From ba617fc3b5028605e55dc56050871ef918913f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Mattson <35585003+moonbox3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 08:31:36 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Don't count dependabot prs as part of the limit (#6317)

---
 .github/scripts/pr_limit_moderation.js    | 17 +++++++++++++-
 .github/tests/test_pr_limit_moderation.js | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/pr_limit_moderation.js b/.github/scripts/pr_limit_moderation.js
index 450813d22f..6cb23e053a 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/pr_limit_moderation.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/pr_limit_moderation.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ function getPullRequest(context) {
 
   return {
     author: pullRequest.user.login,
+    authorType: pullRequest.user.type,
     labels: pullRequest.labels?.map((label) => label.name).filter(Boolean) ?? [],
     number: pullRequest.number,
   };
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ function hasLabel(labels, labelName) {
   return labels.some((label) => label.toLowerCase() === labelName.toLowerCase());
 }
 
+function isDependabotAuthor({ author, authorType }) {
+  return authorType === 'Bot' && author.toLowerCase() === 'dependabot[bot]';
+}
+
 function buildLimitMessage({ author, exemptLabelName, maxOpenPrs, openPrCount }) {
   return [
     `Thank you for your contribution, @${author}.`,
@@ -83,7 +88,17 @@ async function getOpenPrCount({ github, owner, repo, author, pullRequestNumber }
 
 async function enforcePrLimit({ github, context, core, exemptLabelName, maxOpenPrs, labelName }) {
   const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
-  const { author, labels, number } = getPullRequest(context);
+  const { author, authorType, labels, number } = getPullRequest(context);
+
+  if (isDependabotAuthor({ author, authorType })) {
+    core.info(`Author ${author} is Dependabot; skipping open PR limit enforcement.`);
+    return {
+      author,
+      closed: false,
+      dependabotExempt: true,
+      openPrCount: null,
+    };
+  }
 
   if (hasLabel(labels, exemptLabelName)) {
     core.info(`PR #${number} has the ${exemptLabelName} label; skipping open PR limit enforcement.`);
diff --git a/.github/tests/test_pr_limit_moderation.js b/.github/tests/test_pr_limit_moderation.js
index d3dccb0cce..5f0c8c865a 100644
--- a/.github/tests/test_pr_limit_moderation.js
+++ b/.github/tests/test_pr_limit_moderation.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const { enforcePrLimit } = require('../scripts/pr_limit_moderation.js');
 // Helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function createContext({ author = 'community-user', labels = [], number = 123 } = {}) {
+function createContext({ author = 'community-user', authorType = 'User', labels = [], number = 123 } = {}) {
   return {
     repo: {
       owner: 'microsoft',
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function createContext({ author = 'community-user', labels = [], number = 123 }
         labels: labels.map((name) => ({ name })),
         user: {
           login: author,
+          type: authorType,
         },
       },
     },
@@ -296,6 +297,30 @@ describe('PR limit enforcement', () => {
     assert.deepEqual(github.calls, []);
   });
 
+  it('does not close Dependabot PRs', async () => {
+    const github = createGithub({
+      itemNumbers: [123, ...Array.from({ length: 25 }, (_, index) => index + 1)],
+      pullRequests: createPullRequestPage({
+        author: 'dependabot[bot]',
+        numbers: [123, ...Array.from({ length: 25 }, (_, index) => index + 1)],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    const result = await enforcePrLimit({
+      github,
+      context: createContext({ author: 'dependabot[bot]', authorType: 'Bot' }),
+      core: createCore(),
+      exemptLabelName: 'pr-limit-exempt',
+      maxOpenPrs: 10,
+      labelName: 'too-many-prs',
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(result.closed, false);
+    assert.equal(result.dependabotExempt, true);
+    assert.equal(result.openPrCount, null);
+    assert.deepEqual(github.calls, []);
+  });
+
   it('counts the current PR when the author has more than one page of open PRs', async () => {
     const github = createGithub({
       itemNumbers: [123, ...Array.from({ length: 100 }, (_, index) => index + 1)],