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247bb49f4bdda57fd78468a19b2f6b6509bc201c
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Milutin Kristofic <milutin@google.com>
Thu Feb 19 19:31:00 2026 +0100
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Milutin Kristofic <milutin@google.com>
Wed Jul 15 21:08:32 2026 +0200
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16596d67edeceaf84253982e6b4c4ad9d02e54b6
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Prevent reviewer demotion when auto-adding author as CC

When a new patch set is pushed, Gerrit automatically attempts to add
the author and committer of the new commit as CCs on the change.
Previously, this operation would forcibly update the user's state to
CC, effectively downgrading them if they were already a Reviewer.

This change introduces an `allowDowngradeToCC` flag in the reviewer
input logic. We set this flag to `false` specifically for this
automatic author/committer addition, ensuring that existing Reviewers
retain their role while still ensuring the author/committer is at
least a CC.

Google-Bug-Id: b/483664163
Release-Notes: skip
Change-Id: I7dc509e22b4758c6e5bb4e2d2fcad273a226804e
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