# Recovering a PR

Sometimes a run commits and **pushes** its work but the pull request doesn't open
— usually a GitHub token scope/permission issue at the moment of creation. The
work isn't lost.

## What happens

- The run status shows **pushed** (branch is on GitHub, no PR).
- AM stored the computed **PR title and body** (including the agent's summary) and
  the branch, so the PR can be recreated *identically* later.

## Recover it

1. Fix the underlying cause (e.g. ensure your [GitHub connection](/docs/connect-github)
   has PR permissions).
2. Open the run and click **Create PR**.
3. AM recreates the pull request from the stored title/body + the pushed branch —
   matching what a normal run would have produced.

## Avoiding it

Most commonly this is a one‑time auth/config gap. Once the GitHub connection has
the right scope, subsequent runs open PRs automatically.

## Related

- [Connect GitHub](/docs/connect-github) · [Reading a run](/docs/reading-runs)