        isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+        isInMergeQueue: false,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
  it("resolves fork PR heads to the parent repository when gh pr view returns a stale branch match", async () => {
    const runner = createScriptedRunner([
      currentPullRequestJson({
@@ -1231,7 +1547,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      title: "Real fork PR",
      headRefName: "feature/fork",
    });
-    expect(runner.calls.map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
+    expect(runner.calls.slice(0, 3).map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
      ["pr", "view", "--json", CURRENT_PR_STATUS_FIELDS],
      ["repo", "view", "--json", "owner,name,parent"],
      [
@@ -1314,7 +1630,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      checks: [],
      checksStatus: "none",
    });
-    expect(runner.calls.map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
+    expect(runner.calls.slice(0, 4).map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
      ["pr", "view", "--json", CURRENT_PR_STATUS_FIELDS],
      ["repo", "view", "--json", "owner,name,parent"],
      [
@@ -1452,7 +1768,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      repoName: "repo",
      headRefName: "main",
    });
-    expect(runner.calls.map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
+    expect(runner.calls.slice(0, 2).map((call) => call.args)).toEqual([
      ["pr", "view", "--json", CURRENT_PR_STATUS_FIELDS],
      [
        "pr",
@@ -1978,13 +2294,15 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      service.getCurrentPullRequestStatus({ cwd: "/repo", headRef: "feature/fork" }),
    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ number: 42 });

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(1);
  });

  it("bypasses the warm PR status cache for forced reads", async () => {
    const runner = createRunner([
      currentPullRequestJson({ number: 41, title: "First" }),
+      currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(),
      currentPullRequestJson({ number: 42, title: "Forced" }),
+      currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson(),
    ]);
    const service = createGitHubService({
      runner: runner.runner,
@@ -2004,7 +2322,7 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
      }),
    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ number: 42 });

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(2);
  });

  it("coalesces concurrent PR status callers", async () => {
@@ -2019,8 +2337,13 @@ describe("GitHubService", () => {
    const second = service.getCurrentPullRequestStatus({ cwd: "/repo", headRef: "feature/fork" });
    await Promise.resolve();

-    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(currentPullRequestStatusCalls(runner.calls)).toHaveLength(1);
    runner.resolveNext(currentPullRequestJson());
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10 && runner.calls.length < 2; i += 1) {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    expect(runner.calls[1]?.args[0]).toBe("api");
+    runner.resolveNext(currentPullRequestGithubFactsJson());

    await expect(Promise.all([first, second])).resolves.toEqual([
      expect.objectContaining({ number: 42 }),
--- a/packages/server/src/services/github-service.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/services/github-service.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,52 @@ const HeadRepositoryOwnerSchema = z

 const PullRequestMergeableSchema = z.enum(["MERGEABLE", "CONFLICTING", "UNKNOWN"]).catch("UNKNOWN");

+const GitHubAutoMergeRequestSchema = z
+  .object({
+    enabledAt: z.string().nullable().optional().catch(null),
+    mergeMethod: z.string().nullable().optional().catch(null),
+    enabledBy: z
+      .object({
+        login: z.string().nullable().optional().catch(null),
+      })
+      .nullable()
+      .optional()
+      .catch(null),
+  })
+  .nullable()
+  .optional()
+  .catch(null);
+
+const GitHubPullRequestFactsGraphqlSchema = z.object({
+  data: z.object({
+    repository: z
+      .object({
+        autoMergeAllowed: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+        mergeCommitAllowed: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+        squashMergeAllowed: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+        rebaseMergeAllowed: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+        viewerDefaultMergeMethod: z.string().nullable().optional().catch(null),
+        pullRequest: z
+          .object({
+            mergeStateStatus: z.string().nullable().optional().catch(null),
+            autoMergeRequest: GitHubAutoMergeRequestSchema,
+            viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+            viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+            viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+            viewerCanUpdateBranch: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+            isMergeQueueEnabled: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+            isInMergeQueue: z.boolean().optional().catch(false),
+          })
+          .nullable()
+          .optional()
+          .catch(null),
+      })
+      .nullable()
+      .optional()
+      .catch(null),
+  }),
+});
+
 const CurrentPullRequestStatusSchema = z.object({
  number: z.number().optional(),
  url: z.string().catch(""),
@@ -240,6 +286,33 @@ const CURRENT_PR_STATUS_BASE_FIELDS =
  "number,url,title,state,isDraft,baseRefName,headRefName,mergedAt,reviewDecision,mergeable,headRepositoryOwner";
 const CURRENT_PR_STATUS_FIELDS = `${CURRENT_PR_STATUS_BASE_FIELDS},statusCheckRollup`;

