chore: disable dependabot version updates for the bun ecosystem - #151
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The wildcard `version-update:semver-major` ignore does not hold for this ecosystem. pacifio#145 named vite, @vitejs/plugin-react, typescript and immer explicitly after the 2026-08-10 run let those majors through; the very next run, on the merged config, opened react-resizable-panels 2 -> 4. That is six majors through the bun entry against zero through 38 Cargo PRs sharing the same ignore block, so the wildcard is not being applied here rather than being mis-specified. Naming packages one at a time cannot fix it — the next major is always a package nobody has listed. `open-pull-requests-limit: 0` is the documented way to disable version updates for a single package manager. Security update PRs are exempt from the limit, so vulnerability fixes still arrive; only routine version bumps stop. The group and ignore blocks are kept in place, unused, so restoring the previous behaviour is a one-line change once bun support honours ignore.update-types. This matters more for the frontend than it would elsewhere. Per the `dedupe` note in vite.config.ts, a duplicated @codemirror/* or pdfjs-dist in the production bundle silently breaks editor theming and PDF rendering while lint, typecheck, `bun run build` and `bun run dev` all stay green. The check that would catch it is `bun run build:app` and a real window, which no unattended bot PR can attest to.
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The defect
The wildcard
version-update:semver-majorignore does not hold for thebunecosystem.#145 named
vite,@vitejs/plugin-react,typescriptandimmerexplicitly after the 2026-08-10 run let those majors through. The very next run, against the merged config, opened #146 —react-resizable-panels2.1.9 → 4.12.2 (manifest spec is^2).buncargoSame
ignoreblock on both entries. Zero leaked through Cargo, all six through bun — so the wildcard isn't being applied here rather than being mis-specified. I don't have the Dependabot job logs to confirm the mechanism, and the fix doesn't depend on it.Naming packages individually can't work: the next major is always a package nobody has listed yet.
The fix
open-pull-requests-limit: 0on the bun entry. Per the options reference, this is the documented way to disable version updates for one package manager, and security update PRs are exempt from the limit — so vulnerability fixes still arrive automatically. Only routine version bumps stop.The
groupsandignoreblocks are left in place, unused, so this is a one-line revert once bun support honoursignore.update-types.Cargo and github-actions are untouched.
Why this is the right trade here specifically
JS breakage in this repo is invisible to CI. Per the
dedupenote invite.config.tsand CLAUDE.md, a duplicated@codemirror/*orpdfjs-distin the production bundle silently breaks editor theming and PDF rendering while lint, typecheck,bun run buildandbun run devall stay green. The only check that catches it isbun run build:appand a real window — which no unattended bot PR can attest to.So the frontend was never going to be safely auto-updatable in this repo regardless of the bug. Losing routine JS bump PRs costs little; being unable to stop majors costs a maintainer closing them by hand every month.
The tradeoff, stated plainly: JS minor/patch updates will now drift until someone bumps them deliberately. That's the real cost, and it's accepted knowingly.
Meanwhile, the Cargo grouping from #145 works
The two grouped PRs the new config produced:
Cargo.lockfiles in one PR (previously 6 separate PRs)Dependabot names a grouped PR after its first directory, so the titles read
in /crates/atlas-acpwhile the diffs span every affected crate.Verification
ajv), andopen-pull-requests-limitis a schema-known key rather than silently tolerated