GitHub4d ago
Tame Dependabot: Group your updates, slow the cadence, keep security fast
Here's a 3-sentence summary of the blog post: GitHub Engineering optimized Dependabot for a large Java repository by updating the dependabot.yml file to group version updates into a single pull request rather than individual dependencies, slowing the cadence from daily to monthly and covering all ecosystems used. This three-changed approach reduces noise and ensures that important updates are not ignored, while security updates are still raised immediately. Dependabot's default package cooldown, which waits three days for new releases to confirm their stability, provides an additional safety net against supply chain attacks.
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