Enable renovate for patch releases on hotfix branches
Metadata
Current evaluation
Hotfix patch-only Renovate updates landed in canonical/starbase#232 (f972745) and were refined by #237 (afb80d1); earlier PR #230 closed unmerged.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Merged PR canonical/starbase#232 at commit f972745 added the hotfix-branch Renovate configuration and validation workflow. PR #237 later refined the behavior at afb80d1; PR #230 was closed unmerged after equivalent work had landed.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
Renovate should run on any `hotfix/*` branch, updating only patch versions of dependencies.
No auto-merge, as this will require a release.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Hotfix patch-only Renovate updates landed in canonical/starbase#232 (f972745) and were refined by #237 (afb80d1); earlier PR #230 closed unmerged. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Renovate hotfix-branch patch updates had no linked fix; PR #230 was closed unmerged after 777 days, while later hotfix configuration changes landed in #232 and #237. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a linked pull request or explicit resolution. The request to configure Renovate for patch updates on hotfix branches remains unaddressed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
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needs triage | Configure Renovate to run on hotfix branches for patch-only updates without auto-merge. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, inactive for over two years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Request to configure Renovate for patch-only updates on hotfix branches. Unlabelled, unassessed, and inactive for over a year. |
Update history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| closed |
Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/starbase#232
(confidence 99%)
Merged configuration change landed in commit f972745.
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Related To:
canonical/starbase#237
(confidence 97%)
Refined hotfix-branch behavior in merged commit afb80d1.
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Related To:
canonical/starbase#230
(confidence 95%)
Original implementation PR closed unmerged after equivalent configuration landed.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #230 ci(renovate): enable hotfix branch patch updates | starbase | closed | Closed unmerged after 777 days; equivalent Renovate hotfix-branch configuration landed via #232 (f972745), then refined by #237 (afb80d1). | |
| #237 chore(renovate): fewer PRs to hotfix branches | starbase | merged | Merged in canonical/starbase#237 via afb80d1, limiting Renovate hotfix-branch PRs to non-development patch updates. | |
| #161 fix(renovate): disable major/minor updates on hotfix branches | starflow | merged | PR #161 merged into canonical/starflow, adding a Renovate package rule that blocks major/minor dependency updates on hotfix branches while keeping patch, pin and digest updates enabled. Config-only, all CI green apart from a conventional-commit title check. | |
| #236 The new renovate template is trying to make major updates even on hotfix branches | starbase | closed | Fixed via canonical/starflow#161: Renovate now limits hotfix branches to patch, pin, and digest updates while disabling major and minor upgrades. canonical/starbase#237 also adjusted the template. | |
| #268 ci: update renovate from starbase | craft-cli | merged | Merged PR #268 as commit 385785d, importing the Renovate updates from canonical/starbase#232. | |
| #74 fix(renovate): make renovate quieter on hotfix branches | starflow | merged | Merged PR #74 in commit bc12565, restricting Renovate dependency updates to main because $default also matched hotfix branches. | |
| #231 ci: fix renovate checker workflow | starbase | closed | Closed unmerged after inactivity; its Renovate config/workflow update was superseded by merged PR canonical/starbase#232 in commit f972745. | |
| #267 tools: configure renovate | rockcraft | merged | Merged PR #267 as commit fc1c99ad, adding 93 lines of Starbase-derived Renovate configuration to automate dependency-update handling. | |
| #26 ci: update renovate config from starbase | craft-platforms | merged | Merged PR #26 updated Renovate configuration from starbase, landing as commit 8b2cb5d. | |
| #891 build(deps): update bugfixes (hotfix/2.1) | craft-providers | closed | Closed unmerged after failing integration checks; later Renovate PRs #928 and #920 landed newer dependency updates, superseding this hotfix/2.1 batch. |