build(deps): add Dependabot cooldown to clear the pnpm age gate#342
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Dependabot writes new versions into the lockfile without honoring .npmrc, so CI failed on `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile` with ERR_PNPM_MINIMUM_RELEASE_AGE_VIOLATION whenever a release was less than 24h old. Add a 2-day cooldown to the npm ecosystem. Cooldown is day-granular, so it must be strictly greater than minimum-release-age (1440 min = 1 day). Uses the build type deliberately: this is CI config with no user-facing change, so it must not cut a release. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
Since the pnpm migration,
.npmrcsetsminimum-release-age=1440(24h). pnpm enforces this against lockfile entries at install time, not only at resolution. Dependabot writes the new version into the lockfile without honoring.npmrc, so any Dependabot PR for a package published less than 24h ago fails CI onpnpm install --frozen-lockfile:It fails on every OS/Node combination and blocks auto-merge. Live examples: #341, gethinode/mod-blocks#153.
Fix
Mirror the install policy in the Dependabot policy via
cooldown, rather than weakening either side.The invariant: Dependabot's cooldown must be strictly greater than pnpm's
minimum-release-age. Cooldown is day-granular and 1440 minutes is exactly 1 day, sodefault-days: 2is the smallest safe value.Mirrors this repo's install policy:
.npmrc#minimum-release-age=1440andpnpm-workspace.yaml#minimumReleaseAgeExclude.Config validated against the official Dependabot JSON schema.
Notes
buildtype deliberately, so semantic-release does not cut a release for a CI-config-only change.cooldownby design; those can still trip the gate and self-heal on re-run after 24h.Part of an org-wide sweep (25 repos). Reference: gethinode/hinode#2009.
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