Limit who can approve bitbucket pull requests

[Bitbucket_Redkarma_Admin]

Hey guys,

Is there a way of making sure that the author of a pull request is not capable of approving its own pull request, or to merge without having all the necessary approvals?

Sorry, new to Bitbucket!

[jredmond · Accepted solution]

Authors can always approve their own pull requests, but the author's approval doesn't count towards any minimum approval requirement. (For example, if my pull request requires two approvals, then I can still click "Approve" - but my approval won't count as one of those two required approvals.)

As for preventing merges without necessary approvals, please see https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/suggest-or-require-checks-before-a-merge-856691474.html

[Bitbucket_Redkarma_Admin]

Thank you @jredmond! That clears it!!