Hi! Good news: this isn't a Trial-plan restriction, and there are no trial-specific limits on auto-deploy. What's happening is about GitHub identity.

When a push comes in for a private repo, Railway auto-deploys it only if the GitHub account that made the push maps to a Railway user with access to that project. If the pushing GitHub identity can't be matched to your Railway account (or it's matched to an account without project access), Railway plays it safe and parks the deploy in "Needs approval" rather than deploying automatically.

The most common cause is that the GitHub account pushing the commits isn't linked to the Railway account that owns the project. To fix it:

1. Open your Railway account settings and confirm your GitHub account is connected (the same GitHub user that authors/pushes the commits).
2. If it's connected but pushes still need approval, disconnect and reconnect the GitHub integration, then make a fresh push to test.
3. Make sure the commits are pushed by the GitHub user linked to your Railway account, not a separate bot/machine or different org identity. Pushes from bot/CI accounts that can't be linked to a Railway user will keep requiring approval by design.

If you've confirmed the link is correct and it still happens on every push, reply here and we can set your workspace to skip approval entirely from our side.