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Aviator

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Velocity6.3

PR automation and merge queue SaaS for high-velocity engineering teams — automate pull request merging, stack PRs, and reduce CI bottlenecks.

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Aviator moves from merging code to judging it: Verify checks PRs against their stated intent.

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◆Current state
Aviator is a merge queue and stacked PR platform. On October 20 it introduced Verify, which checks each pull request against what the change is supposed to do and the team's standing rules, so reviewers weigh evidence instead of reading the whole diff. That follows the October 1 beta in which an LLM separates flaky check failures from real ones and keeps PRs queued, plus September's queue timing metrics and August's support for GitHub's native stacked PRs.
◆Where it's heading
The arc runs from moving PRs (MergeQueue, stacks, Inbox) to deciding whether they are correct. April exposed stacks to AI coding agents, October 1 put an LLM inside the queue, and Verify now puts one in front of review, with criteria the agent writes after building. Aviator is positioning itself as the control layer for agent-written code between commit and merge.
◆Prediction
Expect Verify results to feed the merge queue as a gate, since the same company owns both steps. The entries give no timing, and the docs fragments suggest the feature is still early.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    Introducing Aviator Verify

    ⚡ SPARK

    Verify extends Aviator from the mechanics of merging into judging what gets merged. It builds on the April agent-plugin work and the October flaky test beta, both of which pointed the product at AI-written code arriving in volume.

  2. 25d ago

    AI-powered flaky test management (beta): rerun the flake, keep the queue

    MergeQueue reads failed-check logs with an LLM, reruns failures it judges flaky and keeps the PR in the queue rather than resetting the batch behind it. It is a beta, but it targets the queue's most expensive failure mode and extends the AI work that began with agent plugins.

  3. 1mo ago

    Dark mode is here, and see where your queue time goes

    Dark mode arrives alongside merge timing metrics that export to Prometheus or Datadog. The metrics matter more: teams can now measure where queue time goes, which is the number the later flaky-test work is meant to cut.

  4. 2mo ago

    MergeQueue now supports GitHub's native stacked pull requests

    MergeQueue now handles GitHub CLI-based stacked PRs natively with zero configuration. This closes a friction point for teams using GitHub's own stacking tooling alongside Aviator's queue.

  5. 4mo ago

    Meet Inbox: every PR that needs you, in one place

    The Inbox overhaul consolidates all PR actions in one view, adds stack-level tooling, and ships Firefox support. Aviator is now reachable across every major browser developers use.

  6. 5mo ago

    Chrome Extension gets a revamp

    The Chrome extension surfaces queue status directly on GitHub PR pages and opens faster. Moving the key signal into GitHub itself reduces context-switching to zero.