Confused why max_checks_retries does not work

[andrzejressel]

Hi,

I've enabled max_checks_retries in my repository: https://github.com/andrzejressel/pulumi-gestalt/blob/main/.mergify.yml#L3

And the temporary Mergify PR wasn't retried - it was automaticaly closed: andrzejressel/pulumi-gestalt#2084

Here is something about 1/11 attempt and 2/2?: andrzejressel/pulumi-gestalt#2083 (comment)

I don't understand - why it wasn't retried?

[JulianMaurin]

Hi @andrzejressel, thanks for the detailed report, you caught a real bug on our side.

max_checks_retries: 10 was actually respected: we did start a retry after the first attempt failed. What failed was the retry itself, when recreating the speculative draft PR, GitHub rejected the request because the PR body exceeded their size limit for pull request descriptions. Your repo has a large matrix of required status checks, and the draft PR body we build grew past that limit. The draft therefore
couldn't be recreated and the PR was ejected from the queue.

We've shipped a fix that keeps the draft PR body within GitHub's limit. It'll be rolling out shortly, and you shouldn't see this again.

Thanks again for flagging it!
Best,