Draft changelog: Merge Queue per-PR merge method

changelog/2026-11-04-merge-queue-per-pr-merge-method.mdx

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+---
+title: "Merge Queue: Choose a merge method per pull request"
+description: "Let whoever submits a PR pick squash, rebase, or merge commit for that PR, from the web app, a /trunk merge comment, or the API."
+date: 2026-11-04
+category: Merge Queue
+type: new-feature
+---
+
+**Merge one PR differently without changing your queue's default.**
+
+### New features
+
+- **Per-PR merge method.** Turn on **Allow choosing a merge method per pull request** in your queue's **Settings** → **General**. Anyone who can submit PRs can then pick squash, rebase, or merge commit. PRs that don't choose use the queue's default. See [Choosing a merge method per pull request](/merge-queue/administration/advanced-settings#choosing-a-merge-method-per-pull-request).
+- **Choose it anywhere you submit.** Use the menu beside the submit button in the Trunk web app, add `--merge-method=rebase` (or `squash`, `merge`) to `/trunk merge`, or send `mergeMethod` through the [API](/merge-queue/using-the-queue/api#merge-method).
+- **See what's chosen.** The submit button, a **Merge method** badge on the PR's page, and Trunk's PR comment all show the chosen method.
+
+### Updates
+
+- **Clear refusals.** Trunk refuses a method that is disabled, changes mid-merge, or is blocked by your branch rulesets, and tells you why. If GitHub refuses the method at merge time, Trunk removes the PR from the queue and comments with GitHub's reason.
+- **Stacks.** Every PR merged together in a [stack](/merge-queue/using-the-queue/stacked-pull-requests) uses the method chosen on the PR you submitted.

changelog/index.mdx

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   Send your build tool's impact to Dynamic CI from Buildkite, show verdicts on GitHub Actions run summaries, and set up the action with a lighter checkout.
 </Update>
 
+<Update label="November 4, 2026" tags={["Merge Queue"]}>
+  **[Merge Queue: Choose a merge method per pull request](/changelog/2026-11-04-merge-queue-per-pr-merge-method)**
+
+  Let whoever submits a PR pick squash, rebase, or merge commit for that PR, from the web app, a /trunk merge comment, or the API.
+</Update>
+
 <Update label="November 3, 2026" tags={["Code Quality"]}>
   **[Code Quality: CLI 1.29.0](/changelog/2026-11-03-code-quality-cli-1-29-0)**
 

docs.json

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                 "group": "November",
                 "pages": [
                   "changelog/2026-11-04-dynamic-ci-impacts-and-action-updates",
+                  "changelog/2026-11-04-merge-queue-per-pr-merge-method",
                   "changelog/2026-11-03-code-quality-cli-1-29-0"
                 ]
               },

merge-queue/changelog.mdx

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 ## 2026
 
+### November 2026
+
+<Update label="November 4, 2026" tags={["Merge Queue"]}>
+  **[Merge Queue: Choose a merge method per pull request](/changelog/2026-11-04-merge-queue-per-pr-merge-method)**
+
+  Let whoever submits a PR pick squash, rebase, or merge commit for that PR, from the web app, a /trunk merge comment, or the API.
+</Update>
+
 ### October 2026
 
 <Update label="October 6, 2026" tags={["Merge Queue"]}>