tools: label PRs lacking second approval

[panva]

Pull requests in the commit queue that are at least two days old and lack a 2nd approval get labeled with lacks-second-approval. This makes it visible why the pull request has not landed yet and helps collaborators find pull requests that need another review.

• feat: expose pull request labels in metadata JSON node-core-utils#1169
• Release @node-core/utils chore(main): release 7.2.0 node-core-utils#1162
• Create the lacks-second-approval label in nodejs/node-auto-test
• Test in nodejs/node-auto-test
• Create the lacks-second-approval label in nodejs/node

[nodejs-github-bot]

Review requested:

• @nodejs/actions
• @nodejs/tsc

[panva]

Tested in nodejs/node-auto-test

• aged PR without the label with one approval CQ run: https://github.com/nodejs/node-auto-test/actions/runs/32972833149/job/98190399496 added a label tools: testing CQ label automation node-auto-test#103 (comment)
• aged PR with the label with one approval CQ run: https://github.com/nodejs/node-auto-test/actions/runs/32972948951/job/98190775642 skips the job

[nodejs-github-bot]

Commit Queue failed

Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
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   ℹ  This PR was created on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:43:36 GMT
   ✔  Approvals: 2
   ✔  - James M Snell (@jasnell) (TSC): https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65538#pullrequestreview-5018832373
   ✔  - Trivikram Kamat (@trivikr): https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65538#pullrequestreview-5045656685
   ℹ  Green GitHub CI is sufficient
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   ✔  Aborted `git node land` session in /home/runner/work/node/node/.ncu

The pull request was removed from the Commit Queue and labeled commit-queue-failed PRs whose Commit Queue landing failed and need manual intervention before retrying. . After resolving the failure, remove that label and add commit-queue PRs queued for automated landing through the Commit Queue. to retry.

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- Loading data for nodejs/node/pull/65538
✔  Done loading data for nodejs/node/pull/65538
----------------------------------- PR info ------------------------------------
Title      tools: label PRs lacking second approval (#65538)
Author     Filip Skokan <panva.ip@gmail.com> (@panva)
Branch     panva:commit-queue-approval-label -> nodejs:main
Labels     meta, tools, author ready, commit-queue
Commits    1
 - tools: label PRs lacking second approval
Committers 1
 - Filip Skokan <panva.ip@gmail.com>
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65538
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
------------------------------ Generated metadata ------------------------------
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65538
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
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   ℹ  This PR was created on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:43:36 GMT
   ✔  Approvals: 2
   ✔  - James M Snell (@jasnell) (TSC): https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65538#pullrequestreview-5018832373
   ✔  - Trivikram Kamat (@trivikr): https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65538#pullrequestreview-5045656685
   ℹ  Green GitHub CI is sufficient
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   ✔  Aborted `git node land` session in /home/runner/work/node/node/.ncu

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[panva]

Let me drill into that CQ failure before landing this. Leaving it open will help to reproduce.

[panva]

Landed in 7276858