Dependabot adds APM version updates

By OpenTools TeamNovember 6, 2026

Branch updates can be lockfile‑only.

The November 3 release

GitHub’s November 3 release adds Agent Package Manager version updates on github.com across all plans. It excludes security updates and names GitHub Enterprise Server 3.24 for server delivery.

Read the resolved change

Imagine an APM skill pinned to #main. A Dependabot PR changes apm.lock.yaml but leaves apm.yml untouched. Under GitHub’s documented rules, that can be a version change: inspect the resolved commit and skill diff before approval, rather than treating the unchanged branch name as an unchanged dependency.

Without an existing lockfile, the branch updater will not create one. No PR therefore does not prove the skill is current. Check lockfile presence and entry shape: object‑form and mcp: entries are excluded. Private git access is a separate prerequisite. This is a documented review scenario, not a PR we tested.

Conceptual diagram: OpenTools Team; expected file roles from GitHub’s reference, not an observed PR.

Sources

1.GitHub’s documented rules (docs.github.com)
2.github.blog (github.blog)

Dependabot adds APM version updates

By OpenTools TeamNovember 6, 2026

Branch updates can be lockfile‑only.

The November 3 release

GitHub’s November 3 release adds Agent Package Manager version updates on github.com across all plans. It excludes security updates and names GitHub Enterprise Server 3.24 for server delivery.

Read the resolved change

Imagine an APM skill pinned to #main. A Dependabot PR changes apm.lock.yaml but leaves apm.yml untouched. Under GitHub’s documented rules, that can be a version change: inspect the resolved commit and skill diff before approval, rather than treating the unchanged branch name as an unchanged dependency.

Without an existing lockfile, the branch updater will not create one. No PR therefore does not prove the skill is current. Check lockfile presence and entry shape: object‑form and mcp: entries are excluded. Private git access is a separate prerequisite. This is a documented review scenario, not a PR we tested.

Conceptual diagram: OpenTools Team; expected file roles from GitHub’s reference, not an observed PR.

Sources

1.GitHub’s documented rules (docs.github.com)
2.github.blog (github.blog)

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Dependabot adds APM version updates

The November 3 release

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Dependabot adds APM version updates

The November 3 release

Read the resolved change

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