From ae53cbde4bd9f8ba3e56e37e3ab26377f9669fa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Genevieve Warren <24882762+gewarren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:39:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update Dependabot configuration for scheduling

Removed specific day for weekly updates and added cooldown period.
---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 0d7e0fcb..f298245e 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ updates:
       - "**/*"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-      day: "wednesday"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
     groups:
-      dotnet:
-        patterns:
-          - "*"
+      nuget:
+        patterns: ["*"]
+        group-by: dependency-name
   # NPM packages
   - package-ecosystem: "npm"
     directory: "/"