Add workflow to automatically upgrade extension npm dependencies #10856
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This PR adds a new GitHub Actions workflow that automatically upgrades npm dependencies for the VS Code extension located in the
extension/
folder.Workflow Features
The workflow runs weekly on Mondays at 8am PST (same schedule as other dependency workflows) and:
yarn install --frozen-lockfile
to ensure a clean starting pointyarn upgrade
to update all packages to their latest compatible versionscontinue-on-error: true
to continue when some packages are unavailable in the npm registrypackage.json
andyarn.lock
files before and after the upgradeError Handling for NPM Feed Issues
The workflow addresses the requirement to handle cases where some packages may not be available in the npm feed by:
continue-on-error: true
on the yarn upgrade step so the workflow continues even if some packages failImplementation Details
The workflow follows existing repository patterns:
update-dependencies.yml
(weekly on Mondays)github.repository_owner == 'dotnet'
)contents: write
,pull-requests: write
)dotnet/actions-create-pull-request
)[Automated]
prefixThe generated PRs will include clear documentation explaining the automation and noting that some packages may have failed to upgrade due to npm registry availability.
Fixes #10855.
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