+const PULL_REQUEST_STATUS_FACTS_QUERY = `
+query PullRequestStatusFacts($owner: String!, $name: String!, $number: Int!) {
+  repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {
+    autoMergeAllowed
+    mergeCommitAllowed
+    squashMergeAllowed
+    rebaseMergeAllowed
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod
+    pullRequest(number: $number) {
+      mergeStateStatus
+      autoMergeRequest {
+        enabledAt
+        mergeMethod
+        enabledBy {
+          login
+        }
+      }
+      viewerCanEnableAutoMerge
+      viewerCanDisableAutoMerge
+      viewerCanMergeAsAdmin
+      viewerCanUpdateBranch
+      isMergeQueueEnabled
+      isInMergeQueue
+    }
+  }
+}`;
+
 const PULL_REQUEST_TIMELINE_QUERY = `
 query PullRequestTimeline($owner: String!, $name: String!, $number: Int!) {
  repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {
@@ -353,6 +426,28 @@ export type PullRequestChecksStatus = "none" | "pending" | "success" | "failure"
 export type PullRequestReviewDecision = "approved" | "changes_requested" | "pending" | null;
 export type PullRequestMergeable = "MERGEABLE" | "CONFLICTING" | "UNKNOWN";

+export interface GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts {
+  mergeStateStatus: string | null;
+  autoMergeRequest: {
+    enabledAt: string | null;
+    mergeMethod: string | null;
+    enabledBy: string | null;
+  } | null;
+  viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: boolean;
+  viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: boolean;
+  viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: boolean;
+  viewerCanUpdateBranch: boolean;
+  repository: {
+    autoMergeAllowed: boolean;
+    mergeCommitAllowed: boolean;
+    squashMergeAllowed: boolean;
+    rebaseMergeAllowed: boolean;
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod: string | null;
+  };
+  isMergeQueueEnabled: boolean;
+  isInMergeQueue: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus {
  number?: number;
  repoOwner?: string;
@@ -368,6 +463,7 @@ export interface GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus {
  checks: PullRequestCheck[];
  checksStatus: PullRequestChecksStatus;
  reviewDecision: PullRequestReviewDecision;
+  github?: GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts;
 }

 export type PullRequestTimelineReviewState = "approved" | "changes_requested" | "commented";
@@ -412,17 +508,41 @@ export interface GitHubPullRequestCreateResult {
 }

 export type GitHubPullRequestMergeMethod = "merge" | "squash" | "rebase";
+const DIRECT_PULL_REQUEST_MERGE_STATE_ALLOWLIST = new Set(["CLEAN", "HAS_HOOKS"]);
+
+export interface GitHubPullRequestCommandStatus {
+  mergeable?: PullRequestMergeable;
+  github?: GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts;
+}

 export interface MergeGitHubPullRequestOptions {
  cwd: string;
  prNumber: number;
  mergeMethod: GitHubPullRequestMergeMethod;
+  status?: GitHubPullRequestCommandStatus | null;
+}
+
+export interface EnableGitHubPullRequestAutoMergeOptions {
+  cwd: string;
+  prNumber: number;
+  mergeMethod: GitHubPullRequestMergeMethod;
+  status?: GitHubPullRequestCommandStatus | null;
+}
+
+export interface DisableGitHubPullRequestAutoMergeOptions {
+  cwd: string;
+  prNumber: number;
+  status?: GitHubPullRequestCommandStatus | null;
 }

