pi-pr-review 1.11.2 → 1.11.3

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.11.3](https://github.com/10ego/pi-pr-review/compare/v1.11.2...v1.11.3) (2026-07-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **publish:** downgrade self-approval to comment ([#44](https://github.com/10ego/pi-pr-review/issues/44)) ([f7c8b71](https://github.com/10ego/pi-pr-review/commit/f7c8b71ca587fb9551bbb24448e70de9733b135b))
+
 ## [1.11.2](https://github.com/10ego/pi-pr-review/compare/v1.11.1...v1.11.2) (2026-07-22)
 
 

package/README.md

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Each finding includes:
 | `P3` | Low-priority improvement. |
 | `nit` | Trivial or optional. |
 
-The verdict is `request_changes` only when a validated P0 or P1 finding exists. Otherwise it is `approve` or `comment`. By default, publication uses the GitHub `COMMENT` event. When `approveMaxPriorityLevel` is set to `P2`, `P3`, or `nit`, a review whose verdict is `approve` and whose findings are all at or below that level is published as a GitHub `APPROVE` event instead. A stale publication additionally requires `allowStaleApprovals: true`; authorized non-open publications do not.
+The verdict is `request_changes` only when a validated P0 or P1 finding exists. Otherwise it is `approve` or `comment`. By default, publication uses the GitHub `COMMENT` event. When `approveMaxPriorityLevel` is set to `P2`, `P3`, or `nit`, a review whose verdict is `approve` and whose findings are all at or below that level is published as a GitHub `APPROVE` event instead. GitHub does not permit authors to approve their own PRs, so a self-authored PR is published as `COMMENT` even when it otherwise qualifies. A stale publication additionally requires `allowStaleApprovals: true`; authorized non-open publications do not.
 
 | Setting | Behavior |
 |---|---|

package/lib/pr-review-publish.ts

@@ -1425,6 +1425,7 @@ interface PullState {
 	draft?: boolean;
 	merged_at?: string | null;
 	head?: { sha?: string };
+	user?: { login?: string };
 }
 
 export interface HeadPublicationPlan {
@@ -1626,7 +1627,11 @@ export async function publishPullReview(input: {
 		}
 		// Stale publication authorization is independent from merge-relevant stale
 		// approval. The latter requires its own explicit frozen config opt-in.
+		// GitHub rejects a formal APPROVE from the PR author. Downgrade before the
+		// single write rather than retrying a rejected review as COMMENT.
+		const isSelfAuthored = pull.user?.login?.toLowerCase() === identity.toLowerCase();
 		const isApprove =
+			!isSelfAuthored &&
 			(!headPlan.stale || allowStaleApprovals) &&
 			shouldApproveReview(validatedReview, approveMaxPriorityLevel);
 		const built = buildLosslessReviewPayload({

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pi-pr-review",
-  "version": "1.11.2",
+  "version": "1.11.3",
   "description": "Parallel AI code review for GitHub pull requests in the Pi coding agent, with model-agnostic tiered subagents, structured findings, optional verification, and safe COMMENT-only publishing.",
   "keywords": [
     "pi-package",