# Customizing Quality Gates Quality Gates return a **Pass** or **Fail** (sometimes referred to as **Go/No-Go** rules) rating for analysis, depending on the selected criteria. To create a new Quality Gate, follow the steps below: 1. Navigate to your organization's page and select the **Quality Gates** tab.

2. **Copy** an existing Quality Gate to use as a template or select **Create** to design it from scratch. 3. Give it a unique name and select **Save**.

4. To add desired conditions with their Warning and Error thresholds, click on **Add Condition**.

{% hint style="info" %} Note: To customize a Quality Gate that is already in use, click on **Unlock editing** first, as shown below. {% endhint %}

5. Conditions on **New Code** and **Old Code** must be added separately.

6. To assign Quality Gates to specific projects, use the **Project Settings > Quality Gates** menu for your project and select the one you would like to use.

7. A default **Quality Gate** can be set at the org level. Select **Set as Default.**

Then it will be assigned automatically to every new project, except those for which you specify a different gate. (See step 6.) {% hint style="info" %} **NOTE:** BUILT-IN Quality Gates are standard and can’t be edited. But you can always **Copy** and customize as needed. (See step 2.) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} **NOTE**: Changing the severity to '**Info**' will not block the Quality Gates. {% endhint %}