 export interface GitHubPullRequestMergeResult {
  success: true;
 }

+export interface GitHubPullRequestAutoMergeResult {
+  success: true;
+}
+
 export type GitHubReadOptions =
  | {
      force?: false;
@@ -512,6 +632,12 @@ export interface GitHubService {
    options: CreateGitHubPullRequestOptions,
  ): Promise<GitHubPullRequestCreateResult>;
  mergePullRequest(options: MergeGitHubPullRequestOptions): Promise<GitHubPullRequestMergeResult>;
+  enablePullRequestAutoMerge(
+    options: EnableGitHubPullRequestAutoMergeOptions,
+  ): Promise<GitHubPullRequestAutoMergeResult>;
+  disablePullRequestAutoMerge(
+    options: DisableGitHubPullRequestAutoMergeOptions,
+  ): Promise<GitHubPullRequestAutoMergeResult>;
  isAuthenticated(options: { cwd: string } & GitHubReadOptions): Promise<boolean>;
  retainCurrentPullRequestStatusPoll?(options: {
    cwd: string;
@@ -577,6 +703,13 @@ interface CommandFailureLike {
 type PullRequestCheckRunNode = z.infer<typeof PullRequestCheckRunNodeSchema>;
 type PullRequestStatusContextNode = z.infer<typeof PullRequestStatusContextNodeSchema>;
 type CurrentPullRequestStatusItem = z.infer<typeof CurrentPullRequestStatusSchema>;
+type GitHubPullRequestFactsGraphql = z.infer<typeof GitHubPullRequestFactsGraphqlSchema>;
+type GitHubPullRequestFactsRepository = NonNullable<
+  GitHubPullRequestFactsGraphql["data"]["repository"]
+>;
+type GitHubPullRequestFactsPullRequest = NonNullable<
+  GitHubPullRequestFactsRepository["pullRequest"]
+>;

 interface InFlightCacheEntry {
  cwd: string;
@@ -882,12 +1015,13 @@ export function createGitHubService(options: CreateGitHubServiceOptions = {}): G
        },
        readOptions: input,
        load: async () => {
-          return resolveCurrentPullRequestView({
+          const status = await resolveCurrentPullRequestView({
            cwd: input.cwd,
            headRef: input.headRef,
            headRepositoryOwner: input.headRepositoryOwner,
            run,
          });
+          return addCurrentPullRequestGithubFacts({ cwd: input.cwd, status, run });
        },
      }).then((status) => {
        updatePollTargetAfterSuccess({
@@ -1051,6 +1185,7 @@ export function createGitHubService(options: CreateGitHubServiceOptions = {}): G
    },

    async mergePullRequest(input) {
+      assertDirectPullRequestMergeReady(input);
      await run(["pr", "merge", String(input.prNumber), `--${input.mergeMethod}`], {
        cwd: input.cwd,
        envOverlay: { GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
@@ -1058,6 +1193,24 @@ export function createGitHubService(options: CreateGitHubServiceOptions = {}): G
      return { success: true };
    },

+    async enablePullRequestAutoMerge(input) {
+      assertPullRequestAutoMergeEnableReady(input);
+      await run(["pr", "merge", String(input.prNumber), "--auto", `--${input.mergeMethod}`], {
+        cwd: input.cwd,
+        envOverlay: { GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
+      });
+      return { success: true };
+    },
+
+    async disablePullRequestAutoMerge(input) {
+      assertPullRequestAutoMergeDisableReady(input);
+      await run(["pr", "merge", String(input.prNumber), "--disable-auto"], {
+        cwd: input.cwd,
+        envOverlay: { GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
+      });
+      return { success: true };
+    },
+
    isAuthenticated(input) {
      return cached({
        cwd: input.cwd,
@@ -1161,6 +1314,89 @@ export function createGitHubService(options: CreateGitHubServiceOptions = {}): G
  return api;
 }

