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Security2026-07-28 · source-backed
Version-update PRs now wait three days by default, on the reasoning that most malicious package versions get published and pulled inside a short window. Security updates are exempt and fire immediately; the delay is tunable in dependabot.yml. Copy this for any agent that auto-merges dependency bumps: the mitigation is latency, not detection. (The Hacker News)
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