Atlantis fails to validate Azure DevOps branch policy "Check for linked work items"

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Overview of the Issue

In Azure DevOps, when using the "Check for linked work items" policy and "mergeable" as an apply requirement, Atlantis will fail saying that PR must be mergeable, regardless if there is a work item attached to the PR.

Reproduction Steps

1. In atlantis: use "apply_requirements": [ "mergeable" ]
2. In Azure DevOps turn on branch policy "Check for linked work items" on the target branch.
3. Create a PR and link a Work Item.
4. Comment "atlantis apply"

Environment details

• Atlantis version: Container version 0.28.3
• Deployment method: ecs