+function assertDirectPullRequestMergeReady(input: MergeGitHubPullRequestOptions): void {
+  const github = input.status?.github;
+  if (!github) {
+    throw new Error("GitHub merge facts are unavailable for this pull request");
+  }
+
+  if (!DIRECT_PULL_REQUEST_MERGE_STATE_ALLOWLIST.has(github.mergeStateStatus ?? "")) {
+    throw new Error("GitHub does not report this pull request as ready for direct merge");
+  }
+  if (github.isMergeQueueEnabled || github.isInMergeQueue) {
+    throw new Error("Direct merge is not available because this repository uses a merge queue");
+  }
+  if (github.autoMergeRequest !== null) {
+    throw new Error("Direct merge is not available because auto-merge is already enabled");
+  }
+  if (!isPullRequestMergeMethodAllowed(github.repository, input.mergeMethod)) {
+    throw new Error(`Direct merge is not available because ${input.mergeMethod} is disabled`);
+  }
+}
+
+export function assertPullRequestAutoMergeEnableReady(
+  input: Pick<EnableGitHubPullRequestAutoMergeOptions, "mergeMethod" | "status">,
+): void {
+  const github = input.status?.github;
+  if (!github) {
+    throw new Error("GitHub auto-merge facts are unavailable for this pull request");
+  }
+
+  if (github.mergeStateStatus !== "BLOCKED") {
+    throw new Error("GitHub does not report this pull request as blocked for auto-merge");
+  }
+  if (!github.viewerCanEnableAutoMerge) {
+    throw new Error("GitHub does not allow this viewer to enable auto-merge");
+  }
+  if (!github.repository.autoMergeAllowed) {
+    throw new Error("Auto-merge is disabled for this repository");
+  }
+  if (!isPullRequestMergeMethodAllowed(github.repository, input.mergeMethod)) {
+    throw new Error(`Auto-merge is not available because ${input.mergeMethod} is disabled`);
+  }
+  if (github.autoMergeRequest !== null) {
+    throw new Error("Auto-merge is already enabled for this pull request");
+  }
+  if (github.isMergeQueueEnabled || github.isInMergeQueue) {
+    throw new Error("Auto-merge is not available because this repository uses a merge queue");
+  }
+  if (input.status?.mergeable === "CONFLICTING") {
+    throw new Error("Auto-merge is not available because this pull request has conflicts");
+  }
+}
+
+export function assertPullRequestAutoMergeDisableReady(
+  input: Pick<DisableGitHubPullRequestAutoMergeOptions, "status">,
+): void {
+  const github = input.status?.github;
+  if (!github) {
+    throw new Error("GitHub auto-merge facts are unavailable for this pull request");
+  }
+
+  if (github.autoMergeRequest === null) {
+    throw new Error("Auto-merge is not enabled for this pull request");
+  }
+  if (!github.viewerCanDisableAutoMerge) {
+    throw new Error("GitHub does not allow this viewer to disable auto-merge");
+  }
+  if (github.isMergeQueueEnabled || github.isInMergeQueue) {
+    throw new Error("Auto-merge is not available because this repository uses a merge queue");
+  }
+}
+
+export function isPullRequestMergeMethodAllowed(
+  repository: GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts["repository"],
+  method: GitHubPullRequestMergeMethod,
+): boolean {
+  if (method === "squash") {
+    return repository.squashMergeAllowed;
+  }
+  if (method === "merge") {
+    return repository.mergeCommitAllowed;
+  }
+  return repository.rebaseMergeAllowed;
+}
+
 export function computeGithubNextInterval(
  status: GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus | null,
  consecutiveErrors: number,
@@ -1372,6 +1608,68 @@ async function resolveCurrentPullRequestView(options: {
  return match?.status ?? null;
 }

