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Consider allowing renovate to auto-merge PRs without approval

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Project
starbase
Number
#200
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
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Current evaluation

Maintainer suggestion to configure renovate to auto-merge patch-update PRs when all tests pass and renovate is the sole author. Filed 873 days ago with zero comments, no labels, and no further activity.

Suggested action: needs triage

Reason: The issue is 873 days old with zero comments, no labels, and no assignee — it has never been triaged or prioritised despite being filed by a maintainer (lengau). It is a process-improvement suggestion rather than a bug, so it needs a maintainer decision on whether to implement the renovate auto-merge configuration or close it as deprioritised. Confidence is moderate because repository access was unavailable to verify whether renovate auto-merge has since been implemented in the CI workflows.

Impact: 25 Quick Win: 17.5 Staleness: 85 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 45 Support Request: 5

Issue body

If renovate is the only user on a PR and all tests succeed, we can probably automatically squash & merge that PR. This would need to go alongside appropriate renovate configuration, but a configuration that automatically merges only patch updates would probably be sufficient.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 25
Quick Win: 17.5
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 45
Support Request: 5
needs triage Maintainer suggestion to configure renovate to auto-merge patch-update PRs when all tests pass and renovate is the sole author. Filed 873 days ago with zero comments, no labels, and no further activity.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 5
close stale Feature request to allow Renovate to auto-merge PRs without approval when tests pass. The issue has been inactive for over two years with no maintainer response or comments.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 0
close stale Suggestion to configure Renovate for auto-merging PRs without approval. Open for over two years with zero comments or maintainer engagement, indicating it is likely outdated or no longer a priority.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 0
close stale Proposes configuring Renovate to auto-merge PRs without approval when tests pass and it is the sole contributor, likely restricted to patch updates. Open with zero comments and inactive for over two years, awaiting triage or discussion.

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#126 ci(renovate): allow more branches starbase merged Merged a configuration update to explicitly set Renovate's branchConcurrentLimit, resolving an implicit setting that blocked automerges and PR creation. Approved by reviewers, passed CI, and modified one file without affecting coverage.
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#62 tools: update renovate automerge schedule craft-archives merged Merged after approval. Updated the Renovate automerge schedule with a single line change in one file. Approved by one reviewer and successfully integrated.
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#949 fix(renovate): don't update dependencies in docs spread tests rockcraft closed Closed without merging. Despite approval, a failing CI check and a recent comment suggested reconsidering the change due to new discussions about using Renovate for vulnerability tracking in tutorials. The PR was abandoned.
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