From a538c3f22739f925c09888bf27c296544ac86909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Joyner <cjoyner@palantir.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 11:34:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adding self-approval policy

---
 .policy.yml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.policy.yml b/.policy.yml
index 85d5e9d8090..76bbdf33e00 100644
--- a/.policy.yml
+++ b/.policy.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ policy:
   approval:
     - or:
         # Blueprint team members - trusted
+        - blueprint team member self-approval
         - blueprint team member approved by one admin
         - blueprint team member approved by two admins (contributor allowed)
         # External contributors - stricter
@@ -28,6 +29,21 @@ approval_rules:
   # BLUEPRINT TEAM MEMBERS (trusted)
   # ============================================
 
+  - name: blueprint team member self-approval
+    description: >
+      For PRs authored by Blueprint team members. Allows the author to approve
+      their own PR (self-approval).
+    options:
+      allow_contributor: true
+      invalidate_on_push: false
+      ignore_edited_comments: true
+    if:
+      has_author_in:
+        teams: ["palantir/blueprint"]
+    requires:
+      count: 1
+      permissions: ["admin", "maintain"]
+
   - name: blueprint team member approved by one admin
     description: >
       For PRs authored by Blueprint team members. Approvals are not invalidated