When flame wars break out, you can lock conversations on issues, pull requests, and commits until cooler heads prevail.

Locked conversation

While a conversation is locked, only people with collaborator permissions can add comments.

  1. Lock issue linkIn the right margin of the issue or pull request, click Lock issue or Lock pull request.
  2. Confirm lock dialog boxRead the information about locking conversations and click Lock this issue or Lock this pull request.
  3. Unlock issue linkWhen you're ready to unlock the conversation, click Unlock issue or Unlock pull request.