Branch status resolves an open PR across the whole fork network first, so a
merged fork PR can never hide an open upstream PR for the same head. Only when
no target has an open PR does the branch's newest closed/merged PR come back,
as history.
The panel shows that history as a compact note and offers creating the next PR
below it, instead of either sticking on a terminal PR or going blank after a
merge. Terminal associations stay persisted for reload continuity but are never
treated as authority: they revalidate on the discovery cadence and on focus.
History is looked up only for the branch's own remote and name, and remembered
per repo+branch, so the extra lookup cannot exhaust the route's resolve budget.
The checks summary and merge-permission lookup are skipped for a closed or
merged PR, where neither is actionable.
Bohdan Triapitsyn
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