Pull requests — nothing is left dangling

A PR is finished when every question raised on it has an answer and every check that gates it has actually run. Both halves get skipped in the same way: by reading a summary instead of the thing itself.

The rule: never leave a review conversation open

Every review thread on a PR must be resolved before merge — no exceptions, including threads you disagree with and threads that have become obsolete. An open thread is an unanswered question, and a merged PR with open threads tells the next reader that nobody decided.

Resolving does not mean agreeing. There are exactly three honest outcomes, and each needs a reply before the thread is resolved: