## TL;DR

CODEOWNERS auto-requested reviewers who never responded. Ping them directly, request specific individuals instead of the whole team, or check that the CODEOWNERS patterns actually match your changed files.

## Error

```text
Review requested from @org/team  -  2 of 2 required reviews pending, no activity for 6 days.
```

## Steps

1. Check what CODEOWNERS matched: the PR shows which rule requested which team. Expected: you see the owning team for your files.
2. Request specific people, not just the team  -  team requests notify everyone and therefore no one. Expected: named reviewers get notified.
3. Ping in the team's channel with the PR link and what you need reviewed. Expected: a reviewer picks it up.
4. If the team is wrong for the files, fix the CODEOWNERS pattern in a separate PR. Expected: future PRs route to the right owners.

## When to use

- CODEOWNERS requested reviews that never arrived and the PR is stuck.
- The owning team exists but is unresponsive.

## When not to use

- The CODEOWNERS file itself has a syntax error  -  fix the file first.
- Reviews were requested from individuals who responded; the block is elsewhere.

## Tool compatibility

- GitHub / GitLab code owners.
- Any repo with a CODEOWNERS file.

## Variant phrasings

### CODEOWNERS matched the wrong team

Patterns are last-match-wins; reorder or narrow the patterns.

### Team has no active members

Update the team roster or the CODEOWNERS entry.

## Why it happens

CODEOWNERS routes review requests by file path, but a request is just a notification  -  nothing compels a response. PRs stall when the request goes to a large team or to people who no longer own the code.

## Edge cases

- Do not dismiss the requirement by removing the CODEOWNERS entry in the same PR; that is a policy change needing its own review.
- Some orgs let you proceed after N days with no response  -  know your policy before waiting indefinitely.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_9jFYKaTkMDqVPLFRmu5OJA

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