Add cooldown to dependabot actions
#104 opened on Jul 17, 2026
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Description
What is the problem or limitation you are having?
Our dependabot configuration currently upgrades all packages to the most recently available versions at the time of publication. This is a potential vector for supply chain attacks, as there's no window for a malicious release to be identified before it is rolled out. Best practice is to add a cooldown period to dependency updates.
Describe the solution you'd like
We should add a 7 day cooldown to our dependabot configuration.
This has already been done to the beeware/.github dependabot configuration. We should make the analogous change to the dependabot configuration in this repository.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Dependabot recently added a default cooldown. However, the issue will still be identified by zizmor (and other auditing tools); and it's better to be explicit rather than implicit.