feat: implement issue #256 — Compliance: non-stub-dependabot-rebase.yml

.github/workflows/dependabot-rebase.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #   • You MUST NOT change: the concurrency group name, the explicit secrets
 #     block, or the job-level `permissions:` block — reusable workflows can be
 #     granted no more permissions than the calling job has, so removing the
-#     stanza breaks the reusable's gh API calls. Do not remove either trigger
-#     (`push` keeps the self-sustaining chain; `workflow_dispatch` allows
+#     stanza breaks the reusable's gh API calls. Do not remove any trigger
+#     (`push` keeps the self-sustaining chain; `schedule` is the safety net
+#     when no PR merges have occurred recently; `workflow_dispatch` allows
 #     manual queue flushes).
 #   • If you need different behaviour, open a PR against the reusable in the
 #     central repo.
@@ -21,14 +22,16 @@
 # Dependabot update-and-merge — thin caller for the org-level reusable.
 # To adopt: copy this file to .github/workflows/dependabot-rebase.yml in your repo.
 # Required org secrets (passed explicitly):
-#   APP_ID         — GitHub App ID with pull-requests:write
+#   APP_ID         — GitHub App ID with contents:write and pull-requests:write
 #   APP_PRIVATE_KEY — GitHub App private key
 name: Dependabot update and merge
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 */4 * * *' # every 4 hours — safety net when no pushes to main trigger the chain
   workflow_dispatch: # allow manual trigger to flush Dependabot PR queue
 
 concurrency:

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ test-results/
 playwright-report/
 .env
 .dev-lead/
+.dev-lead/