dependabot_approve.yml

name: Dependabot auto-approve
on: pull_request_target
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Checking the author will prevent your Action run failing on non-Dependabot PRs
    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
      - name: Dependabot metadata
        id: dependabot-metadata
        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.6.0
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Approve a PR if not already approved
        run: |
          gh pr checkout "$PR_URL" # sets the upstream metadata for `gh pr status`
          if [ "$(gh pr status --json reviewDecision -q .currentBranch.reviewDecision)" != "APPROVED" ];
          then gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
          else echo "PR already approved, skipping additional approvals to minimize emails/notification noise.";
          fi
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}