Enable automatic merging fails with HTTP Status 400

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Symptoms

When enabling "Automatic merging" through "Settings >> Branching model >> Enable automatic merging >> Save", the page shows:

1 2 3 HTTP Status 400 -    description The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect.

Cause

The Notifyr plugin was found to be causing this issue on a Bitbucket Server 2.10.1 instance . The customer has reported the issue to the vendor through their public issue tracker.

Resolution

The resolution is to disable the plugin.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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