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chore(renovate): merge nothing automatically, group less, read Node from .nvmrc - #189
No Renovate update merges itself. Every dependency PR now waits for a person (or an agent acting for one) to review and merge it. Before this, the lint/test patch lane and the Node floor PR merged on green.
Fewer PRs. Below a major, updates now arrive in three groups:
Group
Contains
ships to users (non-major)
runtime dependencies + the frontend packages Vite bundles
dev tooling (non-major)
all other devDependencies, now incl. TypeScript, @types/node, Tailwind and the old lint/test lane
CI and container
GitHub Actions + Dockerfile base-image digests
These keep their own PR: esbuild, Drizzle, OpenCode SDK, toolchain (node + npm), Node floor, weekly lockfile refresh, security fixes. A major arrives alone unless its packages have to move together: React with react-dom and their types, Vite with its React plugin, Drizzle, Tailwind with its Vite plugin, node with npm, and the families Renovate's built-in presets group (CodeMirror, Radix, ESLint, the artifact actions). A final catch-all rule switches automerge off after any preset, and the lockfile refresh and security lanes, which that rule cannot reach, state automerge: false themselves.
Other settings
prConcurrentLimit: 5 → 10. Security PRs ignore the limit anyway.
rebaseWhen: behind-base-branch, because main requires branches to be up to date.
OSV vulnerability data is turned on.
Workflows read the build Node from .nvmrc. 45 typed node-version: 24.x lines became node-version-file: .nvmrc, so Renovate's toolchain PR arrives complete instead of red. The release npm job gets a sparse checkout of .nvmrc only, and the four scripts-only container jobs now list .nvmrc in their sparse checkouts (fixed in review round 1). The user floor (engines.node) is untouched.
Found along the way
The old "bundled frontend" group never worked. It sat above the dev-tooling rule, and in Renovate the later rule wins, so React, CodeMirror and the rest went into dev tooling (see chore(deps): Update dev tooling (non-major) #184). Fixed by rule order, and confirmed with a local renovate --dry-run=lookup.
The OpenCode SDK was described as reviewed on its own, but it had been going into the runtime group. It now gets its own PR.
Review round 2: Renovate's React preset (44.111.4, the hosted app's version) also sweeps eslint-plugin-react-hooks majors into the React PR, and nothing paired Vite with @vitejs/plugin-react, whose peer range allows one Vite major. Both pairs are now explicit rules.
Departures and side effects
Republish workflows now use the Node that the republished release recorded in its own .nvmrc, which matches what its Dockerfile already did. Releases before 0.5.0 have no .nvmrc and can no longer be republished (alpha, accepted).
tests/nodeFloor.test.ts no longer requires CONTRIBUTING to state the pin. That copy would have made every toolchain PR red.
CONTRIBUTING documents the review flow, and warns not to use GitHub's Update branch button on Renovate PRs. Renovate stops maintaining a branch someone else committed to. Tick the rebase box instead.
The website docs were deliberately left unchanged.
Checks run locally
renovate-config-validator --strict (44.13.2), actionlint 1.7.12, typecheck, lint, full suite: 6791 passed. installScriptPolicy needs npm 12 and passes with it. verify:version passed. I broke each new test assertion on purpose and confirmed it went red.
Require reviewed dependency updates, streamline Renovate pull request grouping, and centralize workflow Node version management in .nvmrc.
Bug Fixes:
Prevent Renovate dependency pull requests from merging without human or delegated-agent review.
Ensure CI, release, republish, and container workflows consistently source their build Node version from .nvmrc.
Correct Renovate grouping so frontend runtime packages and the OpenCode SDK receive their intended update lanes.
Enhancements:
Simplify and clarify Renovate update grouping, isolate major and selected dependency updates, increase the concurrent pull request limit, enable OSV vulnerability data, and configure automatic rebasing when branches fall behind.
Update contribution guidance and policy tests to reflect manual Renovate merging and centralized Node version management.
CI:
Replace hard-coded workflow Node versions with .nvmrc-based configuration, including sparse checkout for the release npm publishing job.
Deployment:
Make release republishing use the Node version recorded by each release's .nvmrc.
Documentation:
Document Renovate review, grouping, rebasing, and Node toolchain procedures in CONTRIBUTING and the changelog.
Tests:
Revise workflow and Node floor policy tests to enforce .nvmrc usage and prohibit Renovate automerge settings.
…rom .nvmrc
What changed
- No Renovate update merges itself. The patch-level lint/test lane and the
Node floor pull request used to automerge; `automerge: false` is now stated
at the top level and every per-rule automerge is gone.
tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts walks the whole config and fails on any
`automerge` that is not false.
- `rebaseWhen: behind-base-branch`. `main` requires branches to be up to date,
and that requirement lives in a ruleset (the branch-protection API answers
404), so Renovate's `auto` detection could not be relied on. Without
automerge it would otherwise fall back to rebasing only on conflict.
- Fewer groups. Below a major: "ships to users" (runtime deps + the frontend
packages Vite bundles), "dev tooling" (now also typescript, @types/node,
tailwind and the old lint/test lane), "CI and container" (actions + Dockerfile
digests). esbuild, Drizzle, the OpenCode SDK (now genuinely its own PR; it was
silently in the runtime group), toolchain, Node floor, lockfile refresh and
security fixes stay separate. Every major arrives alone, including action
majors, which the old actions group used to batch. Tailwind + its Vite plugin
still move together across a major.
- Fixed a latent rule-order bug: the "bundled frontend" group sat above the dev
tooling rule, so later-wins put react, codemirror etc. into dev tooling
(visible in #184). The frontend grouping rule now comes after it. Confirmed
with a local `renovate --platform=local --dry-run=lookup` run.
- prConcurrentLimit 5 -> 10. osvVulnerabilityAlerts on (direct deps only; also
blocks updates to versions OSV lists as malicious). Security PRs bypass the
concurrency limit per Renovate docs.
- Toolchain group renamed "toolchain (node + npm)" (it is not the floor).
- Stale description fixed: renovate-notices.yml regenerates
THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md, nothing is committed by hand.
Workflows read the build Node from .nvmrc
- 49 `node-version: <typed pin>` steps across 8 workflows became
`node-version-file: .nvmrc`, so Renovate's toolchain PR (which moves .nvmrc
and the Dockerfile) is complete as opened instead of red until every copy is
edited. The release `npm` job had no checkout; it now checks out `.nvmrc`
alone (sparse, no credentials) before setup-node.
- tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts now refuses any typed toolchain version, and
requires every node-version-file step to read `.nvmrc` from a root checkout
that precedes it. Named exceptions unchanged: the 26.9.0 binary builder, the
declared-floor lanes (read engines.node at run time), the Node 26
early-warning lane.
- tests/nodeFloor.test.ts no longer requires CONTRIBUTING to state the pin
(that copy would have turned every toolchain PR red); it must name `.nvmrc`
and state no stray version.
Side effects
- The user floor (engines.node) is unaffected.
- Republish workflows check out an old tag, so they now use that release's own
.nvmrc Node (as its Dockerfile already did). Tags before v0.4.2 have no
.nvmrc and could no longer be republished; alpha, accepted.
- Group branch names change (renovate/ships-to-users-(non-major) etc.);
nothing keys on them except renovate/node-floor, which is unchanged.
- CONTRIBUTING documents the review-and-merge flow, and warns against GitHub's
"Update branch" button: that commit is not Renovate's, and Renovate stops
maintaining the branch.
- Website docs deliberately not touched (owner's instruction).
Checks: renovate-config-validator --strict (44.13.2), actionlint 1.7.12,
typecheck, lint, full suite (6791 passed; installScriptPolicy needs npm 12 and
passes with it), verify:version. Each new assertion mutation-checked red.
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This PR changes Renovate from self-merging dependency automation to review-gated updates, consolidates non-major updates into clearer groups with targeted exceptions, and replaces duplicated workflow Node pins with .nvmrc-based setup—including sparse checkout handling for release publishing—while updating policy tests and contributor documentation to enforce the new model.
Sequence diagram for Renovate pull request maintenance
sequenceDiagram
participant R as Renovate
participant P as PullRequest
participant C as RequiredChecks
actor Reviewer
participant Main as MainBranch
R->>P: Open dependency update PR
P->>C: Run required checks
C-->>P: Report status
Reviewer->>P: Review and merge
Main-->>R: Branch becomes behind main
R->>P: Rebase PR
P->>C: Run required checks again
Reworked Renovate policy to require reviewed, manually merged updates while reducing PR volume through explicit grouping and exception rules.
Disabled automerge across all Renovate configuration paths and added tests to prevent it from returning.
Grouped non-major runtime/frontend, dev-tooling, and CI/container updates; isolated majors, selected packages, toolchain changes, lockfile refreshes, and security fixes.
Increased the concurrent PR limit, enabled OSV data, configured behind-base-branch rebasing, and corrected rule ordering so frontend packages enter the intended group.
Updated contributor guidance and changelog to document the review, rebasing, and grouping behavior.
Centralized workflow toolchain selection on .nvmrc so Renovate can update the Node toolchain atomically.
Replaced typed node-version toolchain pins with node-version-file: .nvmrc across CI, release, republish, smoke-test, and Renovate workflows.
Added a sparse checkout of .nvmrc to the release npm publishing job, which otherwise intentionally has no source checkout.
Strengthened workflow policy tests to require checkout ordering, root placement, and absence of typed toolchain copies while preserving named runtime exceptions.
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This PR successfully implements the Renovate configuration overhaul as described. The changes correctly eliminate automatic merges, consolidate dependency groupings, and ensure workflows read Node versions from .nvmrc instead of hardcoded literals. All test updates appropriately reflect the new policy requirements, and the implementation aligns with the security and reliability goals outlined in the PR description.
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Workflow jobs now read the build Node version from .nvmrc, with sparse checkouts updated where required. Renovate changes dependency grouping, raises its open pull-request limit to ten, enables OSV vulnerability alerts, rebases behind the base branch, and disables automerge. Documentation and tests describe and check the updated workflow and Renovate policies.
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Summary
Use .nvmrc for workflow Node setup .github/workflows/*, .github/CONTRIBUTING.md, tests/nodeFloor.test.ts, tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts
Workflow setup steps use .nvmrc instead of repeating the toolchain version. Sparse checkouts include .nvmrc where needed. Tests check workflow selectors and documentation references.
Renovate groups non-major updates, increases the open-request limit to ten, enables OSV vulnerability alerts, and rebases when behind the base branch. Configuration disables automerge for package updates. Documentation and tests describe and check the update policies.
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The workflows remain mergeable, but the Node-version policy test should reject unintended selectors and the lockfile guidance should accurately describe when fixes become available.
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Include .nvmrc in the sparse container checkouts
When a real release reaches container-manifest, this checkout contains only scripts, so .nvmrc is absent and setup-node cannot resolve node-version-file from the workspace (the requirement is also recorded in tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:158-161). The same mismatch occurs in release.yml's container-notes job and both corresponding container-republish.yml jobs, causing every container publication—and the repair workflow intended to recover it—to fail before running its scripts. Add .nvmrc to each sparse-checkout specification or retain an explicit Node version in these jobs.
This PR requires review before Renovate updates merge, consolidates dependency-update groups, and makes workflows read their build Node version from .nvmrc.
Adds explicit automerge safeguards for lockfile and vulnerability updates.
Pairs React and Vite major updates with related packages.
Adds .nvmrc to sparse checkouts and updates workflow policy tests and contributor guidance.
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Older releases lack nvmrc
Channel republishing checks out the commit of the release being repaired, but setup-node now requires .nvmrc from that checkout. Releases before v0.4.2 do not have the file, so repairing one fails at Node setup before the channel can be republished. Container republishing has the same issue when it checks out an older release tag. Keep a fallback for releases that predate .nvmrc.
[P1] Include .nvmrc in four sparse checkouts..github/workflows/release.yml:1513-1519,1780-1786 and .github/workflows/container-republish.yml:568-574,753-759 check out only scripts, then call setup-node with node-version-file: .nvmrc. The file is absent, so the container manifest and notes jobs fail before running. Add .nvmrc to each sparse checkout, and have tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts check sparse checkout contents as well as checkout order.
