chore: add cooldown interval to dependabot configuration #4854
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This PR adds experimental branch cooldown configuration to Dependabot updates across multiple package ecosystems. The cooldown setting introduces a 5-day delay before creating follow-up pull requests on the same branch, helping to reduce PR noise and allow time for initial updates to be reviewed.
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experimental-branch-cooldownwithdefault-days: 5to all five Dependabot update configurations - Applies consistently across GitHub Actions, Python pip, and Docker ecosystem updates
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I think the option is just cooldown now. I can't find any reference to experimental-branch-cooldown in the Dependabot documentation.
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This pull request updates the Dependabot configuration to introduce a cooldown period for experimental branches across multiple update directories. This change helps prevent Dependabot from creating experimental branches too frequently, reducing noise and potential merge conflicts.
Dependabot configuration enhancements:
experimental-branch-cooldownsetting withdefault-days: 5to the root/,/lambdas,/.ci/Dockerfile,/.devcontainer/Dockerfile, and/.github/workflows/mkdocsupdate directories in.github/dependabot.yml. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]