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GitHub Adds 3-Day Dependabot Cooldown to Limit Poisoned Package Adoption

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GitHub has announced a new cooldown mechanism in Dependabot, allowing the tool to wait at least three days after a release is published before opening a pull request.

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GitHub Adds 3-Day Dependabot Cooldown to Limit Poisoned Package Adoption

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