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. In the right margin of the issue or pull request, click Lock issue or Lock pull request. Lock issue link
  2. Read the information about locking conversations and click Lock this issue or Lock this pull request. Confirm lock dialog box
  3. When you're ready to unlock the conversation, click Unlock issue or Unlock pull request. Unlock issue link