From 201f592aa9b6d70d5a978219d9cb60f0776abb84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Apache Software Foundation <root-asf-gitbox-commits@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 18:11:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set up default protection ruleset for default and release
 branches

---
 .asf.yaml | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index c5ab4dc4..35f5f36c 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,19 @@ publish:
   whoami: master
 
 staging:
-  profile: ~
-  whoami:  stage
+  profile:
+  whoami: stage
+github:
+  rulesets:
+    - name: "Default Branch Protection"
+      type: branch
+      branches:
+        includes:
+          - "~DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+          - "release/*"
+          - "rel/*"
+        excludes: []
+      bypass_teams:
+        - root
+      restrict_deletion: true
+      restrict_force_push: true