Infra: Switch Dependabot to a monthly cadence - #3914
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Weekly Dependabot runs produce roughly 11 PRs a week, close to half of all PRs in the repository. Dependency bumps only need to land before a release, so run monthly and document a manual Dependabot check in the release guide. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟢 Approval recommended
The changes are small, consistent with the stated rationale, and the updated Dependabot YAML and release documentation are coherent and valid.
Pull request overview
This PR reduces Dependabot churn in the repository by switching scheduled dependency update checks from weekly to monthly, and updates the release documentation so release managers explicitly refresh dependencies before cutting a release candidate.
Changes:
- Changed Dependabot update cadence for the
uvecosystem fromweeklytomonthly. - Changed Dependabot update cadence for the
github-actionsecosystem fromweeklytomonthly. - Added a “Update Dependencies” step to the release guide instructing maintainers to manually trigger Dependabot checks and merge the resulting PRs before cutting the RC.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
.github/dependabot.yml |
Switches both Dependabot ecosystems’ schedules to a monthly interval. |
mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md |
Documents the new monthly cadence and adds a manual dependency refresh step before the version bump/RC cut. |
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LGTM, since in 90% it just updates the pinned versions. It creates a lot of busy work and noise. Dependencies with CVEs are created ad-hoc, which is great, so we're not taking any risks.
Rationale
Weekly Dependabot runs are noisy, and dependency bumps only need to land before a release. Over the last 12 months (2025-09-06 to 2026-09-06):
Changes
uvandgithub-actionsDependabot schedules fromweeklytomonthly. Cooldown, ignore list, and the codeql-action grouping are unchanged.🤖 Generated with Claude Code