[P2] Update the published dependency policy when this PR lands.LoopTroop-Website/docs/operations.md:394 still says twelve lint/test/type packages auto-merge on green. This PR removes that lane and sets global automerge: false; the published guidance would give the opposite instruction.
[P3] State the grouping and limit exceptions accurately..github/CONTRIBUTING.md:141 and CHANGELOG.md:116 say every major arrives alone, but the new Tailwind major rule deliberately groups tailwindcss with @tailwindcss/vite (and Drizzle remains a pair). They also describe ten open PRs as a hard cap, while security fixes bypass the repository-wide prConcurrentLimit. Qualify those two statements.
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- Line 1519: Update the four scripts-only checkout configurations so each also
checks out `.nvmrc`, which `setup-node` needs for `node-version-file`. In
`.github/workflows/release.yml` at lines 1519 and 1786, and
`.github/workflows/container-republish.yml` at lines 574 and 759, add `.nvmrc`
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.github/workflows/release.yml (container-manifest, container-notes) and .github/workflows/container-republish.yml (manifest, notes) will fail at actions/setup-node: each job sparse-checks out only scripts/, then asks setup-node to resolve node-version-file: .nvmrc. setup-node reads that file from the workspace, and a scripts-only sparse checkout does not materialize .nvmrc, so those four jobs lose their Node version source entirely. Include .nvmrc in those sparse checkouts or keep an explicit version there. tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts does not catch this because it only asserts that some root checkout exists before setup-node, not that the checkout actually contains .nvmrc.
.github/workflows/published-smoke.ymlplan now resolves Node from current main before Check out the tested release, then executes scripts/smoke-published.mjs from the release tag. The workflow’s own comment says that switching to the tag is meant to stop later main changes from altering what an older release proves, but this still lets main’s .nvmrc leak into that job. Move setup-node after the tag checkout, or rerun it after switching refs.
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md now says “Every major arrives alone”, but .github/renovate.json still groups at least Drizzle majors (drizzle-orm + drizzle-kit) and Tailwind majors (tailwindcss + @tailwindcss/vite). That guidance will send reviewers looking for a one-dependency PR shape the config no longer guarantees. Narrow the sentence to “other majors” or call out the paired exceptions explicitly.
Because .nvmrc is in the repository root and is not included in the sparse-checkout pattern, .nvmrc is never checked out to the runner workspace. Immediately following checkout, actions/setup-node attempts to read node-version-file: .nvmrc and will fail with: The specified node version file at: .../.nvmrc doesn't exist.
Fix: Update sparse-checkout in those four jobs to include .nvmrc:
sparse-checkout: | .nvmrc scripts
Policy Test Gap:
In tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts, the checkout order check only verified steps[checkout]?.with?.path === undefined, but did not check whether sparse-checkout excludes .nvmrc. The policy test should enforce that if sparse-checkout is defined on a checkout step preceding setup-node, it must include .nvmrc.
Recommendations & Observations
Published Website Documentation Drift (looptroop-ai/LoopTroop-Website)
Location:docs/operations.md in looptroop-ai/LoopTroop-Website (lines 389–408).
Problem:
Line 394 in LoopTroop-Website/docs/operations.md states: | Dev dependencies | Patch and minor grouped and reviewed by hand. Twelve lint, test and type-only packages auto-merge once CI is green, patch releases only, and none of them below 1.0 |
The PR deliberately removes this automerge lane and sets automerge: false repository-wide.
Recommendation:
Per AGENTS.md ("Always keep documentation up to date... 'All' includes the website repository (looptroop-ai/LoopTroop-Website), which holds the published docs"), update docs/operations.md on the website to document that all dependency updates require manual/delegated-agent review, removing the stale reference to the 12 auto-merged packages.
Drift Risk from Duplicated Frontend Package List in .github/renovate.json
Location:.github/renovate.json, lines 57–79 (labeling rule) and lines 112–134 (grouping rule).
Problem:
The 21 bundled frontend packages are declared identically in two separate rules without a test or schema asserting that both lists stay in sync. If a contributor adds a frontend package to one rule but misses the other, the package will either miss the frontend label on major updates or fail to be grouped into ships to users (non-major) for patch/minor updates.
Recommendation:
Add an assertion in tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts verifying that the package array in the frontend labeling rule matches the array in the frontend grouping rule.
CI Runner Queue Saturation with rebaseWhen: behind-base-branch + prConcurrentLimit: 10
Location:.github/renovate.json (lines 12, 15) and .github/workflows/ci.yml (lines 3–15).
Problem:
When a PR merges into main, Renovate rebases all open PRs that are behind main (up to 9 PRs). In ci.yml, both push and pull_request triggers run on separate concurrency groups (refs/heads/renovate/... and refs/pull/.../merge).
Nine rebased PRs will spawn up to 18 full CI workflows in parallel, each running macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu matrix jobs. This risks exhausting GitHub Actions runner concurrency (especially macOS runners).
Recommendation:
Monitor runner usage; if runner starvation occurs, consider evaluating rebaseWhen: "conflicted" or filtering CI push triggers on Renovate branches when an associated pull request already runs CI.
Location:.github/workflows/channel-republish.yml, jobs homebrew, scoop, chocolatey, and winget (lines 268, 332, 381, 520).
Problem:
These jobs check out the released tag commit (ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.templates }}) and set up Node with node-version-file: .nvmrc. For releases prior to .nvmrc introduction (pre-v0.5.0), .nvmrc does not exist in the checked-out commit, causing actions/setup-node to fail.
Recommendation:
If full backward compatibility for republishing older releases across channels is needed (similar to how container-republish.yml accommodates older Dockerfile layouts), provide a fallback Node version when .nvmrc is absent on historical tags.
opencode — confirmed findings from a code review of this PR (no files edited).
Release impact (fix before merge)
1. Four container jobs will now fail at setup-node: .nvmrc is not in their sparse checkout. actions/setup-node throws when node-version-file is missing (The specified node version file at: … does not exist in getNodeVersionFromFile); it does not fall back to the runner's Node. These jobs check out scripts with sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false, so the workspace root has no .nvmrc — reproduced locally with git sparse-checkout set --no-cone scripts:
That breaks the container half of every stable release, and every container repair. Fix by adding .nvmrc to the pattern list, e.g. sparse-checkout: | / scripts / .nvmrc. Close the test gap that let it through: in tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:155-163, when the checkout preceding a node-version-file step sets sparse-checkout, the patterns must include .nvmrc.
2. Tag boundary for republish/repair is misstated, and pre-v0.5.0 repairs now die at setup-node. CHANGELOG.md:117 says republishing "an old release" uses that release's own .nvmrc; only v0.5.0+ contain one. The PR body says "before v0.4.2", but there is no v0.4.2 tag — the last tag without .nvmrc is v0.4.1, the first with it is v0.5.0. For the older tags, container-republishprepare/build and channel-republish's push jobs and published-smoke's smoke job now stop with a generic setup-node error instead of a message naming the reason. Either state the v0.5.0 boundary in those workflow headers and the changelog, or add a preflight that reports it.
Tests
3. DeepSource: JavaScript fails on this PR (it passes on main).
Three introduced JS-R1005 cyclomatic-complexity findings, all in the changed test code: tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:137 (17), :151 (8), :730 (7). npm run lint/typecheck don't cover it; the repo fixed the same rule in 66de29e6. Extracting per-concern helpers (collectTypedNodeVersions, one assertSetupNodeStep, a non-recursive findAutomerge) brings each under threshold.
4. The node-floor Renovate rule lost its existence assertion.
The removed find(rule => rule.groupSlug === 'node-floor')?.automerge also failed when the rule was absent; the replacement only inspects automerge values. Renaming/removing that rule would now pass the suite while renovate-node-floor.yml's recheck keeps querying renovate/node-floor and silently finds nothing. Assert the rule exists with groupSlug: 'node-floor'.
5. The rule-order bug this PR fixes has no regression test.
The "bundled frontend never took effect" bug was invisible to the suite, and nothing now replays packageRules order. A small test that applies the rules in order for a few representative packages (a frontend devDependency, a runtime dependency, a major, @opencode-ai/sdk, esbuild) and asserts the effective groupName would pin the grouping contract permanently.
Configuration maintenance
6. Duplicated frontend list.
The 21 packages appear twice (renovate.json:53-84 for labels, :108-140 for grouping) and the first rule's only job is labels, which are replace-not-merge. Folding the label rule into the grouping rule is behaviour-neutral; if frontend majors should keep the frontend label, use addLabels there, because the later major rule replaces labels.
Documentation
7. The published Renovate policy is now stale. LoopTroop-Website/docs/operations.md:394 still says twelve lint/test/type packages "auto-merge once CI is green" — that lane no longer exists — and the table has no row for the new groups, the manual-merge rule, rebaseWhen, or the .nvmrc toolchain. AGENTS.md makes the website part of "all relevant documentation". The PR body says this was deliberate, so flagging for a decision rather than assuming.
8. "Every major arrives alone" has an exception the docs omit. CHANGELOG.md:116 and .github/CONTRIBUTING.md:141 say it plainly, but tailwindcss and @tailwindcss/vite majors intentionally move together (renovate.json:194-204), as the config description itself states.
9. "At most ten are open at once" is not exact. .github/CONTRIBUTING.md:141. Renovate always opens vulnerability/OSV PRs even at prConcurrentLimit, so it is ten regular PRs plus security ones.
10. Changelog says 49, the diff replaces 45. CHANGELOG.md:117 and the PR body. git grep on main finds 45 node-version: 24.21.0 lines; the diff removes 45 and adds 45 node-version-file: .nvmrc lines.
11. The [Unreleased] section now contradicts itself on the concurrency limit. CHANGELOG.md:122 (earlier entry) ends "the concurrent limit is 5" while :116 raises it to ten; both ship in the same release. Reword the older sentence so the release notes don't state a value the release doesn't use.
Note
osvVulnerabilityAlerts is marked experimental in Renovate's docs ("might be changed or even removed at any time") and covers direct dependencies only. The config description and changelog present its behaviour as settled; a short caveat would save the next reader a surprise.
Muse Spark review — suggestions only (verified on this branch; no other comments read or touched).
1. [Blocker] Four jobs check out only scripts but read Node from .nvmrc — setup-node fails, breaking every release and every container republish. release.ymlcontainer-manifest (checkout L1509–1514, setup L1516–1519) and container-notes (L1776–1786), plus container-republish.ymlmanifest (L563–574) and notes (L748–759): sparse-checkout: scripts with sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false puts only scripts/ on disk, then node-version-file: .nvmrc resolves against the workspace root. setup-node errors when the file is absent ("The node-version-file was not found" / "Could not resolve a version from the file", per setup-node docs), so these jobs never get a Node runtime. Contrast the npm job (release.yml L884–893), which correctly sparse-checks out .nvmrc alone.
Fix — extend each of the four sparse lists:
Scoping note: this restores current tags; tags before v0.4.2 have no .nvmrc at all (already disclosed in the PR body) — per AGENTS.md's no-backward-compat rule I am not asking to support those.
2. [Test gap] The policy test passes while finding 1 is broken — just reproduced 33/33 green on this branch. tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:160-163 asserts a checkout precedes setup-node and has no path, but never inspects sparse-checkout. Add: when the checkout feeding node-version-file sets sparse-checkout, require .nvmrc in that list.
3. [Docs] "Every major arrives alone" overstates — three named pairs group majors by design. .github/renovate.json: drizzle rule L151–160 has no matchUpdateTypes, so majors group; tailwindcss (major) L194–204 groups two packages per PR; toolchain (node + npm) L227–248 groups node+npm majors. Only action majors truly land alone (CI and container L213–226 takes minor/patch/digest only). Qualify .github/CONTRIBUTING.md:141 and CHANGELOG.md:116 with the must-move-together exceptions (the PR body already admits the Tailwind one; the docs don't).
4. [Docs nits] Counts/wording.
CHANGELOG.md:117 "typing it in 49 places" — measured 45 (14+16+5+5+2+1+1+1 node-version-file refs across the 8 workflow files; main had 45 typed copies).
