ok

src/Approve.Checker/App.cs

@@ -64,12 +64,16 @@ public class App : IApp
             return 0;
         }
 
-        var isCodeFreezePeriod = _settings.ReleaseCodeFreeze != "true";
+        var isCodeFreezePeriod = _settings.ReleaseCodeFreeze == "true";
         var periodDescription = isCodeFreezePeriod ? "Code-Freeze. Restrictions may apply" : "Normal";
         Console.WriteLine($"Current period is {periodDescription}.");
 
-        approversDict = FilterApprovers(approversDict, isCodeFreezePeriod);
-        if (!await IsApproved(mergeRequest, commit, approversDict))
+        var filtered = FilterApprovers(approversDict, isCodeFreezePeriod);
+        if (!filtered.Any() && isCodeFreezePeriod)
+        {
+            filtered = FilterApprovers(approversDict, false);
+        }
+        if (!await IsApproved(mergeRequest, commit, filtered))
         {
             return -1;
         }

src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/ApproversDto.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab;
 
 public class ApproversDto
 {
-    public bool? ForCodeFreeze { get; set; }
+    public bool ForCodeFreeze { get; set; }
     public int CountApprovers { get; set; } = 1;
     public List<string> Users { get; set; } = new();
 }

src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/Dto/CustomMergeRequest.cs

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 #pragma warning disable CS8618
 
-namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab.Dto
-{
+namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab.Dto;
+
 public sealed class CustomMergeRequest
 {
     [JsonProperty("iid")]
@@ -107,4 +107,3 @@ namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab.Dto
     [JsonProperty("merged_by")]
     public Assignee MergedBy { get; set; }
 }
-}

src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/Settings.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab
-{
+namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab;
+
 public class Settings
 {
     public string GitlabUrl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CI_SERVER_URL") ?? CheckAndThrow("CI_SERVER_URL");
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@
         throw new ArgumentException($"Please define {name}");
     }
 }
-}