Switch from Dependabot to `update-dependencies` action for Python dependencies

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#289 opened on Jul 30, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 2/5
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness: 74/100

Issue type: Refactor
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: github-actions, python
Domain: ci-cd

Research direction

Inspect the repository's current Dependabot configuration and Python dependency update workflow, then compare them with .github/workflows/update-python-dependencies.yml from job-server. Switch the Python updates to the update-dependencies action and verify that the workflow produces the expected dependency update changes within the stated timebox.

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Description

dependency-management

Dependabot continues to give us problems for Python in various repositories, with an assortment of problems.

We could move our Python updates to our own update-dependencies action, as we have for job-server.

Timebox: 1 - 2 hours.

Dominant language: Python
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Forks: 0
Avg merge: 2d 20h
Merged PRs (30d): 9

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