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md:127-128 "only the Dockerfile's FROM node: line" — scripts/Dockerfile has two (L132 build, L165 runtime).
5. [Hardening, low] The automerge test is blind to presets. tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:728-743 scans literal automerge keys, but extends (.github/renovate.json:3-7) is never resolved: a preset contributing packageRules with automerge: true would survive top-level automerge: false via array concatenation and go undetected. Current presets are clean (verified zero hits). Consider allowlisting extends or failing on presets known to enable automerge.
6. [Check] Website repo per AGENTS.md. The PR states website docs were deliberately unchanged; confirm no published page still promises self-merging dependency/floor PRs or typed workflow Node pins.
actions/setup-node reads node-version-file from the workspace and errors when the file is not there (The specified node version file at: …/.nvmrc does not exist; setup-node#613). These jobs still check out only scripts, with cone mode off, and then request .nvmrc:
.github/workflows/release.yml job container-manifest (checkout at line 1509, setup-node at 1516)
Cone mode is off so that a scripts pattern does not also take every top-level file. The npm publish job already sparse-checks out .nvmrc. These four do not.
npm needs only detect, build, and draft-release. finalize needs only detect, build, and smoke. Neither waits on container-manifest, so a release can be tagged and published to npm while image tagging and the pull-command notes never run. Those failed jobs mark the workflow red (report depends on them as well). Container republish stops in manifest the same way, before scripts/container-manifest.ts runs.
Add .nvmrc beside scripts and leave cone mode off. Turning cone mode on would also check out the rest of the top level into jobs that hold packages: write or contents: write.
tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts treats any earlier actions/checkout without a path as proof the file is on disk (around line 158). A sparse-checkout that does not list .nvmrc still passes. Require .nvmrc in the pattern list whenever sparse-checkout is set.
Preset groups still batch majors this file does not clear
extends includes config:recommended, which pulls in group:recommended and group:monorepos. Preset packageRules are merged first and the repo rules after (resolveConfigPresets); a later rule replaces groupName only when it sets one. The major rule (.github/renovate.json, the rule that only adds the major label) does not set groupName, so these preset groups stay for majors:
group:codemirror matches @codemirror/** with no update-type filter. The six direct CodeMirror packages therefore share one major PR. Patch and minor are moved to "ships to users" because that later rule sets groupName. Majors are not.
group:githubArtifactActions matches majors of actions/download-artifact and actions/upload-artifact. Both are pinned in these workflows. The CI group does not include major, so this preset group is the one that remains. The rule text says an action major arrives alone.
monorepo:radix-ui-primitives matches source https://github.com/radix-ui/primitives. npm publishes every direct @radix-ui/react-* package from git+https://github.com/radix-ui/primitives.git, and Renovate normalizes that to the preset URL (github-url-from-git in addMetaData). Their majors land in one PR. eslint and @eslint/js do the same via monorepo:eslint (https://github.com/eslint/eslint).
monorepo:react matches https://github.com/react/react, so react and react-dom majors stay together. group:react is a different group and only batches @types/react and @types/react-dom.
A lookup dry-run of current patch and minor updates does not show this. The non-major rules in this file do set groupName, so that split is intact.
Set "groupName": null on that major rule, and leave it above the Drizzle, Tailwind, esbuild, OpenCode, and toolchain rules so those still assign their own groups. null is how Renovate drops a package out of an earlier group. Add an explicit major group for react, react-dom, @types/react, and @types/react-dom if they should keep moving together. That pairing is worth keeping, and it should be written here rather than inherited from the preset that also batches Radix and CodeMirror.
A malicious OSV hit suppresses the whole package
osvVulnerabilityAlerts is still experimental (renovate#20542). Current docs: when the update Renovate would open is marked malicious, it skips any update of that dependency (skipReason: malicious-update-proposed), not only that version. It also queries direct dependencies only, on a fixed datasource list, so it does not cover the transitive case the lockfile-refresh note describes. The changelog line that says it blocks updates to versions OSV lists as malicious is the weaker behavior. Keep the flag if a direct dependency stuck until OSV clears the malicious release is acceptable.
High — four release/repair jobs cannot read the file they now require..github/workflows/release.yml:1509-1519 and .github/workflows/release.yml:1776-1786, plus .github/workflows/container-republish.yml:563-574 and .github/workflows/container-republish.yml:748-759, use non-cone sparse-checkout: scripts and then node-version-file: .nvmrc. actions/checkout does not materialize the root .nvmrc, so actions/setup-node v7 fails on the missing file. The release container-manifest fails after the per-architecture pushes, and the repair manifest/notes jobs cannot complete. Add .nvmrc to each sparse pattern (or use a full checkout), and extend tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:158-163 to verify sparse checkouts contain the file.
Medium — major-update isolation is not true in the effective Renovate configuration..github/renovate.json:3-7 extends config:recommended; the effective 44.13.2 configuration includes major-matching groups for @codemirror/** and actions/upload-artifact/actions/download-artifact. The catch-all at .github/renovate.json:142-150 adds labels but does not clear the inherited groupName/groupSlug, so a local lookup put two CodeMirror majors on renovate/major-codemirror. This also conflicts with .github/CONTRIBUTING.md:141 and CHANGELOG.md:116, which describe majors as isolated while the Drizzle, Tailwind, and toolchain rules create additional paired major updates. Reset groupName and groupSlug on the major catch-all before the intentional pair rules, add a resolved-config regression test, and document the exceptions accurately.
Medium — the manual-merge test does not enforce the effective policy.tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:722-743 scans only the literal repository JSON; it does not resolve extends or Renovate’s forced/effective package rules. A future preset or hosted configuration can add automerge: true while this test remains green, despite the invariant stated at .github/renovate.json:14. Add a final catch-all automerge: false after the named rules (and explicit coverage for vulnerability/lock-file lanes), or test Renovate’s resolved configuration rather than only the source object.
Medium — the published operations documentation still describes removed behavior.LoopTroop-Website/docs/operations.md:394 says twelve packages auto-merge, while this PR sets automerge: false at .github/renovate.json:14 and the effective configuration contains no enabled automerge rule. LoopTroop-Website/docs/operations.md:396 also promises one pull request per major despite the paired and inherited groups. Update the companion website repository on main as required by AGENTS.md.
Medium — the revised Node-floor test misses a stale Homebrew major reference..github/CONTRIBUTING.md:158 contains node@24, but scripts/sync-node-floor.ts:63-67 updates only README.md, and tests/nodeFloor.test.ts:176-195 now checks only a .nvmrc mention plus dotted versions. A manual move to a Node 25 floor can therefore leave contributor instructions pointing at node@24 while the test passes. Make that reference generated or explicitly assert that it matches the floor.
Low — Unreleased operational values are stale.CHANGELOG.md:122 still says the concurrent limit is 5 although .github/renovate.json:12 sets it to 10; CHANGELOG.md:117 says 49 replacements although the workflow diff contains 45 node-version-file steps and five intentional typed selectors. Both CHANGELOG.md:116 and .github/CONTRIBUTING.md:141 also say at most ten are open even though security alerts are documented at .github/renovate.json:38-49 as bypassing that limit. Correct these before the release notes are published.
…y tests
Review round 1 on #189 (Gitar, Codex, Greptile, CodeRabbit, and relayed
reviews from Copilot, Antigravity, opencode, Muse Spark, Grok, Claude).
Fixed
- Release blocker: four jobs check out only `scripts` (non-cone sparse) and
then ask setup-node for `node-version-file: .nvmrc`, which was never on disk:
release.yml container-manifest and container-notes, container-republish.yml
manifest and notes. Every release would have failed at the container index
and notes, and container repairs too. `.nvmrc` is now listed in each sparse
set. The policy test missed it because it only checked that a root checkout
came first; it now requires `.nvmrc` in any sparse-checkout list that feeds a
`node-version-file` step (mutation-checked red).
- Presets could re-enable automerge: `extends` rules are applied before this
file's, and the top-level `automerge: false` does not override a rule that
sets it. A last catch-all rule (`matchPackageNames: ["*"], automerge: false`)
now wins over everything; the test requires it to be last and do nothing
else, and scans the file with a JSON.parse reviver instead of a recursive
walker.
- The node-floor rule lost its existence check when the automerge assertion
went; renaming its groupSlug would have left renovate-node-floor.yml looking
for a branch that never appears. Restored.
- The rule-order bug this PR fixed had no regression test. A test now requires
the frontend "ships to users" rule after the dev tooling rule, and the
frontend label and group rules to list the same packages.
- The setup-node checks moved into two helpers, which also clears DeepSource's
JS-R1005 complexity findings on the changed test.
Docs corrected
- "Every major arrives alone" was not true: besides Drizzle, Tailwind and the
toolchain, config:recommended's presets group majors of React/react-dom,
CodeMirror, Radix, ESLint and the artifact actions (confirmed in the
44.13.2 preset source). Kept on purpose: those must move together, and
splitting them would open pull requests that cannot pass. CONTRIBUTING,
CHANGELOG and the major rule's description now say so.
- Ten open PRs is not a hard cap; security fixes open past it.
- 49 -> 45 replaced lines; the Dockerfile has two FROM lines; the pre-.nvmrc
boundary is 0.5.0, not 0.4.2 (no such tag).
- OSV is still experimental and a malicious hit holds back every update to
that dependency, not one version; worded accurately.
- An older Unreleased entry said "the concurrent limit is 5", contradicting
this release; reworded.
Not changed, with reason
- published-smoke `plan` reads main's `.nvmrc` before switching to the tag:
before this PR it read main's typed literal, so the Node it gets is the same.
- Website docs: the owner asked for no website changes in this PR.
- Fallback Node for pre-0.5.0 tags: alpha, no backward compatibility.
- CI load from rebasing up to ten PRs: noted, to watch rather than pre-empt.
- Kilo failed on a rate limit; Sourcery and Qodo did not review.
Checks: renovate-config-validator --strict, local Renovate dry run (grouping
unchanged, resolved automerge false throughout), actionlint, typecheck, lint,
full suite 6793 passed, verify:version.
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Unexpected function declaration in the global scope, wrap in an IIFE for a local variable, assign as global property for a global variable
It is considered a best practice to avoid 'polluting' the global scope with variables that are intended to be local to the script. Global variables created from a script can produce name collisions with global variables created from another script, which will usually lead to runtime errors or unexpected behavior. It is mostly useful for browser scripts.
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Unexpected function declaration in the global scope, wrap in an IIFE for a local variable, assign as global property for a global variable
It is considered a best practice to avoid 'polluting' the global scope with variables that are intended to be local to the script. Global variables created from a script can produce name collisions with global variables created from another script, which will usually lead to runtime errors or unexpected behavior. It is mostly useful for browser scripts.
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[P2] Resolve the failing DeepSource JavaScript check on the changed workflow policy test. The current analysis reports JS-0067 on both new top-level helpers in tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:67-77,85-91 and JS-R1005 (cyclomatic complexity 17) on the Node setup policy test at line 180. The follow-up commit intended to clear this check, but it remains red. Adjust the test or explicitly configure the analyzer for test files.
eslint-plugin-react-hooks majors join the React pull request
config:recommended includes group:monorepos, and monorepo:react matches both https://github.com/facebook/react and https://github.com/react/react for majors. npm publishes react and react-dom from github.com/react/react, and eslint-plugin-react-hooks from github.com/facebook/react (still that URL today). Renovate normalizes the git+https://…git form to those preset URLs, so all three share the group name react monorepo on a major. group:react uses that same name for @types/react and @types/react-dom, which is the useful half: the types need to move with the library.
Patch and minor do not. The dev-tooling rule sets groupName for every devDependency below a major, and the ships-to-users rule then takes react and react-dom. The hooks plugin is not in that list, so its non-majors stay in dev tooling. Nothing later sets groupName for its major. The catch-all at the bottom only forces automerge: false.
The major-rule text (.github/renovate.json around line 142) and CONTRIBUTING describe that preset family as React with react-dom. A hooks-plugin major is an ESLint upgrade (peerDependencies.eslint through ^10), not a React release, and it will land in the React major pull request whenever both are pending. That pull request is then one revert for two migrations.
