Persistent review comments

Persistent review comments allow Qodo to update an existing review comment when new commits are pushed, instead of posting a new review each time.

Instead of posting a new comment for every push, Qodo keeps a single review comment up to date across a pull request’s lifetime.

Why use persistent review comments

Persistent review comments help teams:

• Keep pull request conversations clean
• Track progress across commits more easily
• Reduce noise during iterative reviews

How it works

• With every new commit, Qodo updates the existing review comment.
• If a new issue is introduced in a new commit, it appears as an additional finding marked with a ⭐️ New label.
• All findings are visible directly in the pull request code review.
• Qodo also posts a “Qodo updated to latest commit” message in the pull request each time it updates the comment. To disable this, see Persistent comment notification below.
• Qodo keeps a Previous review results section in the comment, showing the history of past review runs. See Previous review results for how to read it.

To enable this behavior, push-trigger handling must be enabled in your repository configuration. You can enable it from the Qodo portal or using the .pr_agent.toml file.

Enable persistent review comments using the Qodo portal (Recommended)

Navigate to Configurations > Code review and configure Review every push and Persistent comment notification. These settings apply to all connected repositories unless overridden at the repository level. See Portal configuration.

Enable persistent review comments using .pr_agent.toml

Review every push

Add the following inside your relevant git provider section in .pr_agent.toml. Do not include this in multiple provider sections.

Example (GitLab):

[gitlab]
handle_push_trigger = true
push_commands = [
  "/agentic_review"
]

Setting	Default	Behavior
handle_push_trigger	false	Re-runs configured commands when new commits are pushed to the pull request
push_commands	["/agentic_review"]	Commands run on each push, once handle_push_trigger is true

Persistent comment notification

Set the following in the [review_agent] section:

[review_agent]
persistent_comment_notification = true

Value	Behavior
true (default)	Posts a “Qodo updated to latest commit” message each time the comment is updated
false	Suppresses the notification message

See Configure using .pr_agent.toml file.