github: Dependabot no longer infers .npmrc

· Sujith Quintelier · July 1, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
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Summary
GitHub's Dependabot will no longer infer .npmrc settings from lockfile URLs for npm private registries, stopping the practice of guessing configurations based on potentially incorrect data.
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