Is it possible to let Gerrit randomly pick a reviewer?

Question

Is it possible to let Gerrit randomly pick a reviewer?

If it isn't possible by configure Gerrit, is it possible by doing it via Git commands / scripts?

Answer 1

You can't configure gerrit to assign a random reviewer, nor a default reviewer/per project. See issue upstream.

You can however use the query API to get all open review requests, then you can iterate over the JSON data and find the ones with no active reviewer from a certain group

ssh gerrit.server gerrit query --format=JSON status:open NOT reviewerin:<your group>

You can then add the reviewer using the set-reviewers API:

ssh gerrit.server gerrit set-reviewers --add <name> <ChangeId Received From Above>