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feat: add caching to self-hosted Renovate workflow #509

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feat: add caching to self-hosted Renovate workflow
claude Mar 17, 2026
4d85d96
fix: use stable cache key and delete before save
claude Mar 17, 2026
650dfe5
fix: only save Renovate cache on success
claude Mar 17, 2026
db6bc38
fix: skip cache delete on cache miss
claude Mar 17, 2026
30f6127
fix: add custom manager for RENOVATE_VERSION env var
claude Mar 17, 2026
f97dc22
fix: move RENOVATE_VERSION custom manager to renovate.json5
claude Mar 17, 2026
c8e0301
fix: narrow RENOVATE_VERSION fileMatch to renovate.yml only
claude Mar 17, 2026
411f0af
fix: use run_id in cache key instead of delete-and-recreate
claude Mar 17, 2026
8cbe905
refactor: use unified actions/cache instead of separate restore/save
claude Mar 17, 2026
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions .github/renovate.json5
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{
extends: ["github>cloudquery/.github//.github/renovate-default.json5"],
customManagers: [
{
customType: "regex",
fileMatch: ["^\\.github/workflows/renovate\\.yml$"],
matchStrings: [
"RENOVATE_VERSION\\: [\"'](?<currentValue>[^\"']+)[\"']",
],
depNameTemplate: "renovatebot/renovate",
datasourceTemplate: "github-releases",
},
],
}
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .github/self-hosted-renovate.js
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module.exports = {
autodiscover: true,
onboarding: false,
repositoryCache: "enabled",
hostRules: [
{
matchHost: "maven.pkg.github.com",
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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/renovate.yml
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permissions:
contents: read

env:
RENOVATE_VERSION: "43.46.6"

jobs:
renovate:
runs-on: ubicloud-standard-4
timeout-minutes: 180
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v6
- name: Renovate cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: /tmp/renovate/cache
key: renovate-cache-${{ env.RENOVATE_VERSION }}-${{ github.run_id }}
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This works because of https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/dependency-caching#cache-hits-and-misses, GitHub caches are immutable

restore-keys: |
renovate-cache-${{ env.RENOVATE_VERSION }}-
- name: Self-hosted Renovate
uses: renovatebot/github-action@v46.1.2
with:
renovate-version: "43.46.6"
renovate-version: ${{ env.RENOVATE_VERSION }}
configurationFile: .github/self-hosted-renovate.js
token: ${{ secrets.GH_CQ_BOT }}
env:
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