Add a rule after the major rule and before the catch-all (the test requires the catch-all to stay last) that matches eslint-plugin-react-hooks majors and sets groupName to null, so the preset group does not keep it. Leave the types on react monorepo.
A Vite major is not held to the plugin that can install it
@vitejs/plugin-react (package.json devDependency) declares peerDependencies.vite of ^8.0.0 only. @tailwindcss/vite allows vite ^5.2.0 || ^6 || ^7 || ^8. There is no .npmrc and no legacy-peer-deps, so npm ci fails a Vite 9 bump. The two packages are different repositories (vitejs/vite and vitejs/vite-plugin-react), so group:monorepos does not put them together, and the new "must move together" list does not name them. Tailwind's own major rule only matches tailwindcss and @tailwindcss/vite, so a Vite major does not take the plugin with it.
Put vite and @vitejs/plugin-react on one major groupName, before the catch-all. That keeps the two majors in one pull request once both exist. It does not make a Vite 9 pull request green before the plugin allows 9. Leave @tailwindcss/vite on the Tailwind major rule. A later rule that also matched it would pull it out of that group, and its peer still stops at Vite 8, so a Vite 9 change stays red on that peer until the Tailwind plugin allows 9. Say that in the major-rule description.
The CI rule still says an action major arrives alone
The CI-and-container rule (.github/renovate.json around line 214) ends with "An action's major arrives alone, like every other major." group:githubArtifactActions (via group:recommended) groups majors of actions/download-artifact and actions/upload-artifact, the CI rule does not match major, and the major rule deliberately does not clear that groupName. CONTRIBUTING now says those two share a pull request. The CI sentence is the one that is false, and it is the text someone will follow when they next edit that rule.
Say that those two majors stay on the preset group, and that every other action major arrives alone.
Muse Spark review, round 2 — suggestions only (full PR re-checked incl. 935d4262; no other comments read or touched).
1. [Medium] The toolchain → node-floor rule order is load-bearing but still untested. engines.node matches the toolchain rule's matchers (.github/renovate.json:229-242: npm manager ✓, packageName node ✓, minor/patch ✓), so only the node-floor rule sitting after it (:249-274, index 14 vs 13 — "Later rules win, so this sits after the toolchain group") keeps the floor on the renovate/node-floor branch that renovate-node-floor.yml acts on. The new group-order test pins dev-tooling → frontend order and the floor rule's existence, but moving node-floor above toolchain stays green while the floor silently lands in toolchain (node + npm) and the floor workflow stops firing. Suggest extending keeps the Renovate groups in the order... with:
consttoolchain=rules.findIndex((rule)=>rule.groupName==='toolchain (node + npm)');constfloor=rules.findIndex((rule)=>rule.groupSlug==='node-floor');expect(floor,'the Node floor rule comes after the toolchain group').toBeGreaterThan(toolchain);
2. [Low] lockFileMaintenance.automerge from a future preset is covered by neither the test nor the catch-all.
The reviver scan catches file-local keys and the last matchPackageNames: ["*"] rule (live — Renovate treats lone * as match-all, and the dry run confirms) wins over preset packageRules. But packageRules don't govern the lockfile-maintenance branch: only lockFileMaintenance: { automerge: true } enables it there, and a preset contributing that key would slip past both guards. Current file and extends are clean (verified). Consider asserting the resolved extends chain contributes no lockFileMaintenance.automerge, or allowlisting extends.
…, split the Node test
Review round 2 on #189 (Codex, Grok, Muse Spark, Copilot, CodeRabbit,
DeepSource). Round 1's commit claimed to clear DeepSource's complexity
finding; it did not, and that claim was wrong.
Fixed
- React majors: the hosted app runs Renovate 44.111.4, whose monorepo:react
matches both github.com/facebook/react and github.com/react/react. npm
publishes react and react-dom from the second and eslint-plugin-react-hooks
from the first, so a hooks-plugin major (a lint-rule release) would ride in
the React major pull request. The pinned 44.13.2 validator knows only the
first URL, so react and react-dom were not reliably paired either. A rule now
groups react, react-dom, @types/react and @types/react-dom majors as
"react (major)"; the hooks plugin stays on the preset group alone.
- Vite majors: @vitejs/plugin-react peers vite ^8.0.0 only, and no preset
pairs the two (different repositories), so a Vite major alone fails npm ci.
They now share "vite (major)". @tailwindcss/vite stays with Tailwind.
- The CI rule said every action major arrives alone; group:githubArtifactActions
keeps upload-artifact and download-artifact together. Description corrected.
- Two lanes the "*" catch-all cannot reach now say automerge: false
themselves. Renovate forces vulnerabilityAlerts onto a security update after
every packageRule (verified in lib/workers/repository/init/vulnerability),
and a lockfile refresh has no package name for the catch-all to match
(packageRules do run after it, per updates/flatten). The test requires both.
- The toolchain -> node-floor rule order is load-bearing: engines.node matches
the toolchain group too, and only the later floor rule keeps it on
renovate/node-floor, the branch renovate-node-floor.yml acts on. Now tested.
- DeepSource JS-R1005 (complexity 17) and JS-0067 (module-scope helpers): the
Node workflow test is split into three tests (typed copies, setup-node steps,
matrix + Dockerfile), and its two helpers live inside the describe block.
- CHANGELOG: raising the limit reduces the chance a lockfile refresh is crowded
out; it does not guarantee capacity (CodeRabbit).
- CONTRIBUTING and CHANGELOG list the React and Vite pairs.
Every new assertion was mutation-checked red, one mutation at a time.
Not changed
- Greptile P1, releases before 0.5.0 lack .nvmrc: alpha, no backward
compatibility, already stated.
- Kilo hit its output limit; Copilot found nothing.
Checks: renovate-config-validator --strict, local Renovate dry run (grouping
unchanged, automerge false throughout), actionlint, typecheck, lint, full
suite 6795 passed, verify:version.
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Function has a cyclomatic complexity of 6 with "medium" risk
A function with high cyclomatic complexity can be hard to understand and
maintain. Cyclomatic complexity is a software metric that measures the number of
independent paths through a function. A higher cyclomatic complexity indicates
that the function has more decision points and is more complex.
🟡 Medium risk · Node-version sourcing and Renovate policy changes span CI and release workflows.
Centralizes Node version management in .nvmrc across workflows and Renovate configuration, disables automatic merges for all dependency PRs, reorganizes update grouping to reduce noise, and fixes sparse checkouts to include .nvmrc for scripts-only jobs. No issues found.
📄 .github/workflows/release.yml:1513-1519📄 .github/workflows/release.yml:1780-1786📄 .github/workflows/container-republish.yml:568-574📄 .github/workflows/container-republish.yml:753-759📄 tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts:158-164
Four jobs check out only sparse-checkout: scripts with sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false. In non-cone mode, root files are not added implicitly, so .nvmrc is not on disk. These jobs now use node-version-file: .nvmrc, so setup-node will fail with "node version file ... does not exist". The affected jobs are the multi-arch manifest and release-notes splice jobs in release.yml, plus their container-republish counterparts, so both the next release and any container republish would stop partway through. The new policy test only checks that some checkout comes first and has no path, not that the sparse set includes .nvmrc, so it passes. Fix: add .nvmrc to each sparse set, and make the test require .nvmrc in any sparse-checkout list on a checkout that feeds a node-version-file.
This review covers the latest updates in PR #189 (including commit 22266f09 and cumulative changes against main). It focuses strictly on confirmed major, critical, and very important findings, with zero fluff.
1. [CRITICAL] Universal Automerge Catch-All Rule Fails to Match Any Package (matchPackageNames: ["*"])
Location:.github/renovate.json (lines 327–333) and tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts (lines 769–774)
Problem:
Renovate's PackageNameMatcher performs literal string equality via matchPackageNames.includes(packageName) (or depName). It does not expand * as a glob or regex wildcard; wildcard expansion via massagePattern (* -> .*) only executes for matchPackagePatterns.
Because no real package is literally named "*", matchPackageNames: ["*"] evaluates to false for every package update.
Direct execution against Renovate's applyPackageRules engine confirms:
// Evaluates to true (rule ignored because matchPackageNames does not match):applyPackageRules({packageName: 'react',depName: 'react',automerge: true,packageRules: [{matchPackageNames: ['*'],automerge: false}]}).automerge===true
Consequently, this rule matches 0 packages and does not disable automerge if an inherited preset or earlier configuration enables it.
Compounding Test Issue: tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts line 773 asserts toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ matchPackageNames: ['*'], automerge: false })) and line 775 asserts toEqual(['automerge', 'description', 'matchPackageNames']). This explicitly asserts on the non-working matcher, locking in a dead rule and preventing a fix without failing the test suite.
Recommendation:
In .github/renovate.json, use matchPackagePatterns: ["*"] or omit package matchers entirely (a rule with no matchers matches all dependencies by default in Renovate). Update tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts to assert on matchPackagePatterns (or no matchers).
2. [CRITICAL] Negation Syntax matchPackageNames: ["!node"] Fails to Match or Disable Non-Node Engines
Location:.github/renovate.json (lines 314–326)
Problem:
Renovate's matchPackageNames does not support ! negation. When checking engines.npm, PackageNameMatcher evaluates ["!node"].includes("npm"), which is false.
Tested with Renovate's applyPackageRules:
excludePackageNames: ["node"] properly sets enabled: false.
Because matchPackageNames: ["!node"] never matches, non-node entries in engines (such as npm) remain enabled.
Recommendation:
Replace matchPackageNames: ["!node"] with excludePackageNames: ["node"] in .github/renovate.json.
3. [MAJOR] Brittle sparse-checkout Parsing in workflowPolicy.test.ts Breaks on YAML Array Notation
constsparse=options['sparse-checkout']if(sparse!==undefined)expect(String(sparse).split(/\s+/),`${where} sparse checkout includes .nvmrc`).toContain('.nvmrc')
If a workflow defines sparse-checkout using YAML sequence/array syntax (e.g. - .nvmrc\n- scripts or [".nvmrc", "scripts"]), js-yaml parses sparse as an Array. String(sparse) becomes ".nvmrc,scripts". Splitting on whitespace /\s+/ leaves commas intact, yielding ['.nvmrc,scripts'], causing .toContain('.nvmrc') to fail falsely.
Recommendation:
Normalize array and multiline string inputs before splitting:
constpatterns=Array.isArray(sparse)
? sparse.map(String)
: String(sparse).trim().split(/[\s,]+/)expect(patterns.map((s)=>s.trim()),`${where} sparse checkout includes .nvmrc`).toContain('.nvmrc')
4. [MAJOR] Node Version Pin 26.9.0 Can Escape Binary Jobs into Other Workflows Without Test Detection
Location:tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts and tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts
Any step with a concrete version returns early. The companion test types no copy of the toolchain Node into any workflow permits concrete versions as long as formatNodeVersion(parsed) === EMBEDDED_BUILDER (26.9.0).
While ci.yml and release.yml have a dedicated test restricting 26.9.0 to binary jobs, other workflows (channel-republish.yml, container-republish.yml, published-smoke.yml, renovate-notices.yml) do not. If someone specifies node-version: 26.9.0 in any of those workflows, it bypasses .nvmrc enforcement and passes the test suite.
Recommendation:
In expectNamedNodeSelector, explicitly assert that concrete version 26.9.0 is only permitted in the designated binary jobs in ci.yml and release.yml.
5. [VERY IMPORTANT] Vite Major Grouping (vite (major)) Omits vitest, Guaranteeing Peer Dependency Failure
Location:.github/renovate.json (lines 189–201)
Problem:
The new rule groups vite and @vitejs/plugin-react to prevent npm ci failures from mismatched peer dependencies on major upgrades.
However, vitest: ^5.0.1 is also declared in devDependencies with peer dependency vite: '^6.4.0 || ^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0'. When Vite 9 is released, Renovate will create a PR upgrading vite and @vitejs/plugin-react, but vitest will not be grouped with them, causing npm ci to fail on peer resolution.
Recommendation:
Add "vitest" to the matchPackageNames list in the vite (major) group rule, or document the lockstep upgrade requirement alongside Vite.
