Merge backstop sweep (POST)

POST

/cron/merge-backstop

const url = 'https://example.com/api/cron/merge-backstop?dry_run=1&catch_up=1';
const options = {method: 'POST'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://example.com/api/cron/merge-backstop?dry_run=1&catch_up=1'

Scheduled hourly as the merge-backstop stage of the Slipstream hourly-sweeps schedule (scripts/cron-merge-backstop.sh, which pages on nextCursor). The pg_cron block in supabase/migrations/20260901000003_merge_backstop_hourly.sql is a lockstep no-op (extension not installed). Same parameters as GET.

Parameters

Query Parameters

dry_run

string

Allowed values: 1

Classify and report without writing any merge-close.

catch_up

string

Allowed values: 1

Widen the pass (200 tickets, 30 pushes per project, 7-day PR lookback) for a backlog drain.

before

string format: date-time

Keyset cursor — only tickets with updated_at strictly before this timestamp; take it from a previous response’s nextCursor.

Responses

200

Backstop run result

application/json

object

required

boolean

dryRun

required

boolean

catchUp

required

boolean

truncated

required

True when the ticket sweep stopped before every candidate was seen (full page or deadline).

boolean

nextCursor

required

Pass back as before to continue paging; null when nothing remains.

string | null

repair

RepairMergedRolesWhereMergedAtSet counters.

object

key

additional properties

any

sweep

SweepUnmergedTickets counters; null when that sweep threw.

object | null

prSweep

SweepRecentGithubPrs counters; null when that sweep threw.

object | null

401

Missing or invalid CRON_SECRET