As per https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/40116#discussioncomment-15319562 (and Tim already applied), it's an opt-in, yet opposed to the documentation, not leaving a single word about that :(
On Monday, 22 December 2025 at 17:11:21 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > I also get a lot of spam PRs for my projects that already use dependabot > :-( > > It seems to be not a silent installation ;-) > > Am 22.12.2025 um 16:58 schrieb Alexander Brandes <[email protected]>: > > Interesting, according to the docs, no PRs should be created. Looking at > the org dashboard, it runs in silent mode... > > On Monday, 22 December 2025 at 16:53:24 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> +1 >> >> But is it normal that I just received 2 on-boarding PR on 2 plugin that I >> maintains? >> >> One example https://github.com/jenkinsci/asm-api-plugin/pull/106 >> On Monday, December 22, 2025 at 2:48:33 PM UTC+1 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> I would like to propose to install renovate in silent mode in the >>> jenkinsci organization. >>> Occasionally people ask us org admins to approve their installation >>> request or have this in their hosting request right away. >>> >>> Installing renovate on the org requires an opt-in still, given it runs >>> in silent mode. That means no onboarding PR, no dependency update, and no >>> issue is created unless the maintainer chooses to create a "renovate.json" >>> proactively. >>> Existing installations are unaffected by that. >>> More information can be found in the renovate docs about the silent >>> mode: >>> https://docs.renovatebot.com/mend-hosted/hosted-apps-config/#onboarding-behavior >>> >>> >>> This would reduce the maintenance effort on our side; yet I'm asking for >>> feedback here first. >>> >>> Best, >>> Alex >>> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/c90fa1b2-1b01-4438-9c7e-ba679935de6cn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/c90fa1b2-1b01-4438-9c7e-ba679935de6cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/c1d39d3f-eeea-42dc-8cbc-2a0a0a04541cn%40googlegroups.com.