+async function addCurrentPullRequestGithubFacts(options: {
+  cwd: string;
+  status: GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus | null;
+  run: (args: string[], options: GitHubCommandRunnerOptions) => Promise<string>;
+}): Promise<GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus | null> {
+  const { status } = options;
+  if (!status?.repoOwner || !status.repoName || typeof status.number !== "number") {
+    return status;
+  }
+
+  const facts = await loadPullRequestGithubFacts({
+    cwd: options.cwd,
+    owner: status.repoOwner,
+    name: status.repoName,
+    number: status.number,
+    run: options.run,
+  });
+  if (!facts) {
+    return status;
+  }
+  return {
+    ...status,
+    github: facts,
+  };
+}
+
+async function loadPullRequestGithubFacts(options: {
+  cwd: string;
+  owner: string;
+  name: string;
+  number: number;
+  run: (args: string[], options: GitHubCommandRunnerOptions) => Promise<string>;
+}): Promise<GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts | null> {
+  try {
+    const stdout = await options.run(
+      [
+        "api",
+        "graphql",
+        "-f",
+        `query=${PULL_REQUEST_STATUS_FACTS_QUERY}`,
+        "-F",
+        `owner=${options.owner}`,
+        "-F",
+        `name=${options.name}`,
+        "-F",
+        `number=${options.number}`,
+      ],
+      { cwd: options.cwd },
+    );
+    return parsePullRequestGithubFacts(stdout);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (
+      error instanceof GitHubCommandError ||
+      error instanceof z.ZodError ||
+      error instanceof SyntaxError
+    ) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
 async function tryCurrentPullRequestView(options: {
  cwd: string;
  headRef: string;
@@ -1469,6 +1767,52 @@ function parseCurrentPullRequestCandidateList(
    .filter((candidate): candidate is ResolvedPullRequestCandidate => candidate !== null);
 }

+function parsePullRequestGithubFacts(stdout: string): GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts | null {
+  const parsed = GitHubPullRequestFactsGraphqlSchema.parse(JSON.parse(stdout || "{}"));
+  const repository = parsed.data.repository;
+  const pullRequest = repository?.pullRequest;
+  if (!repository || !pullRequest) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    mergeStateStatus: pullRequest.mergeStateStatus ?? null,
+    autoMergeRequest: toGitHubAutoMergeRequest(pullRequest.autoMergeRequest),
+    viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: pullRequest.viewerCanEnableAutoMerge ?? false,
+    viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: pullRequest.viewerCanDisableAutoMerge ?? false,
+    viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: pullRequest.viewerCanMergeAsAdmin ?? false,
+    viewerCanUpdateBranch: pullRequest.viewerCanUpdateBranch ?? false,
+    repository: toGitHubRepositoryMergePolicy(repository),
+    isMergeQueueEnabled: pullRequest.isMergeQueueEnabled ?? false,
+    isInMergeQueue: pullRequest.isInMergeQueue ?? false,
+  };
+}
+
+function toGitHubAutoMergeRequest(
+  request: GitHubPullRequestFactsPullRequest["autoMergeRequest"],
+): GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts["autoMergeRequest"] {
+  if (!request) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    enabledAt: request.enabledAt ?? null,
+    mergeMethod: request.mergeMethod ?? null,
+    enabledBy: request.enabledBy?.login ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+function toGitHubRepositoryMergePolicy(
+  repository: GitHubPullRequestFactsRepository,
+): GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts["repository"] {
+  return {
+    autoMergeAllowed: repository.autoMergeAllowed ?? false,
+    mergeCommitAllowed: repository.mergeCommitAllowed ?? false,
+    squashMergeAllowed: repository.squashMergeAllowed ?? false,
+    rebaseMergeAllowed: repository.rebaseMergeAllowed ?? false,
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod: repository.viewerDefaultMergeMethod ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
 function toCurrentPullRequestCandidate(
  item: CurrentPullRequestStatusItem,
  fallbackHeadRefName: string,
--- a/packages/server/src/shared/messages.checkout-pr-schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/shared/messages.checkout-pr-schema.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";

-import { CheckoutPrMergeRequestSchema, CheckoutPrStatusSchema } from "./messages.js";
+import {
+  CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema,
+  CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponseSchema,
+  CheckoutPrMergeRequestSchema,
+  CheckoutPrStatusSchema,
+  ServerInfoStatusPayloadSchema,
+} from "./messages.js";

 describe("checkout PR schemas", () => {
  test("parses PR status payloads without mergeability", () => {
@@ -20,6 +26,67 @@ describe("checkout PR schemas", () => {
    });
  });

