Preset for the org/user should not overwrite a defined onboardingConfig

[Squazz]

What would you like help with?

I would like help with my configuration

How are you running Renovate?

Self-hosted

If you're self-hosting Renovate, tell us which platform (GitHub, GitLab, etc) and which version of Renovate.

bitbucket server, 37.420.1

Please tell us more about your question or problem

I'm testing out how to configure the onboardingConfig

I've updated the onboardingConfig property in the config file that I'm handing to my container when running Renovate. And the debug log tells me that it got the updated onboardingConfig.

But for some reason, it seems to always fall back to a cached version of the onboardingConfig.
Where does this cache come from?
Is there some way I can tell it to not use the cache?
Can I somehow prune the cache?

Logs (if relevant)

Logs

PS C:\Users\user> docker run --rm -v C:\git\renovate-config.js:/usr/src/app/config.js -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e "RENOVATE_PLATFORM=bitbucket-server" -e "RENOVATE_ENDPOINT=https://git.company.com/" -e "RENOVATE_USERNAME=user" -e "RENOVATE_PASSWORD=***********" -e "ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME=user" -e "ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD=***********" renovate/renovate:37-full
DEBUG: Using RE2 regex engine
DEBUG: Parsing configs
DEBUG: Checking for config file in config.js
DEBUG: File config
       "config": {
         "hostRules": [
           {
             "matchHost": "artifactory.company.com",
             "username": "user",
             "password": "***********"
           }
         ],
         "repositories": ["QADO/renovate-test"],
         "onboardingConfig": {
           "extends": ["local>QADO/renovate-config:default.json"],
           "ignoreDeps": ["CaseSensitive.Name.Of.Dependency"],
           "packageRules": [
             {
               "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch", "pin", "digest"],
               "automerge": true
             }
           ],
           "automergeStrategy": "fast-forward",
           "reviewers": []
         }
       }
DEBUG: CLI config
       "config": {}
DEBUG: Env config
       "config": {
         "hostRules": [],
         "platform": "bitbucket-server",
         "endpoint": "https://git.company.com/",
         "username": "user",
         "password": "***********"
       }
DEBUG: Combined config
       "config": {
         "hostRules": [
           {
             "matchHost": "artifactory.company.com",
             "username": "user",
             "password": "***********"
           }
         ],
         "repositories": ["QADO/renovate-test"],
         "onboardingConfig": {
           "extends": ["local>QADO/renovate-config:default.json"],
           "ignoreDeps": ["CaseSensitive.Name.Of.Dependency"],
           "packageRules": [
             {
               "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch", "pin", "digest"],
               "automerge": true
             }
           ],
           "automergeStrategy": "fast-forward",
           "reviewers": []
         },
         "platform": "bitbucket-server",
         "endpoint": "https://git.company.com/",
         "username": "user",
         "password": "***********"
       }
DEBUG: Adding trailing slash to endpoint
DEBUG: Enabling forkProcessing while in non-autodiscover mode
DEBUG: Found valid git version: 2.45.2
DEBUG: Setting global hostRules
DEBUG: Adding password authentication for artifactory.company.com (hostType=undefined) to hostRules
DEBUG: hostRules: no authentication for git.company.com
DEBUG: Bitbucket Server version is: *****
DEBUG: Adding password authentication for git.company.com (hostType=bitbucket-server) to hostRules
DEBUG: Using baseDir: /tmp/renovate
DEBUG: Using cacheDir: /tmp/renovate/cache
DEBUG: Using containerbaseDir: /tmp/renovate/cache/containerbase
DEBUG: Initializing Renovate internal cache into /tmp/renovate/cache/renovate/renovate-cache-v1
DEBUG: Commits limit = null
DEBUG: Setting global hostRules
DEBUG: Adding password authentication for artifactory.company.com (hostType=undefined) to hostRules
DEBUG: Adding password authentication for git.company.com (hostType=bitbucket-server) to hostRules
DEBUG: validatePresets()
DEBUG: Reinitializing hostRules for repo
DEBUG: Clearing hostRules
DEBUG: Adding password authentication for artifactory.company.com (hostType=undefined) to hostRules
DEBUG: Adding password authentication for git.company.com (hostType=bitbucket-server) to hostRules
 INFO: Repository started (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
       "renovateVersion": "37.420.1"
DEBUG: Using localDir: /tmp/renovate/repos/bitbucket-server/QADO/renovate-test (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: PackageFiles.clear() - Package files deleted (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: initRepo("{
         "repository": "QADO/renovate-test"
       }") (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: hostRules: applying Basic authentication for git.company.com (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: QADO/renovate-test owner = QADO (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Resetting npmrc (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Resetting npmrc (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: checkOnboarding() (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: isOnboarded() (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/configure, "Configure Renovate", "!open") (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: getPrList() (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Retrieved Pull Requests, count: 0 (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Renovate did not find a PR for branch #renovate/configure (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/configure, "chore: Configure Renovate", "!open") (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: getPrList() (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: returning cached PR list (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Renovate did not find a PR for branch #renovate/configure (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(renovate.json) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Initializing git repository into /tmp/renovate/repos/bitbucket-server/QADO/renovate-test (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Performing blobless clone (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: git clone completed (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
       "durationMs": 684
DEBUG: latest repository commit (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
       "latestCommit": {
         "hash": "9a6cfbb36d5af0e504dfc61419b5429885c2bf23",
         "date": "2024-06-28T16:08:22+02:00",
         "message": "Initial Commit",
         "refs": "HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD",
         "body": "",
         "author_name": "Author",
         "author_email": "[email protected]"
       }
DEBUG: findFile(renovate.json5) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.github/renovate.json) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.github/renovate.json5) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.gitlab/renovate.json) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.gitlab/renovate.json5) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.renovaterc) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.renovaterc.json) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findFile(.renovaterc.json5) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: config file not found (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Found no closed onboarding PR (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Repo is not onboarded (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: getBranchPr(renovate/configure) (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/configure, "undefined", "open") (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: getPrList() (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: returning cached PR list (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Renovate did not find a PR for branch #renovate/configure (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Onboarding PR does not exist (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Checking for a default Renovate preset which can be used. (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Checking for preset: local>QADO/renovate-config (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Found preset local>QADO/renovate-config - using it in onboarding config (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: onboarding config (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
       "config": {
         "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
         "extends": ["local>QADO/renovate-config"]
       }
DEBUG: No renovate config file found (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: migrateAndValidate() (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: No config migration necessary (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
DEBUG: Found repo ignorePaths (repository=QADO/renovate-test)
       "ignorePaths": ["**/node_modules/**", "**/bower_components/**"]

