renovate-approve bot setup

[djmitche]

I just added the renovate-approve app to my org (all repos). However, I don't seem to be able to add it as a reviewer on an open PR - it doesn't autocomplete in the list of collaborators. I tried to add access for the account to the repo, but

Also, I see

Important note: Due to a GitHub limitation, it is not possible to assign any app like this one as a CODEOWNER, so unfortunately this bot won't work that way if you have CODEOWNERS set up.

in the app information, but this leaves me hanging: what can I do? Must I stop using CODEOWNERS at all? Can I configure renovate to add renovate-approve as a reviewer on its PRs?

Basically I'm at a dead end and not sure how to proceed.

[djmitche]

Ah, I see now that the bot has approved a new PR, so perhaps the inability to add the bot as a reviewer doesn't matter. I assume it's branch rules preventing that from actually merging.

[djmitche]

Huh, but taskcluster/taskcluster#4222 and taskcluster/taskcluster#4223 have not gotten approval. Is there some kind of intermittency at play here, or are those different somehow from taskcluster/taskcluster#4221?

[rarkins]

It responds to (a) new PRs, and (b) ones with

It holds back reviews from others because there's no point adding noise to the PR

[djmitche]

OK, I think all the bits were in place this time:

taskcluster/taskcluster#4229

There is only one commit. by renovate.

But no automerge...

[viceice]

That pr is now merged by renovate. 😏

[djmitche]

Indeed, but an hour and 15 minutes after the approval. Is that delay configurable?

[viceice]

nope, if you don't manually trigger renovate via dependency dashboard, it will run hourly by default