+  test("keeps missing provider-specific GitHub PR facts absent for old daemons", () => {
+    const parsed = CheckoutPrStatusSchema.parse({
+      number: 42,
+      url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/42",
+      title: "Ship it",
+      state: "open",
+      baseRefName: "main",
+      headRefName: "feature/ship-it",
+      isMerged: false,
+      mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+    });
+
+    expect(parsed.github).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("parses provider-specific GitHub PR status facts", () => {
+    expect(
+      CheckoutPrStatusSchema.parse({
+        number: 993,
+        url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/993",
+        title: "Block direct merge while checks run",
+        state: "open",
+        baseRefName: "main",
+        headRefName: "phase-2",
+        isMerged: false,
+        mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+        checks: [{ name: "server tests", status: "pending", url: null }],
+        checksStatus: "pending",
+        github: {
+          mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+          autoMergeRequest: null,
+          viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+          viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: false,
+          viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: false,
+          viewerCanUpdateBranch: true,
+          repository: {
+            autoMergeAllowed: true,
+            mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+            squashMergeAllowed: true,
+            rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+            viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+          },
+          isMergeQueueEnabled: false,
+          isInMergeQueue: false,
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      mergeable: "MERGEABLE",
+      checksStatus: "pending",
+      github: {
+        mergeStateStatus: "BLOCKED",
+        viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: true,
+        repository: {
+          autoMergeAllowed: true,
+          squashMergeAllowed: true,
+          viewerDefaultMergeMethod: "SQUASH",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
  test.each(["merge", "squash", "rebase"] as const)(
    "accepts %s as a PR merge method",
    (mergeMethod) => {
@@ -44,4 +111,79 @@ describe("checkout PR schemas", () => {
      }),
    ).toThrow();
  });
+
+  test.each(["merge", "squash", "rebase"] as const)(
+    "accepts %s as a GitHub set-auto-merge enable method",
+    (mergeMethod) => {
+      expect(
+        CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema.parse({
+          type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+          cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+          enabled: true,
+          mergeMethod,
+          requestId: "request-enable-auto-merge",
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({ enabled: true, mergeMethod });
+    },
+  );
+
+  test("rejects unknown GitHub set-auto-merge enable methods", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema.parse({
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        enabled: true,
+        mergeMethod: "auto",
+        requestId: "request-enable-auto-merge",
+      }),
+    ).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test("accepts GitHub set-auto-merge disable requests", () => {
+    expect(
+      CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema.parse({
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request",
+        cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+        enabled: false,
+        requestId: "request-disable-auto-merge",
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+      enabled: false,
+      requestId: "request-disable-auto-merge",
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("accepts GitHub set-auto-merge responses", () => {
+    const payload = {
+      cwd: "/tmp/repo",
+      enabled: true,
+      success: true,
+      error: null,
+      requestId: "request-auto-merge",
+    };
+
+    expect(
+      CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponseSchema.parse({
+        type: "checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response",
+        payload,
+      }).payload,
+    ).toEqual(payload);
+  });
+
+  test("accepts the GitHub auto-merge server_info feature flag", () => {
+    expect(
+      ServerInfoStatusPayloadSchema.parse({
+        status: "server_info",
+        serverId: "srv_test",
+        features: {
+          providersSnapshot: true,
+          checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: true,
+        },
+      }).features,
+    ).toEqual({
+      providersSnapshot: true,
+      checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: true,
+    });
+  });
 });
--- a/packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts
@@ -1314,6 +1314,14 @@ export const CheckoutPrMergeRequestSchema = z.object({
  requestId: z.string(),
 });

+export const CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("checkout.github.set_auto_merge.request"),
+  cwd: z.string(),
+  enabled: z.boolean(),
+  mergeMethod: z.enum(["merge", "squash", "rebase"]).optional(),
+  requestId: z.string(),
+});
+
 export const CheckoutPrStatusRequestSchema = z.object({
  type: z.literal("checkout_pr_status_request"),
  cwd: z.string(),
@@ -1763,6 +1771,7 @@ export const SessionInboundMessageSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("type", [
  CheckoutPushRequestSchema,
  CheckoutPrCreateRequestSchema,
  CheckoutPrMergeRequestSchema,
+  CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema,
  CheckoutPrStatusRequestSchema,
  PullRequestTimelineRequestSchema,
  CheckoutSwitchBranchRequestSchema,
@@ -1985,6 +1994,7 @@ export const ServerInfoStatusPayloadSchema = z
    features: z
      .object({
        providersSnapshot: z.boolean().optional(),
+        checkoutGithubSetAutoMerge: z.boolean().optional(),
      })
      .optional(),
  })
@@ -2705,6 +2715,47 @@ export const CheckoutStatusResponseSchema = z.object({
  ]),
 });

