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From: "mintlify[bot]" <109931778+mintlify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 18:51:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add changelog entry for Chrome Extension updates
 (2026-05-19)

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+---
+title: "Merge Queue: Chrome Extension Quality-of-Life Updates"
+description: "Automatic bot comment hiding, a skip-batching toggle, and Celebration Mode come to the Trunk for GitHub Chrome Extension."
+date: "2026-05-19"
+category: "Merge Queue"
+---
+
+This week's updates to the [Trunk for GitHub Chrome Extension](/merge-queue/chrome-extension) cut PR clutter and give you more control at submission time.
+
+## New features
+
+### Skip batching toggle
+
+When batching is enabled for your repository, the extension's merge queue panel now includes a **Skip batching** toggle. Flip it on to enqueue a PR without grouping it into a batch — useful for hotfixes or any PR that needs to merge without waiting for a batch window. Previously, opting out of batching required the `/trunk merge --no-batch` CLI command. [Learn more](/merge-queue/chrome-extension#submit-a-pull-request-to-the-queue).
+
+### Celebration Mode
+
+A new optional **Celebration** setting plays a confetti burst each time you add a PR to the merge queue. Toggle it on from the extension's **Options** page. The effect respects your operating system's reduced motion preference, so nothing animates if you have **Reduce motion** enabled. [Learn more](/merge-queue/chrome-extension#frequently-asked-questions).
+
+## Updates
+
+### Automatic bot comment hiding
+
+On PRs managed by Trunk, the extension now automatically hides the Trunk bot comments that prompt you to submit a PR to the merge queue. Because the extension already adds an in-page merge queue panel, those comments were redundant — hiding them cuts noise from your PR conversation without removing any queue controls. Submit, cancel, and status actions remain available through the extension panel.
+
+Hiding only applies on PR pages where the extension overlay is active, and only to merge-queue prompt comments from the `trunk-io` and `trunk-staging-io` bot accounts. Other bot comments and non-merge-queue Trunk comments are unaffected. [Learn more](/merge-queue/chrome-extension#automatic-bot-comment-hiding).