# Reading a review (https://docs.owndiff.com/pull-requests)

owndiff posts one summary comment on each pull request and keeps it up to date on new commits. It also sets an `owndiff` check run and, when something needs attention, a label.

## Verdicts [#verdicts]

| Verdict            | Check run conclusion | Label                     | Meaning                                                    |
| ------------------ | -------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Aligned**        | success              | none                      | The change matches what the product should do.             |
| **Needs decision** | action required      | `owndiff: needs decision` | The change makes a product decision nobody has recorded.   |
| **Breaks rules**   | failure              | `owndiff: breaks rules`   | The change breaks a business rule from your docs or rules. |

There are no scores. A finding quotes the source it relies on: a rule file, a doc, the pull request description or a linked issue. **Not recorded** has no source, because nothing records the decision.

## Findings [#findings]

| Finding                         | Meaning                                                                        |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Breaks a rule                   | The code contradicts a written rule.                                           |
| Not recorded                    | The change decides something about the product without a record.               |
| Requirement not fully delivered | The pull request claims a requirement the code only partly delivers.           |
| Out of scope                    | The change adds behavior your docs or rules place outside the project's scope. |

A finding marked **Not recorded** is settled by recording the decision in owndiff. The summary on the pull request updates and the decision is kept for later reviews.

## Checks from `.owndiff/` [#checks-from-owndiff]

Every file with `check: true` that matches the change gets its own check run, `owndiff / <title>`. With `conclusion: failure` it can block a merge through branch protection. See [the .owndiff/ folder](/configuration/owndiff-folder).

## When owndiff doesn't review [#when-owndiff-doesnt-review]

- Draft pull requests wait until they are marked ready, unless `triggers.skipDrafts` is `false`.
- With `triggers.mode` set to `tag_only`, pull requests without the `owndiff` label are skipped.
- Authors in `triggers.excludeAuthors` are skipped.
- A pull request above the project's diff limit (3,000 changed lines by default) gets a short note instead of a review. Files in `ignore` don't count toward the limit.