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title: "Isolated merge queue mode"
date: 2026-06-02
tags:
  - Merge Queue
description: "A new `isolated` merge queue mode runs every batch as a fully independent car, so a failure or delay in one batch never blocks the others."
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Set `merge_queue.mode` to `isolated` to run every batch as a fully isolated car, with no dependency on any other batch. Unrelated changes no longer wait on each other: a batch that fails or stalls no longer holds up the rest of the queue.