Trying to automerge certain deps but reporting "Automerge Disabled by config"

[spekdrum]

What would you like help with?

I would like help with my configuration

How are you running Renovate?

Self-hosted

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BitBucket Server 7.17.13

Please tell us more about your question or problem

I'm running latest version of Renovate from a docker image with npx.
Everything is working but I'm struggling with automerge configuration.
I would like to automerge (PR) AWS sdk patch updates (maven software.amazon.awssdk:*). I'm aware about the need to separate patch branches ("separateMinorPatch": true). But it's not working. A PR is created (but not merged) and in the body says:

Automerge: Disabled by config. Please merge this manually once you are satisfied.

I think I read everything in the documentation about automerge. Did some tests and combinations. Maybe there is any configuration conflicting with this feature, I can't see the problem.

This is my global config file (I've put ***** to hide urls):

module.exports = {
	extends: ["config:recommended", ":disableDependencyDashboard", ":semanticCommitTypeAll(chore)"],
	platform: "bitbucket-server",
	endpoint: "************",
	username: process.env.RENOVATE_USER,
	password: process.env.RENOVATE_PASSWORD,
	timezone: "Europe/Madrid",
	hostRules: [
		{
			matchHost: "************",
			username: process.env.NEXUS_USER,
			password: process.env.NEXUS_PASSWORD
		},
		{
			matchHost: "github.com",
			token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
		}
	],
	packageRules: [
		{
			matchDatasources: ["maven"],
			registryUrls: [
				"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
				"https://*********/repository/maven-snapshots/",
				"https://*********/repository/maven-releases/"
			]
		},
		{
			matchDatasources: ["npm"],
			minimumReleaseAge: "5 days",
			registryUrls: ["https://*********/repository/npm-group/"]
		}
	],
	autodiscover: true,
	autodiscoverFilter: [
		"PRJ/my-repo",
	]
}

And this is the renovate.json config file in the repository:

{
  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
  "separateMinorPatch": true,
  "packageRules": [
    {
      "matchPackagePatterns": [
        "^software\\.amazon\\.awssdk"
      ],
      "matchUpdateTypes": [
        "patch"
      ],      
      "matchCurrentVersion": ">= 1.0.0",
      "automerge": true
    }
  ]
}

Tried to set matchPackagePatterns with software.amazon.awssdk:** also, without success.

I see in the logs this repo config is taken, but I don't know why automerge is not enabled.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.

Logs (if relevant)

Logs

DEBUG: Repository config (repository=PRJ/my-repo)
       "fileName": "renovate.json",
       "config": {
         "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
         "separateMinorPatch": true,
         "packageRules": [
           {
             "matchPackageNames": ["^software\\.amazon\\.awssdk"],
             "matchUpdateTypes": ["patch"],
             "matchCurrentVersion": ">= 1.0.0",
             "automerge": true
           }
         ]
       }

DEBUG: Created Pull Request #16 (repository=PRJ/my-repo, branch=renovate/patch-aws-java-sdk-v2-monorepo)
DEBUG: PR is not configured for automerge (repository=PRJ/my-repo, branch=renovate/patch-aws-java-sdk-v2-monorepo)

