AI Coding Agents Boost Merged Pull Requests by 24% at Microsoft

A 24 percent jump in merged PRs, held for four months, is the number to plan around. Microsoft just published the first production-scale measurement of command-line AI coding agents, and the result is bigger and more specific than the industry was expecting. Engineers actively using the agents merged 24 percent more pull requests, and the lift held steady across four months without decaying. The shape is what matters: it isn't a novelty spike, it isn't a single team's setup, and it isn't an isolated group. It's the curve you'd expect from a tool that actually fits the workflow.

The headline is good. The shape behind it is the news.

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