GitHub says AI slop and other low-quality contribution noise are overwhelming open source maintainers, and outlines shipped and planned controls including disabling or restricting PRs, hiding low-quality comments, archiving PRs, per-user PR and issue caps, bypass lists, and possible global rate limits.
Maintainer Month Update: Tackling Contribution Noise and Giving Maintainers More Control
GitHub says AI slop and other low-quality contribution noise are overwhelming open source maintainers, and outlines shipped and planned controls including disabling or restricting PRs, hiding low-quality comments, archiving PRs, per-user PR and issue caps, bypass lists, and possible global rate limits.
Source: Github