fix(renovate): add ignoreTests so patch automerge pushes to main directly #203

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matt merged 1 commit from fix/renovate-branch-automerge-ignoretests into main 2026-07-27 17:53:22 +00:00
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Root-cause fix for the PR #200 incident: with no CI checks, Renovate refuses branch automerge and falls back to a PR merged via Forgejo's merge API, which intermittently half-completes (merge commit on main, PR left unmerged, push webhook never fires, Komodo never deploys). ignoreTests: true lets renovate-bot push patch groups straight to main as originally intended, bypassing the flaky merge API.

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Root-cause fix for the PR #200 incident: with no CI checks, Renovate refuses branch automerge and falls back to a PR merged via Forgejo's merge API, which intermittently half-completes (merge commit on main, PR left unmerged, **push webhook never fires, Komodo never deploys**). `ignoreTests: true` lets renovate-bot push patch groups straight to main as originally intended, bypassing the flaky merge API. ?? Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Without ignoreTests, Renovate requires passing status checks before
branch automerge. This repo has no CI, so every patch group fell back
to a PR merged via Forgejo's merge API - which intermittently
half-completes (commits land on main, PR left unmerged/autoclosed,
push webhook never fires, Komodo never deploys). Seen on PR #200
(2026-07-24): dashy/HA/mongo bumps sat undeployed for 2+ days.

With ignoreTests, renovate-bot pushes the branch commit straight to
main as originally intended, bypassing the flaky merge API entirely.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
matt merged commit ab3e653f96 into main 2026-07-27 17:53:22 +00:00
matt deleted branch fix/renovate-branch-automerge-ignoretests 2026-07-27 17:53:22 +00:00
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