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Tame Dependabot: Group your updates, slow the cadence, keep security fast

· GitHub · July 29, 2026, 4:23 p.m.

Open Source engineering Security GitHub Actions Dependabot Open Source Updates management software development practices

Summary

This blog post discusses techniques to manage Dependabot updates in a Microsoft open-source project by grouping updates, slowing down the frequency of pull requests, and prioritizing security fixes to reduce clutter in the repository.

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