Activity and Checks

Inspect pull request activity and build checks.

Global options available on all PR commands: --json [fields], --jq <expression>, --no-color, -w, --workspace, -r, --repo.

bb pr activity

Show a pull request activity log.

bb pr activity <id> [options]

Arguments

Argument	Description
id	Pull request ID

Options

Option	Description	Default
--limit <number>	Maximum number of activity entries	25
--all	Show all activity entries (overrides --limit)
--type <types>	Filter by activity type (comma-separated): comment, approval, changes_requested, merge, decline, commit, update
--no-truncate	Global flag. Show full details without truncation
-w, --workspace <workspace>	Workspace
-r, --repo <repo>	Repository
--json	Output as JSON

Examples

# View activity for PR #42
bb pr activity 42

# Filter to comment and approval events
bb pr activity 42 --type comment,approval

# Limit results
bb pr activity 42 --limit 10

# Show the full activity history
bb pr activity 42 --all

# Get activity as JSON
bb pr activity 42 --json

Output:

TYPE      ACTOR     DATE                      DETAILS
--------  --------  ------------------------  --------------------------------
UPDATE    Sam Ali   Jul 29, 2026 at 01:20 PM  state: OPEN
COMMENT   Jane Doe  Jul 29, 2026 at 10:41 AM  #486513002 Why was this removed?
APPROVAL  Lee Park  Jul 28, 2026 at 06:05 PM  approved
COMMIT    Sam Ali   Jul 28, 2026 at 05:58 PM  commit a1b2c3d

Notes

• Comment snippets and change-request reasons are truncated to 80 characters, and title: change details to 60. Use --no-truncate for the full text
• An unrecognized --type token fails with --type must be one of: comment, approval, changes_requested, merge, decline, commit, update. Each bad token that is close to a valid one adds a (Did you mean ...?) line; tokens with no close match add nothing
• --limit is enforced across paginated activity responses
• When the result is capped by --limit, a hint shows how many were listed; use a higher --limit or --all to see the rest (suppressed with --json)

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bb pr checks

Show CI/CD checks and build status for a pull request.

bb pr checks <id> [options]

Arguments

Argument	Description
id	Pull request ID

Options

Option	Description
--no-truncate	Global flag. Show full check descriptions without truncation
-w, --workspace <workspace>	Workspace
-r, --repo <repo>	Repository
--json	Output as JSON

Examples

# View checks for PR #42
bb pr checks 42

# View checks in a specific repository
bb pr checks 42 -w myworkspace -r myrepo

# Get checks as JSON
bb pr checks 42 --json

Output:

Pull Request #42 - 3 checks
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
STATUS       NAME            DESCRIPTION                    UPDATED
-----------  --------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------
OK passed    build           Build succeeded in 2m 11s      Jul 29, 2026 at 01:31 PM
FAIL failed  unit-tests      3 of 412 tests failed          Jul 29, 2026 at 01:34 PM
RUN running  deploy-preview  Deploying preview environment  Jul 29, 2026 at 01:36 PM

OK 1 successful, FAIL 1 failed, RUN 1 pending

Notes

• The STATUS cell is an icon plus a label: OK passed, FAIL failed, RUN running, STOP stopped, or ? plus the raw state for anything else
• The summary line counts only successful, failed, and running checks, so it can total fewer than the header count
• Check descriptions are truncated to 40 characters in the table view. Use --no-truncate for the full text
• bb pr checks is not paginated — it makes a single request and has no --limit or --all
• --json returns { pullRequestId, workspace, repoSlug, summary, statuses }. Unlike list commands, there is no count key — use the length of statuses
• With no checks, the command prints No CI/CD checks found for this pull request; with --json it returns an empty statuses array