From a4101877840f58c8845abfb146d408d66c113083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William-Edwards-STFC <william.edwards@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:32:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #1507 | Add dependabot config (same format as user office
 core)

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0887c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
+    directory: '/'
+    schedule:
+      interval: 'weekly'
+      day: 'sunday'
+    # Limit PRs open from dependabot to avoid reaching job runners limt
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 2
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      # Separate sections of the branch name with a hyphen because docker hub doesn't want slashes
+      # for example, `dependabot-npm_and_yarn-next_js-acorn-6.4.1`
+      separator: '-'
+    versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7