Fix Dependabot auto-approve when update-type is empty - #54
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Pip requirement-range bumps often leave fetch-metadata update-type empty, so the minor/patch allowlist skipped approve on those PRs. Keep blocking explicit majors, and for empty update-type fall back to non-major dependency groups or from/to versions in the PR title. Co-authored-by: ProxyMesh AI <proxymeshai@users.noreply.github.com>
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Dev group allows major updates
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The empty update-type fallback auto-approves every PR in dev-all, but that group is configured to include major updates. A development major with missing metadata would be approved and auto-merged, while the same update stays blocked if update-type is version-update:semver-major.
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Summary
Stopped after Dependabot #41 (scrapy): CI was green and auto-merge was already enabled, but the approve step never ran.
dependabot/fetch-metadatareturns an emptyupdate-typefor pip requirement-range bumps likeUpdate scrapy from >=2.14.2 to >=2.18.0 in /python. The previous minor/patch allowlist treated that as ineligible, so those PRs stayedREVIEW_REQUIRED.Fix
Eligibility is now:
version-update:semver-majorupdate-typeis empty: allowprod-minor-patch/dev-allgroups, otherwise parsefrom/toversions from the PR title and allow only same-major bumpsKeeps
skip-commit-verificationso known majors stay labeled after branch updates.After merge
Resume updating open Dependabot PR branches one at a time.
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