@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     outputs:
+      aged_prs: ${{ steps.get_candidate_prs.outputs.aged_prs }}
       candidates: ${{ steps.get_candidate_prs.outputs.candidates }}
     steps:
       - name: Get Pull Request Candidates
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
                   --search "-label:blocked")
           candidates=$(printf '%s %s\n' "$fast_track_prs" "$aged_prs" |
                   jq -r -s 'reduce .[] as $pr ([]; if index($pr) then . else . + [$pr] end) | join(" ")')
+          echo "aged_prs=$aged_prs" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "candidates=$candidates" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           curl -fsSLo "$readme" "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/raw/${GITHUB_SHA}/README.md"
 
           numbers=
+          lacks_second_approval_prs=
           # shellcheck disable=SC2086
           for pr in $CANDIDATES; do
             metadata="${RUNNER_TEMP}/metadata-${pr}.json"
@@ -139,6 +142,14 @@ jobs:
             if [ "$metadata_status" -ge 20 ] && [ "$metadata_status" -le 29 ]; then
               echo "pr ${pr} skipped, not ready to land"
               echo "reason codes: ${metadata_reason_codes}"
+              if jq -e '
+                    (.reasonCodes | index("wait-time")) and
+                    (.pullRequest.labels | index("lacks-second-approval") | not)
+                  ' "$metadata" > /dev/null; then
+                case " $AGED_PRS " in
+                  *" $pr "*) lacks_second_approval_prs="$lacks_second_approval_prs $pr" ;;
+                esac
+              fi
               continue
             fi
 
@@ -148,11 +159,27 @@ jobs:
           done
 
           numbers=$(echo "$numbers" | xargs)
+          lacks_second_approval_prs=$(echo "$lacks_second_approval_prs" | xargs)
           echo "numbers=$numbers" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "lacks_second_approval_prs=$lacks_second_approval_prs" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
+          AGED_PRS: ${{ needs.get_candidate_prs.outputs.aged_prs }}
           CANDIDATES: ${{ needs.get_candidate_prs.outputs.candidates }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
+      - name: Label Pull Requests Lacking a Second Approval
+        if: steps.get_mergeable_prs.outputs.lacks_second_approval_prs != ''
+        run: |
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+          for pr in $PULL_REQUESTS; do
+            if ! gh -R "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" pr edit "$pr" --add-label 'lacks-second-approval'; then
+              echo "::warning::Failed to add lacks-second-approval to PR ${pr}"
+            fi
+          done
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_USER_TOKEN }}
+          PULL_REQUESTS: ${{ steps.get_mergeable_prs.outputs.lacks_second_approval_prs }}
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
         if: steps.get_mergeable_prs.outputs.numbers != ''
         with:
 
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ landing process by automating it via GitHub Actions. With it, collaborators can
 queue pull requests for landing by adding the `commit-queue` label to a PR. The
 selector checks readiness with `@node-core/utils`. If the pull request is only
 blocked on a deferrable condition, currently wait time, the queue leaves the
-label in place and retries later. Other failures continue to the existing
-landing and failure-reporting path.
+label in place and retries later. For pull requests that are at least two days
+old and still waiting for a second approval, the queue adds the
+`lacks-second-approval` label. The queue removes that label when it removes the
+`commit-queue` label. Other failures continue to the existing landing and
+failure-reporting path.
 
 To make the Commit Queue squash all the commits of a pull request into the
 first one, add the `commit-queue-squash` label.
 
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
 
 COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL="commit-queue"
 COMMIT_QUEUE_FAILED_LABEL="commit-queue-failed"
+LACKS_SECOND_APPROVAL_LABEL="lacks-second-approval"
 
 cqurl="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL:?}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:?}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID:?}"
 
@@ -24,11 +25,43 @@ escape_code_block_or_line() {
   printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "$fence" "$sep" "$1" "$sep" "$fence"
 }
 
+edit_pr_labels() {
+  pr=$1
+  failure_mode=$2
+  shift 2
+  if gh -R "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" pr edit "$pr" "$@"; then
+    return
+  fi
+  if [ "$failure_mode" = warn ]; then
+    echo "::warning::Failed to update labels for PR $pr"
+    return
+  fi
+  return 1
+}
+
+remove_labels_if_present() {
+  pr=$1
+  shift
+  labels=
+  for label in "$@"; do
+    if jq -e --arg label "$label" \
+        'map(.name) | index($label)' < labels.json > /dev/null; then
+      labels="${labels}${labels:+,}${label}"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [ -n "$labels" ]; then
+    edit_pr_labels "$pr" warn --remove-label "$labels"
+  fi
+}
+
 commit_queue_failed() {
   pr=$1
   reported_failure=${2:-}
 
-  gh -R "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" pr edit "$pr" --add-label "${COMMIT_QUEUE_FAILED_LABEL}" --remove-label "${COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL}"
+  edit_pr_labels "$pr" required --add-label "$COMMIT_QUEUE_FAILED_LABEL" \
+    --remove-label "$COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL"
+  remove_labels_if_present "$pr" "$LACKS_SECOND_APPROVAL_LABEL"
 
   last_output_line=$(awk 'NF { line = $0 } END { sub(/^[[:space:]]*/, "", line); print line }' output)
   # shellcheck disable=SC2016
@@ -145,8 +178,9 @@ for pr in "$@"; do
 
   [ -z "$MULTIPLE_COMMIT_POLICY" ] && gh -R "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" pr close "$pr"
 
-  # Delete the commit queue label (but ignore errors, it's no big deal if a closed PR still has the label)
-  gh -R "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" pr edit "$pr" --remove-label "$COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL" || true
+  # Delete the commit queue labels (but ignore errors, it's no big deal if a closed PR still has them)
+  remove_labels_if_present "$pr" "$COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL" \
+    "$LACKS_SECOND_APPROVAL_LABEL"
 done
 
 rm -f labels.json