chore(deps): ignore semver-major cargo bumps in dependabot

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Summary

• Dependabot now skips opening PRs for semver-major cargo dependency bumps (ignore: dependency-name: "*", update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]).
• The existing cargo-patch-and-minor group for routine patch/minor bumps is unchanged.
• Majors carry API breaks and will be upgraded deliberately by hand going forward instead of via automated PRs.

Context

Per owner direction (2026-10-05): stop the unnecessary bloat from automated major-bump PRs that routinely fail CI; majors are now a deliberate, tracked activity. The 6 currently-failing major PRs are being closed with a pointer to this PR; the 3 green majors are left open for the owner's call.

Test plan

• YAML is valid (.github/dependabot.yml follows Dependabot's documented ignore/update-types schema)
• cargo-patch-and-minor group preserved untouched
• CI green on this PR

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  • Automated dependency updates no longer include major-version upgrades.

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Walkthrough

The Cargo Dependabot configuration now ignores major-version updates for all dependencies. A comment states that major updates are handled deliberately rather than through automated pull requests.

Changes

Cargo dependency updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Ignore major updates .github/dependabot.yml	The Cargo configuration ignores major-version updates for all dependencies. A comment states that major updates are handled deliberately.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to df799

The configuration still suggests major version updates will receive individual Dependabot review, although those version-update PRs are suppressed. Align the comments before merging.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to d00d4

The changed surface does not map to a changed system, dependency edge, entrypoint, or external dependency.

Changed systems: None identified.

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in .github/dependabot.yml: The Cargo configuration adds an ignore rule for every dependency’s version-update:semver-major updates. A comment says major updates are handled deliberately rather than through automated PRs.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the change to ignore Cargo semver-major updates in Dependabot.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Review comments at @.github/dependabot.yml:
- Line 18: Update the comments in the Cargo Dependabot configuration to remove
the claim that major bumps stay ungrouped for individual review and clarify that
Cargo semver-major updates are handled manually rather than through Dependabot
version-update PRs. Do not imply that this policy covers security-update PRs.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align the Cargo major-update comments.

The earlier comment says major bumps remain ungrouped for individual review, but this entry ignores semver-major version updates. Specify that the manual process applies to Dependabot version-update PRs; the configuration does not establish whether security-update PRs follow the same policy.

Suggested fix

     # BRO-2814: one grouped PR for routine bumps instead of ten separate
-    # ones hitting the same CI gates in parallel. Major bumps (API breaks)
-    # stay ungrouped so they still get individual review.
+    # ones hitting the same CI gates in parallel.
     groups:
       cargo-patch-and-minor:
         update-types:
           - minor
           - patch
-    # Majors (API breaks) are done deliberately, not via automated PRs.
+    # Cargo semver-major version updates are handled manually, not through
+    # Dependabot version-update PRs.

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Review comment at @.github/dependabot.yml at line 18:
Update the comments in the Cargo Dependabot configuration to remove the claim
that major bumps stay ungrouped for individual review and clarify that Cargo
semver-major updates are handled manually rather than through Dependabot
version-update PRs. Do not imply that this policy covers security-update PRs.

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