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Blast radius is Qodo’s classification of a code change’s risk, based on its scope and sensitivity. Qodo makes this classification available as a native pull request tag (Azure DevOps) or label (GitHub, GitLab), so you can triage which pull requests need the closest review directly from your Git provider’s pull request list.

How blast radius is classified
Each pull request receives one of three risk levels:- 🔴 Large blast radius
- 🟠 Medium blast radius
- 🟡 Small blast radius
Azure DevOps: Native tags don’t support displaying emoji in pull requests. As a result, the tag appears as plain text, for example “Large blast radius”.
Set using the Qodo portal (Recommended)
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Navigate to Configurations > Workflow > Code review.
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Enable Publish blast radius label.
Set using .pr_agent.toml
false.
Related resources
- Code review anatomy: See how this label fits alongside other native labels Qodo can publish.
- Generate PR labels automatically: Configure custom, content-based labels alongside the automatic blast radius label.
- Optimize AI effort with Review effort mode: See how Qodo also uses risk to control how deeply it reviews a pull request.