Why My BugBot Kept Re-Reviewing PRs on Push and How I Fixed It for Good

I recently added BugBot to our Cursor IDE workflow for AI-powered pull request reviews, but ran into a headache: even with ‘Only Run Once’ enabled, it kept re-reviewing PRs after every push. This was inflating our costs and cluttering our workflow, so I rolled up my sleeves to fix it.

The Real Issue

Here’s what I misunderstood: as a team admin, I’d set ‘Only Run Once’ thinking it applied to everyone. Turns out? It’s a personal setting. So whenever any teammate pushed changes, BugBot happily re-ran reviews – not what we wanted with our budget!

Finding the Culprit

The penny dropped when I realized every team member needed to configure this individually after GitHub authentication. My global admin setting didn’t override their personal preferences. No wonder we got duplicate reviews!

How We Solved It

• First, I had everyone check their personal BugBot settings in Cursor to enable ‘Only Run Once’
• Some hit a snag – their settings page showed blank! We reported this bug, and the Cursor team patched it fast
• After updating, teammates authenticated via ‘Connect GitHub’ – suddenly the preferences appeared
• With everyone’s settings updated, BugBot finally stopped re-reviewing. Hallelujah!

Lessons Learned

Now I make sure every new contributor authenticates and configures their BugBot personally. I also set team spending limits upfront. These two steps keep our AI reviews lean, mean, and cost-effective – just how we like it.