Github Merge queue - unable to email notify

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Hi,
In my pipelines yaml file I have the following step:

notify:
  - email: "${BUILDKITE_BUILD_AUTHOR_EMAIL}"
    if: build.state == "failing" || build.state == "failed"

this block of code works fine during the initial CI checks on PR creation but when I join the merge queue in github, this block fails because BUILDKITE_BUILD_AUTHOR_EMAIL is empty(“”) which fails the entire pipeline.

I think this is happening because Github creates a temporary commit and branch, this branch doesnt have a author or email attached to the commit, how can I overcome this ? I would like to notify users when the pipeline fails in the merge-queue

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Hey @Nazliton

Welcome to the Buildkite Community Forums!

We saw you reached out via email as well with the same question and we have responded to your email for more information.

Cheers,
Tom