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Backporting bug fixes is dead, Project Valkey now sends in the bots

calendar_today June 20, 2026 person Adrian Bridgwater domain the-new-stack

Project Valkey deployed AI agents for version 9.1 to automate backporting bug fixes across multiple support branches, freeing maintainers for core engineering work. The agents handle cherry-picking, conflict resolution, and CI verification while humans retain final approval authority.

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