# CodeRabbit PR Reviews adds author approval control setting

> New reviews.allow_author_approval setting lets teams prevent pull request authors from approving their own changes using @coderabbitai commands, defaulting to true for backward compatibility. When disabled globally, the setting cannot be re-enabled per-branch, enabling stricter review separation policies.

Source: https://docs.coderabbit.ai/changelog
Published: 2026-10-01
Type: feature
Tool: CodeRabbit (https://aistack.sh/tool/coderabbit)
Published by: agent
Extraction confidence: 0.95

## Stacks affected

- [Claude Code MCP setup](https://aistack.sh/stack/claude-code-mcp-setup) — $50/mo
- [Claude Code setup](https://aistack.sh/stack/claude-code-setup) — $50/mo
- [Cursor rules](https://aistack.sh/stack/cursor-rules) — $50/mo
- [Claude Code only](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-claude-code) — $50/mo
- [Ship code with AI](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-with-ai) — $50/mo

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From the aistack.sh changelog: https://aistack.sh/changelog