The previous attempt (inline `# renovate:` comment in termix.yaml) silently
did nothing -- after merge + manual run, the dashboard's
`termix-system/termix.yaml (2)` was the resource count (Deployment +
Ingress), not detected updates. No PRs opened, no termix branches, no
queue entries anywhere.
Root cause: Renovate's `kubernetes` manager does NOT process inline
`# renovate:` comments. Those work for dockerfile/flux/helmfile/github-
actions/helm-values/etc., but kubernetes is missing from that list.
Correct fix: a `customManagers.regex` entry that extracts termix's image
directly with the right datasource/versioning/extractVersion set at
EXTRACTION time -- before any docker-version pre-check can reject the
prefixed tag. Plus a packageRule disabling the kubernetes manager for
termix so it doesn't silently skip the dep and clutter the dashboard.
Changes:
- admin-system/renovate.yaml:
* enabledManagers += "custom.regex"
* customManagers: termix.yaml regex extraction -> github-releases
datasource on Termix-SSH/Termix with `extractVersion=^release-(?<version>.+)$`
* packageRules: disable kubernetes manager for ghcr.io/lukegus/termix
- termix-system/termix.yaml: drop the useless inline comment, leave a
NOTE explaining where the actual config lives.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Debug-level dry-run revealed why the previous packageRule approach
(`datasource: github-releases` + `packageName: Termix-SSH/Termix` +
`versioning: regex:^release-...`) silently did nothing:
DEBUG: Dependency ghcr.io/lukegus/termix has unsupported/unversioned
value release-1.11.0 (versioning=docker)
DEBUG: Skipping ghcr.io/lukegus/termix because no currentDigest or
pinDigests
The kubernetes manager extracts the image with the default versioning
(=docker), runs an EARLY currentValue pre-check, fails on `release-1.11.0`,
falls back to digest-based updates, and gives up -- all BEFORE the
packageRule's `versioning` override has a chance to apply. Same failure
class as the earlier `extractVersion` attempt.
Renovate's documented fix for this exact case is an inline manifest
comment that applies overrides at extraction time:
# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=Termix-SSH/Termix \
# versioning=loose extractVersion=^release-(?<version>.+)$
image: ghcr.io/lukegus/termix:release-1.11.0
With extractVersion stripping the `release-` prefix at extraction, the
loose semver parser handles the resulting `1.11.0` / `2.3.2` fine.
github-releases datasource gives Renovate real upstream timestamps so
the 3-day stability gate works normally. Removing the now-superseded
packageRule keeps the config clean (6 rules instead of 7).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
26 items sat in dashboard "Rate-Limited" after the first default-allow
run (Sat 02:00); at 8 PRs/run + 1 run/week the backlog would take ~3
weeks to drain. Doubling to 16/16 cuts that to ~2 runs while still
leaving headroom (the dashboard "Pending Approval" majors and ghcr.io
"Pending Status Checks" don't count against this limit anyway).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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