[RahulGautamSingh]

We are not using a cached version of the onboardingConfig.

If we find a preset for the org/user we add it to the onboardingConfig thinking that the configuration user/org wants during onboarding will be included in that preset.

renovate/lib/workers/repository/onboarding/branch/config.ts

Lines 80 to 91 in 522ce15

	if (foundPreset) {
	logger.debug(`Found preset ${foundPreset} - using it in onboarding config`);
	onboardingConfig = {
	$schema: 'https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json',
	extends: [foundPreset],
	};
	} else {
	// Organization preset did not exist
	logger.debug(
	'No default org/owner preset found, so the default onboarding config will be used instead.',
	);
	}

If you think that's an issue/inconsistent then you can change this discussion to a Suggest an Idea and reframe your question.

[Squazz]

What does this mean? I don't quite understand

So, you are traversing the entire organization/user/project, looking for a repository, named after a hardcoded string "renovate-config", and if you find it, you overwrite what is defined in the onboardingConfig set in the original config.

Yeah, that 100% does not sound like expected behavior, especially if it's not documented. And I haven't heard anything about that before your comment :P

I guess I can circumvent this by just naming my repository something else, like "renovate-default" instead.

Is there a setting to disable this? Or is it truly hard-coded, undocumented behavior?

[RahulGautamSingh]

Renaming the repo should fix it