# Pipelines for merge requests
NOTE: **Note**:
As of GitLab 11.10, pipelines for merge requests require GitLab Runner 11.9
or higher due to the [recent refspecs
changes](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/25504).
Anything lower will cause the pipeline to fail.
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15310) in GitLab 11.6.
Usually, when you create a new merge request, a pipeline runs with the
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