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How to handle dependency bot CI load
Dependabot opens thirty pull requests and CI cost spikes.
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Dependabot opens thirty pull requests and CI cost spikes.
Why it happens
Each bot pull request runs the full pipeline, and they arrive in bursts.
How to fix it
- Group dependency updates so one pull request covers many packages
- Run a reduced pipeline on bot pull requests and the full one on merge
- Schedule bot runs off-peak
- Set concurrency cancellation so superseded bot pushes stop immediately
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