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"automerge": true,
"platformAutomerge": true
},
{
"matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
"matchDepTypes": ["uses-with"],
"enabled": false
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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In Renovate docs for the github-actions manager, what is the recommended way to disable only setup-go/setup-python with-value version updates (not all uses-with updates)?

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Recommended approach: use a packageRule that matches the relevant GitHub Actions “with” dependency (depType: "uses-with") for actions/setup-go and actions/setup-python, and disable only those updates via enabled:false. In the github-actions manager, the “with” version inputs (e.g., node-version for actions/setup-node) are represented as depType = uses-with [1]. Renovate supports updating the “with” version for actions/setup-go and actions/setup-python [1]. Therefore, you can selectively turn off only those uses-with entries. Example Renovate config: { "packageRules": [ { "description": "Disable setup-go/setup-python with-version updates", "matchManagers": ["github-actions"], "matchDepTypes": ["uses-with"], "matchPackageNames": ["actions/setup-go", "actions/setup-python"], "enabled": false } ] } Notes: - matchDepTypes="uses-with" targets only the extracted “with” input versions, not the action reference in the uses: field [1]. - Limit with matchManagers=["github-actions"] so other managers’ dependencies aren’t affected [2].

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Scope is broader than the PR objective—this rule disables all uses-with updates, not just Go/Python versions.

The current configuration will suppress every uses-with update in GitHub Actions workflows, including other important runtime updates. To disable only setup-go and setup-python version bumps, add matchPackageNames:

Narrowed rule 
     {
       "matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["actions/setup-go", "actions/setup-python"],
       "matchDepTypes": ["uses-with"],
       "enabled": false
     },
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{
"matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
"matchDepTypes": ["uses-with"],
"enabled": false
{
"matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
"matchPackageNames": ["actions/setup-go", "actions/setup-python"],
"matchDepTypes": ["uses-with"],
"enabled": false
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@renovate.json` around lines 37 - 40, The rule currently disables all GitHub
Actions "uses-with" updates by setting "matchManagers": ["github-actions"] and
"matchDepTypes": ["uses-with"] with "enabled": false; narrow this by adding a
"matchPackageNames" filter targeting only the actions you want to suppress
(e.g., "actions/setup-go" and "actions/setup-python" or their package name
patterns) so only those package updates are disabled; update the rule object
containing matchManagers/matchDepTypes/enabled (the renovate.json rule) to
include the appropriate matchPackageNames array and keep enabled:false.

},
{
"matchManagers": ["bundler"],
"groupName": "Ruby dependencies",
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