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+# Copyright 2023 The Cobalt Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Updates the requires status checks for a branch."""
+
+import argparse
+from github import Github
+from typing import List
+
+YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN = ''
+assert YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN != '', 'YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN must be set.'
+
+TARGET_REPO = 'youtube/cobalt'
+
+EXCLUDED_CHECK_PATTERNS = [
+    'feedback/copybara',
+    '_on_device_',
+    'codecov',
+    'prepare_branch_list',
+    'cherry_pick',
+    # Excludes templated check names.
+    '${{'
+]
+
+# Exclude rc_11 and COBALT_9 releases.
+MINIMUM_LTS_RELEASE_NUMBER = 19
+LATEST_LTS_RELEASE_NUMBER = 24
+
+
+def get_protected_branches() -> List[str]:
+  branches = ['main']
+  for i in range(MINIMUM_LTS_RELEASE_NUMBER, LATEST_LTS_RELEASE_NUMBER + 1):
+    branches.append(f'{i}.lts.1+')
+  return branches
+
+
+def initialize_repo_connection():
+  g = Github(YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN)
+  return g.get_repo(TARGET_REPO)
+
+
+def get_checks_for_branch(repo, branch: str) -> None:
+  prs = repo.get_pulls(
+      state='closed', sort='updated', base=branch, direction='desc')
+
+  latest_pr = None
+  for pr in prs:
+    if pr.merged:
+      latest_pr = pr
+      break
+
+  latest_pr_commit = repo.get_commit(latest_pr.head.sha)
+  checks = latest_pr_commit.get_check_runs()
+  return checks
+
+
+def should_include_run(check_run) -> bool:
+  for pattern in EXCLUDED_CHECK_PATTERNS:
+    if pattern in check_run.name:
+      return False
+  return True
+
+
+def get_required_checks_for_branch(repo, branch: str) -> List[str]:
+  checks = get_checks_for_branch(repo, branch)
+  filtered_check_runs = [run for run in checks if should_include_run(run)]
+  check_names = [run.name for run in filtered_check_runs]
+  return check_names
+
+
+def print_checks(branch: str, check_names: List[str]) -> None:
+  print(f'Checks for {branch}:')
+  for check_name in check_names:
+    print(check_name)
+  print()
+
+
+def update_protection_for_branch(repo, branch: str,
+                                 check_names: List[str]) -> None:
+  branch = repo.get_branch(branch)
+  branch.edit_protection(contexts=check_names)
+
+
+def parse_args() -> None:
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '-b',
+      '--branch',
+      action='append',
+      help='Branch to update. Can be repeated to update multiple branches.'
+      ' Defaults to all protected branches.')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--dry_run',
+      action='store_true',
+      default=False,
+      help='Only print protection updates.')
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  if not args.branch:
+    args.branch = get_protected_branches()
+
+  return args
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+  args = parse_args()
+  repo = initialize_repo_connection()
+  for branch in args.branch:
+    required_checks = get_required_checks_for_branch(repo, branch)
+    if args.dry_run:
+      print_checks(branch, required_checks)
+    else:
+      update_protection_for_branch(repo, branch, required_checks)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()