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chore(dependabot): add 7-day cooldown to all update blocks#18

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What

Adds a 7-day cooldown (cooldown: { default-days: 7 }) to every updates block in dependabot.yml.

Why

Most malicious package releases (typosquats, hijacked maintainers, malicious post-install) are detected and pulled within 24-72h. A 7-day cooldown keeps us out of that danger window for routine version bumps. Security updates are exempt from cooldown, so CVE fixes still land immediately.

7 days is the cross-tool consensus value (Dependabot / Renovate minimumReleaseAge / npm min-release-age). Part of an org-wide rollout across all repos using Dependabot.

Note: for gomod / github-actions / docker, Dependabot keys cooldown off the git tag commit date rather than release date, so treat it as defense-in-depth rather than airtight. See dependabot/dependabot-core#13078.

@nicololuescher nicololuescher force-pushed the chore/dependabot-cooldown branch from b2dba95 to 21ff81c Compare June 8, 2026 13:35
@nicololuescher nicololuescher merged commit 4811921 into main Jun 8, 2026
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@nicololuescher nicololuescher deleted the chore/dependabot-cooldown branch June 8, 2026 13:45
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