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- Line 37: Update the description for the lockfile maintenance rule to say that
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"description": "Weekly, not monthly. Renovate's daily pass only sees the 55 packages declared in package.json; the lockfile holds 514, and the ~459 transitive ones are invisible to it. Security advisories against those get no pull request either, so this refresh is the only response path they have — which makes its cadence the exposure window for a transitive CVE. A monthly run meant up to thirty days, and did: a high-severity brace-expansion advisory sat unfixed until it was refreshed by hand. Weekly caps it at seven. It is not daily because a full re-resolve produces a large diff whenever anything among those 459 publishes, which is most days. Monday to Wednesday is one run with two retries, not three runs: a refresh blocked by prConcurrentLimit is skipped rather than queued, so on a Monday-only schedule every skip cost a full week — four consecutive Mondays were lost that way and this refresh had never run once. minimumReleaseAge is restated here because it does apply on this path rather than being inherited decoration: Renovate converts it to `npm install --before`, so the re-resolve sees the registry as it stood seven days ago and cannot pull in anything published since."
"description": "Weekly, not monthly. Renovate's daily pass only sees the 55 packages declared in package.json; the lockfile holds 514, and the ~459 transitive ones are invisible to it. Security advisories against those get no pull request either, so this refresh is the only response path they have — which makes its cadence the exposure window for a transitive CVE. A monthly run meant up to thirty days, and did: a high-severity brace-expansion advisory sat unfixed until it was refreshed by hand. Weekly caps it at seven. It is not daily because a full re-resolve produces a large diff whenever anything among those 459 publishes, which is most days. Monday to Wednesday is one run with two retries, not three runs: a refresh blocked by prConcurrentLimit is skipped rather than queued, so on a Monday-only schedule every skip cost a full week — four consecutive Mondays were lost that way and this refresh had never run once. minimumReleaseAge is restated here because it does apply on this path rather than being inherited decoration: Renovate converts it to `npm install --before`, so the re-resolve sees the registry as it stood seven days ago and cannot pull in anything published since. automerge is stated here as well as at the top level because the catch-all rule at the end of packageRules matches by package name, and a lockfile refresh has none, so that rule cannot switch it off if a preset ever switches it on."
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<title>Full Config Presets - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/presets-config/
Full Config Presets - Renovate Docs ### config:best-practices¶ Preset with best practices from the Renovate maintainers. Recommended for advanced users, who want to follow our best practices. ``` { "extends": [ "config:recommended", // (1)! "docker:pinDigests", // (2)! "helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests", // (3)! ":configMigration", // (4)! ":pinDevDependencies", // (5)! "abandonments:recommended", // (6)! "security:minimumReleaseAgeNpm", // (7)! ":maintainLockFilesWeekly" // (8)! ] } ``` 1. `config:recommended`: Recommended configuration for most users. It does not matter what programming language you use. 2. `docker:pinDigests`: Pin Docker digests. 3. `helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests`: Pin `github-action` digests. 4. `:configMigration`: Enable Renovate configuration migration PRs when needed. 5. `:pinDevDependencies`: Pin dependency versions for development dependencies. 6. `abandonments:recommended`: Recommended configuration for abandoned packages, treating packages without a release for 1 year as abandoned, while taking into account community-sourced overrides. 7. `security:minimumReleaseAgeNpm`: Wait until the npm package is three days old before raising the update. This a) introduces a short delay to allow for malware researchers and scanners to (possibly) detect any malicious behaviour in packages, and b) prevents the maintainer and/or NPM from unpublishing a package you already upgraded to, breaking builds. 8. `:maintainLockFilesWeekly`: Run lock file maintenance (updates) early Monday mornings. ### config:js-app¶ Default configuration for webapps. ``` { "extends": [ "config:recommended", // (1)! ":pinAllExceptPeerDependencies" // (2)! ] } ``` 1. `config:recommended`: Recommended configuration for most users. It does not matter what programming language you use. 2. `:pinAllExceptPeerDependencies`: Pin all dependency versions except `peerDependencies`. ### config:js-lib¶ Default configuration for libraries. ``` { "extends": [ "config:recommended", // (1)! ":pinOnlyDevDependencies" // (2)! ] } ``` 1. `config:recommended`: Recommended configuration for most users. It does not matter what programming language you use. 2. `:pinOnlyDevDependencies`: Pin dependency versions for development dependencies and retain SemVer ranges for others. ### config:recommended¶ Recommended configuration for most users. It does not matter what programming language you use. ``` { "extends": [ ":dependencyDashboard", // (1)! ":semanticPrefixFixDepsChoreOthers", // (2)! ":ignoreModulesAndTests", // (3)! "group:monorepos", // (4)! "group:recommended", // (5)! "mergeConfidence:age-confidence-badges", // (6)! "replacements:all", // (7)! "workarounds:all", // (8)! "helpers:forgejoDigestChangelogs", // (9)! "helpers:giteaDigestChangelogs", // (10)! "helpers:githubDigestChangelogs", // (11)! "helpers:gitlabDigestChangelogs", // (12)! "helpers:goXPackagesChangelogLink", // (13)! "helpers:goXPackagesNameLink", // (14)! "helpers:renovateChangelog" // (15)! ] } ``` 1. `:dependencyDashboard`: Enable Renovate Dependency Dashboard creation. 2. `:semanticPrefixFixDepsChoreOthers`: Use semantic commit type `fix` for dependencies and `chore` for all others if semantic commits are in use. 3. `:ignoreModulesAndTests`: Ignore `node_modules`, `bower_components`, `vendor` and various test/tests (except for nuget) directories. 4. `group:monorepos`: Group known monorepo packages together. 5. `group:recommended`: Use curated list of recommended non-monorepo package groupings. 6. `mergeConfidence:age-confidence-badges`: Show only the Age and Confidence Merge Confidence badges for pull requests. 7. `replacements:all`: Apply crowd-sourced package replacement …[truncated]
<title>Automated Dependency Updates for npm - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/modules/manager/npm/
Automated Dependency Updates for npm - Renovate Docs # npm Renovate supports updating npm dependencies. ## File Matching¶ By default, Renovate will check any files matching any of the following regular expressions: ``` /(^|/)package\.json$/ /(^|/)pnpm-workspace\.yaml$/ /(^|/)\.yarnrc\.yml$/ ``` For details on how to extend a manager&`#39`;s `managerFilePatterns` value, please follow this link. ## Supported datasources¶ This manager supports extracting the following datasources: `github-tags`, `node-version`, `npm`. ## Dependency types¶ This manager extracts the following `depType` values: | `depType` | `prettyDepType` | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `dependencies` | `dependency` | Listed under `dependencies` | | `devDependencies` | `devDependency` | Listed under `devDependencies` | | `optionalDependencies` | `optionalDependency` | Listed under `optionalDependencies` | | `peerDependencies` | `peerDependency` | Listed under `peerDependencies` | | `engines` | `engine` | Listed under `engines` | | `volta` | `volta` | Listed under `volta` | | `resolutions` | `resolutions` | Listed under `resolutions` (Yarn) | | `packageManager` | `packageManager` | Listed under `packageManager` | | `overrides` | `overrides` | Listed under `overrides` | | `pnpm` | `pnpm` | Listed under the top-level `pnpm` field | | `pnpm.overrides` | `overrides` | Listed under `pnpm.overrides` | | `pnpm-workspace.overrides` | `overrides` | Listed under `overrides` in a pnpm workspace YAML file | Additionally, catalog dependencies produce dynamic `depType` values: `pnpm.catalog. ` for pnpm catalogs and `yarn.catalog. ` for yarn catalogs. ## Default config¶ ``` { "managerFilePatterns": [ "/(^|/)package\\.json$/", "/(^|/)pnpm-workspace\\.yaml$/", "/(^|/)\\.yarnrc\\.yml$/" ], "digest": { "prBodyDefinitions": { "Change": "{{`#if` displayFrom}}`{{{displayFrom}}}` → {{else}}{{`#if` currentValue}}`{{{currentValue}}}` → {{/if}}{{/if}}{{`#if` displayTo}}`{{{displayTo}}}`{{else}}`{{{newValue}}}`{{/if}}" } }, "prBodyDefinitions": { "Change": "[{{`#if` displayFrom}}`{{{displayFrom}}}` → {{else}}{{`#if` currentValue}}`{{{currentValue}}}` → {{/if}}{{/if}}{{`#if` displayTo}}`{{{displayTo}}}`{{else}}`{{{newValue}}}`{{/if}}]({{`#if` depName}}https://renovatebot.com/diffs/npm/{{replace &`#39`;/&`#39`; &`#39`;%2f&`#39`; depName}}/{{{currentVersion}}}/{{{newVersion}}}{{/if}})" } } ``` ## Lock File Maintenance¶ This manager supports `lockFileMaintenance` for the following file(s): - `package-lock.json` - `pnpm-lock.yaml` - `yarn.lock` Delegated to the underlying package manager CLI - `npm`, `pnpm`, or Yarn - depending on which lock file is present. #### Invalid lock file (npm ci fails)¶ Unfortunately, `npm` itself sometimes generates invalid lock files which fail `npm ci`. Try adding `"postUpdateOptions": ["npmInstallTwice"]` to tell Renovate run any `npm install` command (which is used to update lock files) twice. This is less efficient than running npm once, but has been known to fix most problems of this type. Renovate already runs `npm install` twice during lock file maintenance, because regenerating a lock file from scratch is known to need a second pass. If this npm bug remains unfixed, and it becomes too frequent for Renovate users, then we may need to modify Renovate to do this by default. Please post feedback to the Renovate repository "Discussions" if you&`#39`;re needing to use this feature frequently or widely. #### Version Selection / Installation¶ If Renovate detects a `packageManager` setting for Yarn in `package.json` then it will use Corepack to install Yarn. #### HTTP Proxy Support¶ Yarn itself does not natively recognize/support the `HTTP_PROXY` and `HTTPS_PROXY` environment variables. You can configure `RENOVATE_X_YARN_PROXY=true` as an environment variable to enable configuring of Yarn proxy (e.g. if you cannot configure these proxy set…[truncated]
<title>Security Presets - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/presets-security/
Security Presets - Renovate Docs ### security:minimumReleaseAgeNpm¶ Wait until the npm package is three days old before raising the update. This a) introduces a short delay to allow for malware researchers and scanners to (possibly) detect any malicious behaviour in packages, and b) prevents the maintainer and/or NPM from unpublishing a package you already upgraded to, breaking builds. ``` { "packageRules": [ { "internalChecksFilter": "strict", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "minimumReleaseAge": "3 days" }, { "description": "Do not require Minimum Release Age for update types that are controlled by the package manager", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "matchUpdateTypes": [ "lockFileMaintenance" ], "minimumReleaseAge": null, "prBodyNotes": [ "⚠️ Renovate&`#39`;s lock file maintenance functionality does not support validating Minimum Release Age, as the package manager performs the required changes to update package(s). Confirm whether your package manager perform its own validation for the Minimum Release Age of packages." ] }, { "description": "Do not require Minimum Release Age for package replacements", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "matchUpdateTypes": [ "replacement" ], "minimumReleaseAge": null, "prBodyNotes": [ "⚠️ Renovate&`#39`;s replacement functionality [does not currently](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/39400) wire in the release age for a package, so the Minimum Release Age checks can apply. You will need to manually validate the Minimum Release Age for these package(s)." ] }, { "description": "Do not require Minimum Release Age for package pinning", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "matchUpdateTypes": [ "pin" ], "minimumReleaseAge": null, "prBodyNotes": [ "⚠️ Renovate&`#39`;s pin functionality [does not currently](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/40288) wire in the release age for a package, so the Minimum Release Age checks can apply. You will need to manually validate the Minimum Release Age for these package(s)." ] } ] } ``` ### security:only-security-updates¶ Only update dependencies if vulnerabilities have been detected. ``` { "extends": [ "config:recommended" // (1)! ], "osvVulnerabilityAlerts": true, "packageRules": [ { "enabled": false, "matchPackageNames": [ "*" ] } ], "vulnerabilityAlerts": { "enabled": true } } ``` 1. `config:recommended`: Recommended configuration for most users. It does not matter what programming language you use. ### security:openssf-scorecard¶ Show OpenSSF badge on pull requests. ``` { "packageRules": [ { "matchSourceUrls": [ "https://github.com/**" ], "prBodyColumns": [ "Package", "Type", "Update", "Change", "Pending", "OpenSSF" ], "prBodyDefinitions": { "OpenSSF": "[](https://securityscorecards.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/{{sourceRepo}})" } } ] } ``` These docs correspond to Mend Renovate 43.220.0.
