Auto-approve and merge non-major Dependabot PRs - #53
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Branch protection requires reviews, so enabling auto-merge alone left Dependabot PRs blocked. Restore approval, keep major updates for human review, and match on the PR author so branch updates still trigger. Co-authored-by: ProxyMesh AI <proxymeshai@users.noreply.github.com>
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After a human branch update, fetch-metadata can leave update-type empty if commit verification fails, and != semver-major would still approve. Skip commit verification for merge commits, and only auto-approve/merge explicit minor or patch updates. Co-authored-by: ProxyMesh AI <proxymeshai@users.noreply.github.com>
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Restrict pull_request_target to opened/reopened/synchronize, require the head repo to match this repository, and note that steps only call the GitHub API (no PR code checkout). Co-authored-by: ProxyMesh AI <proxymeshai@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Dependabot PRs were enabling auto-merge but staying
BLOCKEDwithREVIEW_REQUIREDbecause branch protection needs an approving review.This updates
dependabot-auto-mergeto:dependabot[bot]) instead ofgithub.actor, so branch updates still trigger the workflowpull_request_targettypesBugbot follow-up
Fail closed when
update-typeis empty/unknown (can happen after human branch updates if commit verification fails). Useskip-commit-verificationso metadata still parses after merge commits, and only auto-approve/merge explicitsemver-minor/semver-patchupdates.Repo setting to confirm
Settings → Actions → General → Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests must be enabled, or the approve step will fail.
After merge
Update open Dependabot PR branches (or
@dependabot rebase) so they re-run against the new workflow onmain.Slack Thread