+const CheckoutPrGithubAutoMergeRequestSchema = z
+  .object({
+    enabledAt: z.string().nullable().optional().default(null),
+    mergeMethod: z.string().nullable().optional().default(null),
+    enabledBy: z.string().nullable().optional().default(null),
+  })
+  .nullable()
+  .optional()
+  .default(null);
+
+const CheckoutPrGithubRepositoryPolicySchema = z
+  .object({
+    autoMergeAllowed: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    mergeCommitAllowed: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    squashMergeAllowed: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    rebaseMergeAllowed: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod: z.string().nullable().optional().default(null),
+  })
+  .optional()
+  .default({
+    autoMergeAllowed: false,
+    mergeCommitAllowed: false,
+    squashMergeAllowed: false,
+    rebaseMergeAllowed: false,
+    viewerDefaultMergeMethod: null,
+  });
+
+const CheckoutPrGithubStatusSchema = z
+  .object({
+    mergeStateStatus: z.string().nullable().optional().default(null),
+    autoMergeRequest: CheckoutPrGithubAutoMergeRequestSchema,
+    viewerCanEnableAutoMerge: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    viewerCanDisableAutoMerge: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    viewerCanMergeAsAdmin: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    viewerCanUpdateBranch: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    repository: CheckoutPrGithubRepositoryPolicySchema,
+    isMergeQueueEnabled: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    isInMergeQueue: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+  })
+  .optional();
+
 export const CheckoutPrStatusSchema = z.object({
  number: z.number().optional(),
  url: z.string(),
@@ -2735,6 +2786,7 @@ export const CheckoutPrStatusSchema = z.object({
  reviewDecision: z.string().nullable().optional(),
  repoOwner: z.string().optional(),
  repoName: z.string().optional(),
+  github: CheckoutPrGithubStatusSchema,
 });

 const CheckoutPrStatusPayloadSchema = z.object({
@@ -2850,6 +2902,17 @@ export const CheckoutPrMergeResponseSchema = z.object({
  }),
 });

+export const CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponseSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("checkout.github.set_auto_merge.response"),
+  payload: z.object({
+    cwd: z.string(),
+    enabled: z.boolean(),
+    success: z.boolean(),
+    error: CheckoutErrorSchema.nullable(),
+    requestId: z.string(),
+  }),
+});
+
 export const CheckoutPrStatusResponseSchema = z.object({
  type: z.literal("checkout_pr_status_response"),
  payload: CheckoutPrStatusPayloadSchema,
@@ -3408,6 +3471,7 @@ export const SessionOutboundMessageSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("type", [
  CheckoutPushResponseSchema,
  CheckoutPrCreateResponseSchema,
  CheckoutPrMergeResponseSchema,
+  CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponseSchema,
  CheckoutPrStatusResponseSchema,
  PullRequestTimelineResponseSchema,
  CheckoutSwitchBranchResponseSchema,
@@ -3664,6 +3728,12 @@ export type CheckoutPrCreateResponse = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrCreateResponseSc
 export type CheckoutPrMergeRequest = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrMergeRequestSchema>;
 export type CheckoutPrMergeResponse = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrMergeResponseSchema>;
 export type CheckoutPrMergeMethod = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrMergeRequestSchema>["mergeMethod"];
+export type CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequest = z.infer<
+  typeof CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeRequestSchema
+>;
+export type CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponse = z.infer<
+  typeof CheckoutGithubSetAutoMergeResponseSchema
+>;
 export type PullRequestMergeable = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrStatusSchema>["mergeable"];
 export type CheckoutPrStatusRequest = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrStatusRequestSchema>;
 export type CheckoutPrStatusResponse = z.infer<typeof CheckoutPrStatusResponseSchema>;
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/checkout-git.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/checkout-git.test.ts
@@ -1708,6 +1708,30 @@ const x = 1;
    expect(callCount).toBe(1);
  });