<title>Default Presets - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/presets-default/
### `:maintainLockFilesDisabled`¶ ... ### `:maintainLockFilesMonthly`¶ ... Run lock file maintenance (updates) on the first day of each month. ... ``` { "lockFileMaintenance": { "enabled": true, "extends": [ "schedule:monthly" // (1)! ] } } ``` ... ### `:maintainLockFilesWeekly`¶ ... Run lock file maintenance (updates) early Monday mornings. ... ``` { "lockFileMaintenance": { "enabled": true, "extends": [ "schedule:weekly" // (1)! ] } } ``` ... 1. `schedule:weekly`: Schedule weekly. ... ### `:npm`¶ ... Keep `package.json` npm dependencies updated. ... ``` {
<title>Renovate scheduling - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/key-concepts/scheduling/
Renovate scheduling - Renovate Docs ... # Renovate Scheduling ... This document describes Renovate&`#39`;s scheduling. ... Because Renovate defaults to "always on" and "open PRs right away" it can overwhelm ... with "new PR" notifications. ... - Limit Renovate to check for updates in your repository to once a week. (In your repository&`#39`;s Renovate config file) - Set update schedules for a package, or group of packages ... ## Customizing the schedule¶ ... Use the `timezone` and `schedule` configuration options to control when Renovate runs. ... 1. Tell Renovate what `timezone` you want to use 2. Learn about the scheduling syntax 3. Optional set an "in-repository schedule" 4. Optional set packageRules with a custom `schedule` for a package, or group of packages ... ### Scheduling syntax¶ ... After you&`#39`;ve set your local timezone, you can set "days of the week" or "hours of the day" in which Renovate is allowed to make changes. ... #### Recommended cron syntax¶ ... We recommend you use the `cron` syntax in your Renovate schedules. ... | Description | Cron syntax | | --- | --- | | every weekend | `* * * * 0,6` | | before 5:00am | `* 0-4 * * *` | | after 10pm and before 5am every weekday | `* 22-23,0-4 * * 1-5` | | on friday and saturday | `* * * * 5,6` | | every 3 months on the first day of the month | `* * 1 */3 *` | ... For Cron schedules, you must use the `*` wildcard for the minutes value, as Renovate doesn&`#39`;t support minute granularity. And the cron schedule must have five parts. ... Renovate does not support scheduled minutes or "at an exact time" granularity. Granularity must be at least one hour. ... ### In-repository schedule configuration¶ ... Important: when the Renovate process runs is usually controlled by the administrator, using tools such as `cron`. For the Mend Renovate App, the Mend maintainers control when the Renovate process runs, usually hourly. ... Renovate should run each day before 4 am ... ``` { "description": "Schedule daily before 4 AM", "schedule": ["* 0-3 * * *"] } ... description": " ... during typical non ... office hours on ... ., 10 ... schedule": ["* 0-4,22-23 * ... 1-5", "* * ... "] } ... #### Schedule presets¶ ... Renovate has built-in presets for common schedules, like "once a week", "outside office hours" and so on. Before you create your own custom schedule, check if the Schedule Presets has what you need. ... The preset schedules only decide when Renovate looks for updates, and do not affect any specific dependencies/packages. ... ### Schedule when to update specific dependencies¶ ... AWS SDK updates on Sunday nights (9 PM - ... "matchPackageNames ... aws-sdk/*"], ... ["* 21-23 * ... 0"] } ] } ... Important tips for the `"schedule"` property: ... - Always use the array syntax `[]`, even if you only set a single schedule - Separate entries with a comma, like this: `["cron for schedule 1", "cron for schedule 2"]` - Multiple entries in the `"schedule"` array are interpreted with the Boolean OR logic
site:docs.renovatebot.com OR site:github.com/renovatebot/renovate 44.13.2 lockFileMaintenance minimumReleaseAge npm --before lock file maintenance does not support validating Minimum Release Age
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<title>Minimum Release Age - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/key-concepts/minimum-release-age/
When Renovate performs a dependency update, it may delegate to your package manager to update artifacts, such as the lockfile. In some cases, this can lead to a transitive dependency being introduced, which Renovate is not aware of, and so could lead to a dependency being introduced without Renovate&`#39`;s `minimumReleaseAge` check being followed. ... When `minimumReleaseAge` is configured, Renovate passes `--before= ` to npm commands during lock file generation. This ensures that npm only resolves package versions that were available before the cooldown threshold, protecting against newly published (and potentially malicious) transitive dependencies. ... The `--before` date is calculated as `now - minimumReleaseAge`. If a `before= ` or `min-release-age= ` setting already exists in the project&`#39`;s `.npmrc`, Renovate uses the stricter (older) of the two dates. ... If the existing lock file contains packages published after the `--before` cutoff (for example, from dependencies merged before `minimumReleaseAge` was configured), npm will fail with an `ETARGET` error. In this case, Renovate automatically retries without `--before` and logs a warning. This ensures existing lock files are never broken by the `--before` flag. ... After the next lock file maintenance run (which regenerates the lock file from scratch with `--before`), subsequent updates will fully enforce the `minimumReleaseAge` constraint. ... | Update Type | Supports `minimumReleaseAge`? | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | `major` | ✅ | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s) | | `minor` | ✅ | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s) | | `patch` | ✅ | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s) | | `pin` | ❌ | Not yet supported | | `digest` | 🟡 | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s). See below for more info. | | `pinDigest` | 🟡 | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s). See below for more info. | | `lockFileMaintenance` | ❌ | Not possible, as we delegate to the package manager to perform the required changes to update package(s). | | `lockfileUpdate` | ❌ | | | `rollback` | ❌ | | | `bump` | ❌ | | | `replacement` | ❌ | Not yet supported | ... Renovate does not currently manage any transitive dependencies - instead leaving that to package managers and `lockFileMaintenance`.
<title>Security Presets - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/presets-security/
Security Presets - Renovate Docs ### security:minimumReleaseAgeNpm¶ Wait until the npm package is three days old before raising the update. This a) introduces a short delay to allow for malware researchers and scanners to (possibly) detect any malicious behaviour in packages, and b) prevents the maintainer and/or NPM from unpublishing a package you already upgraded to, breaking builds. ``` { "packageRules": [ { "internalChecksFilter": "strict", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "minimumReleaseAge": "3 days" }, { "description": "Do not require Minimum Release Age for update types that are controlled by the package manager", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "matchUpdateTypes": [ "lockFileMaintenance" ], "minimumReleaseAge": null, "prBodyNotes": [ "⚠️ Renovate&`#39`;s lock file maintenance functionality does not support validating Minimum Release Age, as the package manager performs the required changes to update package(s). Confirm whether your package manager perform its own validation for the Minimum Release Age of packages." ] }, { "description": "Do not require Minimum Release Age for package replacements", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "matchUpdateTypes": [ "replacement" ], "minimumReleaseAge": null, "prBodyNotes": [ "⚠️ Renovate&`#39`;s replacement functionality [does not currently](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/39400) wire in the release age for a package, so the Minimum Release Age checks can apply. You will need to manually validate the Minimum Release Age for these package(s)." ] }, { "description": "Do not require Minimum Release Age for package pinning", "matchDatasources": [ "npm" ], "matchUpdateTypes": [ "pin" ], "minimumReleaseAge": null, "prBodyNotes": [ "⚠️ Renovate&`#39`;s pin functionality [does not currently](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/40288) wire in the release age for a package, so the Minimum Release Age checks can apply. You will need to manually validate the Minimum Release Age for these package(s)." ] } ] } ``` ### security:only-security-updates¶ Only update dependencies if vulnerabilities have been detected. ``` { "extends": [ "config:recommended" // (1)! ], "osvVulnerabilityAlerts": true, "packageRules": [ { "enabled": false, "matchPackageNames": [ "*" ] } ], "vulnerabilityAlerts": { "enabled": true } } ``` 1. `config:recommended`: Recommended configuration for most users. It does not matter what programming language you use. ### security:openssf-scorecard¶ Show OpenSSF badge on pull requests. ``` { "packageRules": [ { "matchSourceUrls": [ "https://github.com/**" ], "prBodyColumns": [ "Package", "Type", "Update", "Change", "Pending", "OpenSSF" ], "prBodyDefinitions": { "OpenSSF": "[](https://securityscorecards.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/{{sourceRepo}})" } } ] } ``` These docs correspond to Mend Renovate 43.220.0.
