From 7a28dda45a22d9e98c19c2f7cf7d84e78630f88a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:36:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Release] add-backport-next (#6645) (#6648)

Co-authored-by: elasticmachine <infra-root+elasticmachine@elastic.co>
(cherry picked from commit 0b8586f9d4f16bcfb899e60495991f9b27a3f271)

Co-authored-by: elastic-vault-github-plugin-prod[bot] <150874479+elastic-vault-github-plugin-prod[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .mergify.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index cb7f38bbcfc..5c258a265ca 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -371,3 +371,16 @@ pull_request_rules:
         labels:
           - "backport"
         title: "[{{ destination_branch }}](backport #{{ number }}) {{ title }}"
+  - name: backport patches to 8.18 branch
+    conditions:
+      - merged
+      - label=backport-8.18
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"
+        branches:
+          - "8.18"
+        labels:
+          - "backport"
+        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}](backport #{{ number }}) {{ title }}"