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Add cooldown periods to Dependabot configuration

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.github.AddDependabotCooldown

Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-github-actions

Adds a cooldown section to each update configuration in Dependabot files. Supports default-days, semver-major-days, semver-minor-days, semver-patch-days, include, and exclude options. This implements a security best practice where dependencies are not immediately adopted upon release, allowing time for security vendors to identify potential supply chain compromises. Cooldown applies only to version updates, not security updates. Read more about dependency cooldowns. The available configuration options for dependabot are listed on GitHub.

Single recipeOpenRewritegithubsecuritydependabotdependenciesModerne Source Available License

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Options

7 parameters

7 optional

Parameter	Example	Type	Required
cooldownDays	7	Integer	Optional
The number of days to wait before considering a published dependency suitable for use (1-90). This delay allows security vendors time to identify potential compromises. Applied to all version types unless specific semver options are set.
exclude	critical-security-package	List	Optional
List of up to 150 dependencies to exempt from cooldown. Supports wildcard patterns with *. Exclude list takes precedence over include list.
excludeEcosystems	github-actions	List	Optional
List of ecosystems to be excluded
include	lodash, react*	List	Optional
List of up to 150 dependencies to apply cooldown to. Supports wildcard patterns with *. If not specified, cooldown applies to all dependencies.
semverMajorDays	14	Integer	Optional
The number of days to wait for major version updates (1-90). Only applies to package managers that support semantic versioning.
semverMinorDays	7	Integer	Optional
The number of days to wait for minor version updates (1-90). Only applies to package managers that support semantic versioning.
semverPatchDays	3	Integer	Optional
The number of days to wait for patch version updates (1-90). Only applies to package managers that support semantic versioning.

Examples

yaml

Parameter	Value
cooldownDays	null
semverMajorDays	null
semverMinorDays	null
semverPatchDays	null
include	null
exclude	null
excludeEcosystems	null

yaml

Before

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
    directory: /
    schedule:
      interval: daily
  - package-ecosystem: maven
    directory: /
    schedule:
      interval: weekly

After

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
    directory: /
    schedule:
      interval: daily
    cooldown:
      default-days: 7
  - package-ecosystem: maven
    directory: /
    schedule:
      interval: weekly
    cooldown:
      default-days: 7

Diff

--- .github/dependabot.yml
+++ .github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,0 +7,2 @@
    schedule:
      interval: daily
+   cooldown:
+     default-days: 7
  - package-ecosystem: maven
@@ -11,0 +13,2 @@
    schedule:
      interval: weekly
+   cooldown:
+     default-days: 7

Usage

Run this recipe

This recipe has no required configuration options. Users of Moderne can run it via the Moderne CLI.

You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mod run . --recipe AddDependabotCooldown

If the recipe is not available locally, then you can install it using:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-github-actions:3.25.0

Data tables

Source files that had results

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults

Source files that were modified by the recipe run.

Column	Description
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Parent of the recipe that made changes	In a hierarchical recipe, the parent of the recipe that made a change. Empty if this is the root of a hierarchy or if the recipe is not hierarchical at all.
Recipe that made changes	The specific recipe that made a change.
Estimated time saving	An estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds.
Cycle	The recipe cycle in which the change was made.

Source files that had search results

org.openrewrite.table.SearchResults

Search results that were found during the recipe run.

Column	Description
Source path of search result before the run	The source path of the file with the search result markers present.
Source path of search result after run the run	A recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run. null when a source file was deleted during the run.
Result	The trimmed printed tree of the LST element that the marker is attached to.
Description	The content of the description of the marker.
Recipe that added the search marker	The specific recipe that added the Search marker.

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org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors

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Column	Description
Source path	The file that failed to parse.
Recipe that made changes	The specific recipe that made a change.
Stack trace	The stack trace of the failure.

Recipe performance

org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats

Statistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.

Column	Description
The recipe	The recipe whose stats are being measured both individually and cumulatively.
Source file count	The number of source files the recipe ran over.
Source file changed count	The number of source files which were changed in the recipe run. Includes files created, deleted, and edited.
Cumulative scanning time (ns)	The total time spent across the scanning phase of this recipe.
Max scanning time (ns)	The max time scanning any one source file.
Cumulative edit time (ns)	The total time spent across the editing phase of this recipe.
Max edit time (ns)	The max time editing any one source file.