<title>fix(presets): allow `lockFileMaintenance` to not be governed by `minimumReleaseAge`</title>
GitHub issue 39354 in renovatebot/renovate (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
# fix(presets): allow `lockFileMaintenance` to not be governed by `minimumReleaseAge` - State: closed - Author: jamietanna - Created: 2025-11-17T16:59:28Z - Updated: 2025-12-18T00:22:51Z - Repository: renovatebot/renovate - Number: `#39354` --- ## Changes As noted in `#39352`, with Renovate 42&`#39`;s default enforcement of all npm datasource package updates requiring `minimumReleaseAge` checks to succeed, we&`#39`;re seeing that lock file maintenance updates are also being blocked by this, despite Renovate itself delegating the logic to the package manager. We can opt-out the `lockFileMaintenance` updates from Minimum Release Age checks, but make sure that we warn users of the risks. ## Context Please select one of the below: - [ ] This closes an existing Issue: # - [x] This doesn&`#39`;t close an Issue, but I accept the risk that this PR may be closed if maintainers disagree with its opening or implementation ## AI assistance disclosure Did you use AI tools to create any part of this pull request? Please select one option and, if yes, briefly describe how AI was used (e.g., code, tests, docs) and which tool(s) you used. - [x] No — I did not use AI for this contribution. - [ ] Yes — minimal assistance (e.g., IDE autocomplete, small code completions, grammar fixes). - [ ] Yes — substantive assistance (AI generated non‑trivial portions of code, tests, or documentation). - [ ] Yes — other (please describe): ## Documentation (please check one with an [x]) - [ ] I have updated the documentation, or - [x] No documentation update is required ## How I&`#39`;ve tested my work (please select one) I have verified these changes via: - [x] Code inspection only, or - [ ] Newly added/modified unit tests, or - [ ] No unit tests but ran on a real repository, or - [ ] Both unit tests + ran on a real repository The public repository: ## Timeline - someone committed - Review requested from viceice - Review requested from secustor - Review requested from nabeelsaabna - Review requested from RahulGautamSingh - Review by viceice: - jamietanna auto_merge_enabled - jamietanna added_to_merge_queue - github-merge-queue[bot] removed_from_merge_queue - jamietanna merged - jamietanna closed - jamietanna head_ref_deleted - Referenced by issue `#39400`: Replacements do not have a release timestamp wired in - Referenced by PR `#39401`: fix(presets): allow `replacement`s to not be governed by `minimumReleaseAge` - Referenced in commit 299f69b - Referenced by PR `#39402`: docs(minimumReleaseAge): clarify `replacement` and `lockFileMaintenance` support - Referenced in commit 0d158e1 - Referenced by PR `#39409`: fix(security:minimumReleaseAgeNpm): correctly opt-out `lockFileMaintenance` and `replacement` - Referenced by PR `#113`: fix: remove minimumReleaseAge check for lockfile maintenance - github-actions[bot] locked
<title>c1469ab fix(presets): allow `lockFileMaintenance` to not be governed by `minimumReleaseAge` (`#39354`)</title>
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/c1469ab79cf3afa178b3e5b9cf1bf4309340a09e
# c1469ab fix(presets): allow `lockFileMaintenance` to not be governed by `minimumReleaseAge` (`#39354`) - SHA: c1469ab79cf3afa178b3e5b9cf1bf4309340a09e - Repository: renovatebot/renovate - Author: jamietanna - Date: 2025-11-17T17:02:15Z - +10 -0 in 1 files - Verified: yes --- fix(presets): allow `lockFileMaintenance` to not be governed by `minimumReleaseAge` (`#39354`) As noted in `#39352`, with Renovate 42&`#39`;s default enforcement of all npm datasource package updates requiring `minimumReleaseAge` checks to succeed, we&`#39`;re seeing that lock file maintenance updates are also being blocked by this, despite Renovate itself delegating the logic to the package manager. We can opt-out the `lockFileMaintenance` updates from Minimum Release Age checks, but make sure that we warn users of the risks. ## Changed Files | File | Status | + | - | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | lib/config/presets/internal/security.ts | modified | 10 | 0 |
<title>minimumReleaseAge is not working with lockFileMaintenance and transitive Dependencies · renovatebot renovate · Discussion `#38115` · GitHub</title>
GitHub discussion 38115 in renovatebot/renovate (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
I realized that`minimumReleaseAge` will only work for direct dependencies and for actions performed by Renovate. Not for any action handled by package Managers ... ## case 1: lockFileMaintenance ... LockFileMaintenance will delete the lockFile and ask the package manager to generate a new one. Unless the package manager also has a`minimumReleaseAge` it will choose the latest version. Potentially younger than`minimumReleaseAge`. ... Let&`#39`;s say I have a package ... version 1.0.0 ... Renovate creates a Pull Request to update to version 1 ... 1 (proper ... respecting`minimumReleaseAge`) This new dependency introduces a new transitive dependency with a range of version: the latest version of ... dependency was released hours ago and has a vulnerability Unless the package manager also has a`minimumReleaseAge` it will choose the latest version (that is vulnerable). ... pnpm 10.16 and yarn 4.10.0 both introduced options similar to`minimumReleaseAge` but they aren&`#39`;t set by default. ... It would be useful ... environment variables to ... the package manager&`#39`; ... `minimumReleaseAge` if set. ... For yarn the setting is https://yarnpkg.com/configuration/yarnrc#npmMinimalAgeGate if I get the env var documentation correctly it should be`YARN_NPM_MINIMAL_AGE_GATE` ... pnpm/pnpm#9921 (comment) indicates that for`pnpm` we can at least specify the CLI flag ... We may also be able to use`npm`&`#39`;s`--before` via@philippe-granet ... I also agreed that the indirect dependencies, especially lockFileMaintenance, should also be regulated by the minimumReleaseAge. ... For example, in Python, most packages do not set an upper bound for their dependencies. Therefore, during the lockFileMaintenance of the pip-compile manager, all indirect dependencies will be refreshed to the latest released version if the direct dependencies support them or do not explicitly define an upper bound. This defeats the purpose of having the minimumReleaseAge. ... We hit a related issue: when`minimumReleaseAge` is set at the top level,`lockFileMaintenance` inherits it but the`renovate/stability-days` status check stays pending forever. ... Root cause: For lockFileMaintenance PRs, Renovate creates virtual "upgrade" entries (one per package.json file) with`updateType: lockFileMaintenance` but no`releaseTimestamp`. With the default`minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour: timestamp-required`, any upgrade without a timestamp causes the stability check to fail. ... Workaround: Set`minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour: timestamp-optional` for lockFileMaintenance: ... ``` "lockFileMaintenance": { "minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour": "timestamp-optional" } ``` ... Suggestion: Should`lockFileMaintenance` default to one of these? ... - During lockFileMaintenance of pip-compile manager (Renovate essentially deletes the`requirements.txt` file and regenerates one with`pip-compile`), Renovate calls pip-compile to regenerate lockfile/indirect dependencies&`#39`; versions with constraints.txt, where the highest version of the indirect dependencies does not exceed what was defined in the constraints.txt, which Renovate in turn regulates. - `minimumReleaseAge: null`(disable inheritance) - `minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour: timestamp-optional` - `statusCheckNames: { minimumReleaseAge: null }` ... May 1 ... If you see security:minimumReleaseAgeNpm this is how we set it for the npm datasource+manager, and it&`#39`;s how we&`#39`;d recommend setting it for`lockFileMaintenance` ... (Note that it does default to`minimumReleaseAge: null` but your top-level config overrides it) ... ``` { "description": "Override preset&`#39`;s 3-day minimum to match pnpm-workspace.yaml", "matchDatasources": ["npm"], "minimumReleaseAge": "7 days" } ``` ... to reset the`minimumReleaseAge` for regular npm updates to match my top-level config / my pnpm&`#39`;s`minimumReleaseAge`. ... P.S. that seemed to also re-enable`minimumReleaseAge` for`lockFi…[truncated]
<title>44.13.2</title>
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.13.2
# 44.13.2 - Tag: 44.13.2 - Repository: renovatebot/renovate - Published: 2026-08-05T14:15:36Z - Author: github-actions[bot] --- ## 44.13.2 (2026-08-05) ### Build System * **deps:** update dependency `@renovatebot/detect-tools` to v4.0.11 (main) (`#44979`) (bce1f27) ## Assets | Name | Size | Downloads | | --- | --- | --- | | docs.tgz | 2.6 MB | 0 | | mkdocs-site.tgz | 7.9 MB | 0 |
<title>feat(manager/npm): pass --before to npm install when minimumReleaseAge is set (`#42552`) · 7775845 · renovatebot/renovate</title>
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/77758459e9e070bcf358e1238546669877d34b77
## feat(manager/npm): pass --before to npm install when minimumReleaseAge is set (`#42552`) ... +When `minimumReleaseAge` is configured, Renovate passes `--before=<date>` to npm commands during lock file generation. ... +This ensures that npm only resolves package versions that were available before the cooldown threshold, protecting against newly published (and potentially malicious) transitive dependencies. ... + +The `--before` date is calculated as `now - minimumReleaseAge`. +If a `before=<date>` or `min-release-age=<days>` setting already exists in the project&`#39`;s `.npmrc`, Renovate uses the stricter (older) of the two dates. ... +If the existing lock file contains packages published after the `--before` cutoff (for example, from dependencies merged before `minimumReleaseAge` was configured), npm will fail with an `ETARGET` error. +In this case, Renovate automatically retries without `--before` and logs a warning. +This ensures existing lock files are never broken by the `--before` flag. ... +After the next lock file maintenance run (which regenerates the lock file from scratch with `--before`), subsequent updates will fully enforce the `minimumReleaseAge` constraint. ... minimumReleaseAge ... + it(&`#39`;sets --before from minimumReleaseAge&`#39`;, async () => { + const res = await npmHelper.generateLockFile( + &`#39`;some-dir&`#39`;, + {}, + &`#39`;package-lock.json&`#39`;, + { skipInstalls: true, minimumReleaseAge: &`#39`;3 days&`#39`; }, + [ + { + packageName: &`#39`;some-dep&`#39`;, + newVersion: &`#39`;1.0.1&`#39`;, + isLockfileUpdate: false, + }, + ], + ); + + expect(res.error).toBeFalse(); + expect(res.beforeFallback).toBeFalse(); + expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([ + { + cmd: &`#39`;npm install --package-lock-only --no-audit --ignore-scripts --before=2026-06-12T12:00:00.000Z&`#39`;, + }, + ]); + }); ... -35,6 + ... parseNpmrc ... const before = ... isNonEmptyString(before)) { ... + const parsed = DateTime.fromISO(before, { zone: &`#39`;utc&`#39`; }); + if (parsed.isValid) { + return parsed; + } + logger.debug(`Invalid before date in .npmrc: ${before}, ignoring`); + } ... + + const minReleaseAge = parsed[&`#39`;min-release-age&`#39`;]; + if (isNonEmptyString(minReleaseAge)) { ... + const days = parseInt(minReleaseAge, 10); + if (isNumber(days) && days >= ... 0) { + return DateTime.now().minus({ days }).toUTC(); + } + logger.debug( + `Invalid min-release-age in ... npmrc: ${minReleaseAge}, ignoring`, + ); + } + ... @@ -111,6 +148,43 @@ export async function generateLockFile( cmdOptions += &`#39`; --ignore-scripts&`#39`;; } + let beforeFlag = &`#39`;&`#39`;; + if (config.minimumReleaseAge) { + const ms = toMs(config.minimumReleaseAge); + if (ms === null) { + logger.debug( + { + minimumReleaseAge: config.minimumReleaseAge, + }, + &`#39`;Invalid minimumReleaseAge, skipping --before for npm install&`#39`;, + ); + } else { + let beforeDate = DateTime.now().minus(ms).toUTC(); + + const npmrcDate = parseNpmrcCooldownDate(npmrcContent); + if (npmrcDate && npmrcDate < beforeDate) { + logger.debug( + { + npmrcDate: npmrcDate.toISO(), + beforeDate: beforeDate.toISO(), + }, + &`#39`;Using stricter .npmrc cooldown date over minimumReleaseAge date&`#39`;, + ); + beforeDate = npmrcDate; + } + + const beforeISO = beforeDate.toISO(); + logger.debug( + { + beforeISO, + minimumReleaseAge: config.minimumReleaseAge, + }, + &`#39`;Setting npm --before based on minimumReleaseAge&`#39`;, + ); + beforeFlag = ` --before=${beforeISO}`; + } + } ... @@ -140,7 +214,7 @@ export async function generateLockFile( if (!upgrades.every((upgrade) => upgrade.isLockfileUpdate)) { // This command updates the lock file based on package.json - commands.push(`npm install ${cmdOptions}`.trim()); + commands.push(`npm install ${cmdOptions}${beforeFlag}`.trim()); } // rangeStrategy = update-lockfile ... cmdOptions} -- ... ${currentWorkspaceUpdates ... + const updateCmd = `npm install ${cmdOptions}${beforeFlag} --workspace=${quote(workspace)} ${currentWorks…[truncated]
<title>feat(manager/npm): pass --before to npm install when minimumReleaseAge is set · Issue `#42051` · renovatebot/renovate</title>
GitHub issue 42051 in renovatebot/renovate (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
