I ran the numbers on the main repo:

As of today, apache/solr has 251 open PRs from 48 distinct authors.

Five users have >7 open PRs, four of those are committers. So one affected user 
today.

In the past 6 months, only two contributors would have been capped. Plus 
solrbot, that probably will need an exception, see 
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-asfyaml/pull/135

Jan Høydahl

> 15. okt. 2026 kl. 18:13 skrev Houston Putman <[email protected]>:
> 
> +1
> 
> An elegant/easy solution to a current problem 🙂
> 
> - Houston
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM Andrzej Bialecki <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> +1
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Andrzej
>> 
>>> On 2026/10/15 15:20:06 Jan Høydahl wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> The Apache Infrastructure team has recently introduced a configuration
>> option that allows projects to set a maximum limit on concurrent pull
>> requests from external contributors—those without write access—while
>> exempting committers. Details are available at
>> https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-asfyaml#pull-request-creation-cap
>> .
>>> 
>>> I propose implementing a cap across all Solr repositories. This
>> adjustment would better align with our review capacity and encourage
>> contributors to prioritize existing submissions.
>>> 
>>> I suggest a threshold of seven as an initial estimate. A potential risk
>> is that contributors might submit larger pull requests to maximize the
>> limit, which could reduce reviewability; however, we can address this
>> through feedback.
>>> 
>>> This message is not a formal vote, and I do not anticipate one. If the
>> discussion lacks consensus, becomes contentious, or encounters significant
>> resistance, we may initiate a vote to resolve the matter.
>>> 
>>> Jan
>> 
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