+  it("passes forced PR status reads through to the GitHub service", async () => {
+    execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature"], { cwd: repoDir });
+    execFileSync("git", ["remote", "add", "origin", "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git"], {
+      cwd: repoDir,
+    });
+
+    const requested: Array<{ force?: boolean; reason?: string }> = [];
+    const github = createGitHubServiceForStatus(null);
+    github.getCurrentPullRequestStatus = async (options) => {
+      requested.push({
+        ...(options.force ? { force: options.force } : {}),
+        ...(options.reason ? { reason: options.reason } : {}),
+      });
+      return createPullRequestStatus();
+    };
+
+    await getPullRequestStatus(repoDir, github, {
+      force: true,
+      reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+    });
+
+    expect(requested).toEqual([{ force: true, reason: "merge-pr-validation" }]);
+  });
+
  it("expires cached PR status after the TTL", async () => {
    execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature"], { cwd: repoDir });
    execFileSync("git", ["remote", "add", "origin", "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git"], {
@@ -1777,6 +1801,39 @@ const x = 1;
    }
  });

+  it("does not use stale PR status fallback for forced GitHub errors", async () => {
+    execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature"], { cwd: repoDir });
+    execFileSync("git", ["remote", "add", "origin", "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git"], {
+      cwd: repoDir,
+    });
+
+    const github = createGitHubServiceForStatus(null);
+    github.getCurrentPullRequestStatus = async () =>
+      createPullRequestStatus({
+        url: "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/pull/123",
+      });
+
+    const fresh = await getPullRequestStatus(repoDir, github);
+    expect(fresh.status?.url).toContain("/pull/123");
+
+    const error = new GitHubCommandError({
+      args: ["pr", "view"],
+      cwd: repoDir,
+      exitCode: 1,
+      stderr: "could not resolve host: github.com",
+    });
+    github.getCurrentPullRequestStatus = async () => {
+      throw error;
+    };
+
+    await expect(
+      getPullRequestStatus(repoDir, github, {
+        force: true,
+        reason: "merge-pr-validation",
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toBe(error);
+  });
+
  it("clears stale PR status after a successful no-PR refresh", async () => {
    execFileSync("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature"], { cwd: repoDir });
    execFileSync("git", ["remote", "add", "origin", "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git"], {
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/checkout-git.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/checkout-git.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
  GitHubCommandError,
  createGitHubService,
  resolveGitHubRepo,
+  type GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus,
+  type GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts,
  type GitHubService,
  type PullRequestMergeable,
 } from "../services/github-service.js";
@@ -2318,6 +2320,7 @@ export interface PullRequestStatus {
  checks?: PullRequestCheck[];
  checksStatus?: ChecksStatus;
  reviewDecision?: ReviewDecision;
+  github?: GitHubPullRequestStatusFacts;
 }

 export interface PullRequestStatusResult {
@@ -2402,7 +2405,7 @@ export async function getPullRequestStatus(
      return status;
    })
    .catch((error) => {
-      if (error instanceof GitHubCommandError) {
+      if (!options?.force && error instanceof GitHubCommandError) {
        const stale = lastSuccessfulPullRequestStatus.get(cacheKey);
        if (stale) {
          return stale;
@@ -2433,11 +2436,25 @@ async function getPullRequestStatusUncached(
  }
  try {
    const lookupTarget = await resolvePullRequestStatusLookupTarget(cwd, head);
-    const status = await github.getCurrentPullRequestStatus({
-      cwd,
-      ...lookupTarget,
-      reason: options?.reason,
-    });
+    let status: GitHubCurrentPullRequestStatus | null;
+    if (options?.force) {
+      const reason = options.reason;
+      if (!reason) {
+        throw new Error("Forced PR status read requires a reason");
+      }
+      status = await github.getCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+        cwd,
+        ...lookupTarget,
+        force: true,
+        reason,
+      });
+    } else {
+      status = await github.getCurrentPullRequestStatus({
+        cwd,
+        ...lookupTarget,
+        reason: options?.reason,
+      });
+    }
    return {
      status,
      githubFeaturesEnabled: true,