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[FEATURE] Add dependency-update cooldown (Renovate minimumReleaseAge) to reduce supply-chain risk #1783

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Feature Request

Since this repo uses Renovate, could we enable a dependency cooldown (minimum “release age”) so Renovate won’t propose updates to dependency versions until they’ve been out for a bit?

Example policy: only update to releases that are at least 7 days old (optionally 14 days).

Why – security motivation

A large fraction of OSS supply chain compromises have a short “window of opportunity” (hours to days) between a malicious release being published and being detected/reported/taken down.

If we auto-upgrade immediately, we maximize exposure during that window. A cooldown is a simple mitigation: wait out the noisy period so that compromised releases are more likely to be flagged/removed before we adopt them.

Reference/motivation: “We should all be using dependency cooldowns” (Nov 21, 2025).

Proposal

Enable Renovate’s minimum release age policy, e.g.:

  • Default: minimumReleaseAge: 7 days
  • Optional stricter: minimumReleaseAge: 14 days (at least for higher-risk surfaces like build tooling / GitHub Actions)

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