--- title: New repository settings for configuring pull request access description: GitHub introduced two new repository settings for managing pull request access. Maintainers can now completely disable pull requests (hiding the tab and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-access-3telmhbby twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New repository settings for configuring pull request access | daily.dev og:description: GitHub introduced two new repository settings for managing pull request access. Maintainers can now completely disable pull requests (hiding the tab and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-access-3telmhbby og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3TeLmhBBy.png og:image:alt: New repository settings for configuring pull request access og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New repository settings for configuring pull request access **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub introduced two new repository settings for managing pull request access. Maintainers can now completely disable pull requests (hiding the tab and preventing all PR activity) or restrict PR creation to collaborators only while keeping existing PRs visible. These settings are available in repository Settings > General > Features for all public and private repositories, helping maintainers control contributions for mirror repos, read-only codebases, or during critical development phases. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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