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Add a cooldown to dependabot#782

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This has become a recommended way to reduce the risk of supply chain attacks. 10 days is fairly arbitrary and could be shortened or lengthened in the future.

A shorter cooldown might mean that we're more to encounter supply chain attacks or newly released versions with major issues. A longer cooldown means that we're less likely to get bug fixes.

Note that security updates are not affected by this setting.

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/reference/supply-chain-security/dependabot-options-reference#cooldown-
Github announcement: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-01-dependabot-supports-configuration-of-a-minimum-package-age/

This has become a recommended way to reduce the risk of supply chain attacks. 10 days is fairly arbitrary and could be shortened or lengthened in the future.
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Pull request overview

Adds a Dependabot “cooldown” to delay non-security version updates, aiming to reduce exposure to newly published compromised or unstable releases while keeping the existing daily check cadence.

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  • Configure Dependabot with a 10-day default cooldown for bundler updates.
  • Preserve the existing daily update schedule.

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@zetter-rpf zetter-rpf requested a review from mwtrew April 13, 2026 08:55
@zetter-rpf zetter-rpf merged commit 98b5aa6 into main Apr 13, 2026
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