Make "Automatic Merge" available even when build hasn't started

Description

We had just upgraded to 8.11-ee and noticed that the “Automatic Merge” button is missing until the build actually starts, whereas before we upgraded, the button was there right when the merge was created. Has there been a deliberate change in functionality or would this be considered a bug? I’m having multiple complaints from my users saying that this isn’t great…

Links / references

https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/38989

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