## feat(manager/npm): pass --before to npm install when minimumReleaseAge is set ... When `minimumReleaseAge` is configured, Renovate now passes `--before= ` to `npm install` during lock file generation. This prevents npm from resolving newly published transitive dependencies that haven&`#39`;t yet passed the cooldown threshold. ... `--before` is used rather than `--min-release-age` because `--before` has been available since npm 6 (released in 2018), whereas `--min-release-age` was only introduced in npm 11. ... If the project&`#39`;s `.npmrc` already contains a `before=` or `min-release-age=` setting, Renovate uses the stricter (earlier) of the two dates so that existing project-level constraints are never weakened. ... The public repository: https://github.com/renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before with `"minimumReleaseAge": "5 days"` ... ``` DEBUG: Generating package-lock.json for . (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) DEBUG: Spawning npm install to create ./package-lock.json (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) ... DEBUG: Updating lock file only (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) ... DEBUG: Setting npm --before=2026-03-17T14:14:08.740Z based on minimumReleaseAge=5 days (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) ... DEBUG: No node constraint found - using latest (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) ... DEBUG: Executing command (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) "command": "npm install --package-lock-only --no-audit --ignore-scripts --before=2026-03-17T14:14:08.740Z" ... DEBUG: exec completed (repository=renovate-demo/41657-npm-lockfile-before, branch=renovate/vite-8.x) "durationMs": 3499, "stdout": "\nup to date in 3s\n\n8 packages are looking for funding\n run `npm fund` for details\n", ... `: feat(manager/ ... > There looks to ... [`#42` ... bot/renovate/pull/421 ... > > > There looks to be a separate attempt at this which we should also take a look at: `#42145` (in case there&`#39`;s anything from each set of changes to take into account) > > > > The approach in `#42145` seems to address npm too but only on a very basic level. Nothing relevant for the scope of this PR. > > Thanks, I missed your PR when creating mine. I&`#39`;ve rebased `#42145` on your branch and added support for pnpm in c22b45f8bcbabdf812a1474dd9b3a9028f1b2ed6. ... > 🎉 This PR is included in version 43.93.0 🎉 > > The release is available on: > > - [GitHub release](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/43.93.0) > - `43.93.0` > > Your **[semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release)** bot 📦🚀 ... was used to link to ... github.com ... atebot/ ... -41 ... 32301) ... **jamietanna** mentioned this in PR [`#42198`: fix(manager/npm): revert passing `--before` to npm install when minimumReleaseAge is set](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/42198) · Mar 27, 2026 at 12:12pm ... **Churro** mentioned this in PR [`#42552`: feat(manager/npm): pass --before to npm install when minimumReleaseAge is set](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/42552) · Apr 11, 2026 at 11:06pm
<title>Automated Dependency Updates for npm - Renovate Docs</title>
https://docs.renovatebot.com/modules/manager/npm/
Automated Dependency Updates for npm - Renovate Docs # npm Renovate supports updating npm dependencies. ## File Matching¶ By default, Renovate will check any files matching any of the following regular expressions: ``` /(^|/)package\.json$/ /(^|/)pnpm-workspace\.yaml$/ /(^|/)\.yarnrc\.yml$/ ``` For details on how to extend a manager&`#39`;s `managerFilePatterns` value, please follow this link. ## Supported datasources¶ This manager supports extracting the following datasources: `github-tags`, `node-version`, `npm`. ## Dependency types¶ This manager extracts the following `depType` values: | `depType` | `prettyDepType` | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `dependencies` | `dependency` | Listed under `dependencies` | | `devDependencies` | `devDependency` | Listed under `devDependencies` | | `optionalDependencies` | `optionalDependency` | Listed under `optionalDependencies` | | `peerDependencies` | `peerDependency` | Listed under `peerDependencies` | | `engines` | `engine` | Listed under `engines` | | `volta` | `volta` | Listed under `volta` | | `resolutions` | `resolutions` | Listed under `resolutions` (Yarn) | | `packageManager` | `packageManager` | Listed under `packageManager` | | `overrides` | `overrides` | Listed under `overrides` | | `pnpm` | `pnpm` | Listed under the top-level `pnpm` field | | `pnpm.overrides` | `overrides` | Listed under `pnpm.overrides` | | `pnpm-workspace.overrides` | `overrides` | Listed under `overrides` in a pnpm workspace YAML file | Additionally, catalog dependencies produce dynamic `depType` values: `pnpm.catalog. ` for pnpm catalogs and `yarn.catalog. ` for yarn catalogs. ## Default config¶ ``` { "managerFilePatterns": [ "/(^|/)package\\.json$/", "/(^|/)pnpm-workspace\\.yaml$/", "/(^|/)\\.yarnrc\\.yml$/" ], "digest": { "prBodyDefinitions": { "Change": "{{`#if` displayFrom}}`{{{displayFrom}}}` → {{else}}{{`#if` currentValue}}`{{{currentValue}}}` → {{/if}}{{/if}}{{`#if` displayTo}}`{{{displayTo}}}`{{else}}`{{{newValue}}}`{{/if}}" } }, "prBodyDefinitions": { "Change": "[{{`#if` displayFrom}}`{{{displayFrom}}}` → {{else}}{{`#if` currentValue}}`{{{currentValue}}}` → {{/if}}{{/if}}{{`#if` displayTo}}`{{{displayTo}}}`{{else}}`{{{newValue}}}`{{/if}}]({{`#if` depName}}https://renovatebot.com/diffs/npm/{{replace &`#39`;/&`#39`; &`#39`;%2f&`#39`; depName}}/{{{currentVersion}}}/{{{newVersion}}}{{/if}})" } } ``` ## Lock File Maintenance¶ This manager supports `lockFileMaintenance` for the following file(s): - `package-lock.json` - `pnpm-lock.yaml` - `yarn.lock` Delegated to the underlying package manager CLI - `npm`, `pnpm`, or Yarn - depending on which lock file is present. #### Invalid lock file (npm ci fails)¶ Unfortunately, `npm` itself sometimes generates invalid lock files which fail `npm ci`. Try adding `"postUpdateOptions": ["npmInstallTwice"]` to tell Renovate run any `npm install` command (which is used to update lock files) twice. This is less efficient than running npm once, but has been known to fix most problems of this type. Renovate already runs `npm install` twice during lock file maintenance, because regenerating a lock file from scratch is known to need a second pass. If this npm bug remains unfixed, and it becomes too frequent for Renovate users, then we may need to modify Renovate to do this by default. Please post feedback to the Renovate repository "Discussions" if you&`#39`;re needing to use this feature frequently or widely. #### Version Selection / Installation¶ If Renovate detects a `packageManager` setting for Yarn in `package.json` then it will use Corepack to install Yarn. #### HTTP Proxy Support¶ Yarn itself does not natively recognize/support the `HTTP_PROXY` and `HTTPS_PROXY` environment variables. You can configure `RENOVATE_X_YARN_PROXY=true` as an environment variable to enable configuring of Yarn proxy (e.g. if you cannot configure these proxy set…[truncated]
<title>docs/usage/key-concepts/minimum-release-age.md</title>
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/main/docs/usage/key-concepts/minimum-release-age.md
When `minimumReleaseAge` is configured, Renovate passes `--before= ` to npm commands during lock file generation. This ensures that npm only resolves package versions that were available before the cooldown threshold, protecting against newly published (and potentially malicious) transitive dependencies. ... The `--before` date is calculated as `now - minimumReleaseAge`. If a `before= ` or `min-release-age= ` setting already exists in the project&`#39`;s `.npmrc`, Renovate uses the stricter (older) of the two dates. ... If the existing lock file contains packages published after the `--before` cutoff (for example, from dependencies merged before `minimumReleaseAge` was configured), npm will fail with an `ETARGET` error. In this case, Renovate automatically retries without `--before` and logs a warning. This ensures existing lock files are never broken by the `--before` flag. ... After the next lock file maintenance run (which regenerates the lock file from scratch with `--before`), subsequent updates will fully enforce the `minimumReleaseAge` constraint. ... Depending on your manager, datasource and the given package(s), it may be that some updates provide a release timestamp that can have `minimumReleaseAge` enforced. | Update Type | Supports `minimumReleaseAge`? | Notes | | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `major` | ✅ | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s) | | `minor` | ✅ | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s) | | `patch` | ✅ | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s) | | `pin` | ❌ | Not yet supported | | `digest` | 🟡 | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s). See below for more info. | | `pinDigest` | 🟡 | Depends on the Manager, Datasource, and package(s). See below for more info. | | `lockFileMaintenance` | ❌ | Not possible, as we delegate to the package manager to perform the required changes to update package(s). | | `lockfileUpdate` | ❌ | | | `rollback` | ❌ | | | `bump` | ❌ | | | `replacement` | ❌ | Not yet supported | ... ### What happens to transitive dependencies? ... Renovate does not currently manage any transitive dependencies - instead leaving that to package managers and `lockFileMaintenance`.
Renovate’s npm implementation does not add --before when every upgrade is a lockfile update, so this pure lockFileMaintenance path is not forced to wait for a second weekly run by minimumReleaseAge.
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"description": "Weekly, not monthly. Renovate's daily pass only sees the 55 packages declared in package.json; the lockfile holds 514, and the ~459 transitive ones are invisible to it. Security advisories against those get no pull request either, so this refresh is the only response path they have — which makes its cadence the exposure window for a transitive CVE. A monthly run meant up to thirty days, and did: a high-severity brace-expansion advisory sat unfixed until it was refreshed by hand. Weekly caps it at seven. It is not daily because a full re-resolve produces a large diff whenever anything among those 459 publishes, which is most days. Monday to Wednesday is one run with two retries, not three runs: a refresh blocked by prConcurrentLimit is skipped rather than queued, so on a Monday-only schedule every skip cost a full week — four consecutive Mondays were lost that way and this refresh had never run once. minimumReleaseAge is restated here because it does apply on this path rather than being inherited decoration: Renovate converts it to `npm install --before`, so the re-resolve sees the registry as it stood seven days ago and cannot pull in anything published since. automerge is stated here as well as at the top level because the catch-all rule at the end of packageRules matches by package name, and a lockfile refresh has none, so that rule cannot switch it off if a preset ever switches it on."
"description": "Weekly, not monthly. Renovate's daily pass only sees the 55 packages declared in package.json; the lockfile holds 514, and the ~459 transitive ones are invisible to it. Security advisories against those get no pull request either, so this refresh is the only response path they have — which makes its cadence the exposure window for a transitive CVE. A monthly run meant up to thirty days, and did: a high-severity brace-expansion advisory sat unfixed until it was refreshed by hand. Weekly sets the refresh cadence; manual review and merge can extend the exposure window. It is not daily because a full re-resolve produces a large diff whenever anything among those 459 publishes, which is most days. Monday to Wednesday is one run with two retries, not three runs: a refresh blocked by prConcurrentLimit is skipped rather than queued, so on a Monday-only schedule every skip cost a full week — four consecutive Mondays were lost that way and this refresh had never run once. automerge is stated here as well as at the top level because the catch-all rule at the end of packageRules matches by package name, and a lockfile refresh has none, so that rule cannot switch it off if a preset ever switches it on."
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Restrict expression exceptions to declared-floor steps.
expectNamedNodeSelector accepts every ${{ ... }} expression. Therefore, replacing the release detect job's .nvmrc selector with ${{ vars.NODE_VERSION }} would pass this policy test. The typed-version assertion checks only numeric literals.
Restrict the expression exception to the declared-floor selector and its named steps. The existing assertions already confine the current 26.9.0 literal to each binary job, so no additional embedded-builder correction is needed for this case.
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In `@tests/workflowPolicy.test.ts` at line 193, Update expectNamedNodeSelector so
expression-valued selectors are accepted only for the declared-floor selector
and its named steps; require concrete versions for all other selectors, while
preserving the existing binary-job version assertions.
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What this does
No Renovate update merges itself. Every dependency PR now waits for a person (or an agent acting for one) to review and merge it. Before this, the lint/test patch lane and the Node floor PR merged on green.
Fewer PRs. Below a major, updates now arrive in three groups:
@types/node, Tailwind and the old lint/test laneThese keep their own PR: esbuild, Drizzle, OpenCode SDK, toolchain (node + npm), Node floor, weekly lockfile refresh, security fixes. A major arrives alone unless its packages have to move together: React with react-dom and their types, Vite with its React plugin, Drizzle, Tailwind with its Vite plugin, node with npm, and the families Renovate's built-in presets group (CodeMirror, Radix, ESLint, the artifact actions). A final catch-all rule switches automerge off after any preset, and the lockfile refresh and security lanes, which that rule cannot reach, state
automerge: falsethemselves.Other settings
prConcurrentLimit: 5 → 10. Security PRs ignore the limit anyway.rebaseWhen: behind-base-branch, becausemainrequires branches to be up to date.Workflows read the build Node from
.nvmrc. 45 typednode-version: 24.xlines becamenode-version-file: .nvmrc, so Renovate's toolchain PR arrives complete instead of red. The releasenpmjob gets a sparse checkout of.nvmrconly, and the four scripts-only container jobs now list.nvmrcin their sparse checkouts (fixed in review round 1). The user floor (engines.node) is untouched.Found along the way
renovate --dry-run=lookup.eslint-plugin-react-hooksmajors into the React PR, and nothing paired Vite with@vitejs/plugin-react, whose peer range allows one Vite major. Both pairs are now explicit rules.Departures and side effects
.nvmrc, which matches what its Dockerfile already did. Releases before 0.5.0 have no.nvmrcand can no longer be republished (alpha, accepted).tests/nodeFloor.test.tsno longer requires CONTRIBUTING to state the pin. That copy would have made every toolchain PR red.Checks run locally
renovate-config-validator --strict(44.13.2), actionlint 1.7.12, typecheck, lint, full suite: 6791 passed.installScriptPolicyneeds npm 12 and passes with it.verify:versionpassed. I broke each new test assertion on purpose and confirmed it went red.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
Summary by Sourcery
Require reviewed dependency updates, streamline Renovate pull request grouping, and centralize workflow Node version management in
.nvmrc.Bug Fixes:
.nvmrc.Enhancements:
CI:
.nvmrc-based configuration, including sparse checkout for the release npm publishing job.Deployment:
.nvmrc.Documentation:
Tests:
.nvmrcusage and prohibit Renovate automerge settings.