DEBUG: branches info extended (repository=PRJ/my-repo)
       "branchesInformation": [
         {
           "branchName": "renovate/patch-aws-java-sdk-v2-monorepo",
           "prNo": 16,
           "prTitle": "chore(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.27.15 (patch)",
           "result": "pr-created",
           "upgrades": [
             {
               "datasource": "maven",
               "depName": "software.amazon.awssdk:sts",
               "displayPending": "",
               "fixedVersion": "2.27.9",
               "currentVersion": "2.27.9",
               "currentValue": "2.27.9",
               "newValue": "2.27.15",
               "newVersion": "2.27.15",
               "packageFile": "pom.xml",
               "updateType": "patch",
               "packageName": "software.amazon.awssdk:sts"
             },
             {
               "datasource": "maven",
               "depName": "software.amazon.awssdk:secretsmanager",
               "displayPending": "",
               "fixedVersion": "2.27.9",
               "currentVersion": "2.27.9",
               "currentValue": "2.27.9",
               "newValue": "2.27.15",
               "newVersion": "2.27.15",
               "packageFile": "pom.xml",
               "updateType": "patch",
               "packageName": "software.amazon.awssdk:secretsmanager"
             }
           ]
         },
         {
           "branchName": "renovate/logback-classic.version",
           "prNo": null,
           "prTitle": "chore(deps): update dependency ch.qos.logback:logback-classic to v1.5.7",
           "result": "already-existed",
           "upgrades": [
             {
               "datasource": "maven",
               "depName": "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic",
               "displayPending": "",
               "fixedVersion": "1.3.14",
               "currentVersion": "1.3.14",
               "currentValue": "1.3.14",
               "newValue": "1.5.7",
               "newVersion": "1.5.7",
               "packageFile": "pom.xml",
               "updateType": "minor",
               "packageName": "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic"
             }
           ]
         },
         {
           "branchName": "renovate/major-mockito-monorepo",
           "prNo": null,
           "prTitle": "chore(deps): update dependency org.mockito:mockito-core to v5",
           "result": "already-existed",
           "upgrades": [
             {
               "datasource": "maven",
               "depName": "org.mockito:mockito-core",
               "displayPending": "",
               "fixedVersion": "4.11.0",
               "currentVersion": "4.11.0",
               "currentValue": "4.11.0",
               "newValue": "5.13.0",
               "newVersion": "5.13.0",
               "packageFile": "pom.xml",
               "updateType": "major",
               "packageName": "org.mockito:mockito-core"
             }
           ]
         }
       ]

[rarkins]

matchPackagePatterns are deprecated, try again with matchPackageNames instead

[spekdrum]

I've already tried it before, with no success:

      "matchPackageNames": [
        "software.amazon.awssdk:**"
      ]

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[spekdrum]

Hi @rarkins,

I assume my config is probably right and this behaviour is unexpected, given the tag set.

I'm going to make a minimal reproduction as requested, but this will have to wait a bit since I'm going on vacation.
Thanks

[spekdrum]

I found that automerge only gets enabled if I set the matchPackageNames property with the exact name of the package. But when I use glob matching or regexp matching it doesn't work.

This does not work:

	"packageRules": [
		{
			"matchPackageNames": [
				"/^@azure/",
				"/react-scripts/"
			],
			"matchUpdateTypes": ["patch"],
			"automerge": true
		}
	]

I also tested with @azure/* and @azure/**.

This works for both packages:

	"packageRules": [
		{
			"matchPackageNames": [
				"@azure/msal-react",
				"react-scripts"
			],
			"matchUpdateTypes": ["patch"],
			"automerge": true
		}
	]

I did several tests, deleting both PR and branches on every loop.

[rarkins]

Please create a minimal reproduction demonstrating the "not working" scenario

[spekdrum]

I'm sorry, I'm not doing the minimal reproduction. Honestly, I would like to contribute that way but that would take me so much time :S

In our setup regexp matching / minimax matching is broken, at least for matchPackageNames. Our full configuration is still the exposed above. Maybe matchUpdateTypes and matchPackageNames in the same package rule are colliding?

Anyway, finally we made a package rule to automerge everything about patch updates, but excluding some explicit packages with another rule and works perfectly:

		separateMinorPatch: true,
		packageRules: [
			{
				description: "Automerge all patch updates",
				matchUpdateTypes: ["patch"],
				automerge: true,
				automergeType: "branch"
			},
			{
				description: "Disable automerge updates for certain packages",
				matchPackageNames: ["@azure/msal-react"],
				automerge: false
			}
		]

Maybe this can help anyone.

Thanks anyway and congratulations for this helpful tool.

[pconley-onc]

We've been experiencing the same issue: packageRules using regexes in matchPackageNames never automerge, while running a self-hosted Renovate docker container using Bitbucket Server (well, Datacenter).

After spending several days creating a minimal reproduction, I was able to narrow down the problem to our use of the renovate/renovate:slim docker image, which is no longer being published as of the same v38 release that added regex/glob support to matchPackageNames. renovate/renovate:latest is now the appropriate image.

Maybe your problem had the same cause as ours, @spekdrum.