Having lockFileMaintenance respect global schedule

[jamesbraza]

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I have a .github/renovate.json5 like the below (source). I realized the lockFileMaintenance's scheduling is not respecting the global schedule.

For example, chore(deps): lock file maintenance was run on Monday 12/16/2024, when the schedule is supposed to only run in the first week of the month.

I realized from https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options/#lockfilemaintenance that lockFileMaintenance has its own schedule field.

The request is: can we have lockFileMaintenance respect the globally configured schedule?

{
  $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
  extends: [
    "config:recommended",
    "group:allNonMajor", // Rely on config:recommended for major version updates
    ":automergeMinor",
  ],
  schedule: ["* 2 1-7 * 1"],
  prHourlyLimit: 4,
  timezone: "America/Los_Angeles",
  rangeStrategy: "widen",
  lockFileMaintenance: { enabled: true },
  "pre-commit": { enabled: true },
  packageRules: [
    ...
  ],
}

Note the schedule was made here: #32960

Logs

From https://developer.mend.io/github/Future-House/paper-qa/-/job/0193ceb2-b6df-7697-815c-8e1a16603345

DEBUG: processRepo()
DEBUG: Processing 2 branches: renovate/all-minor-patch, renovate/lock-file-maintenance
DEBUG: Calculating hourly PRs remaining
DEBUG: currentHourStart=2024-12-16T10:00:00.000+00:00
DEBUG: PR hourly limit remaining: 4
DEBUG: Calculating prConcurrentLimit (10)
DEBUG: getBranchPr(renovate/all-minor-patch)
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/all-minor-patch, undefined, open)
DEBUG: getBranchPr(renovate/lock-file-maintenance)
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/lock-file-maintenance, undefined, open)
DEBUG: 0 PRs are currently open
DEBUG: PR concurrent limit remaining: 10
DEBUG: Calculated maximum PRs remaining this run: 4
DEBUG: PullRequests limit = 4
DEBUG: Calculating hourly PRs remaining
DEBUG: currentHourStart=2024-12-16T10:00:00.000+00:00
DEBUG: PR hourly limit remaining: 4
DEBUG: Calculating branchConcurrentLimit (10)
DEBUG: 0 already existing branches found: 
DEBUG: Branch concurrent limit remaining: 10
DEBUG: Calculated maximum branches remaining this run: 4
DEBUG: Branches limit = 4
DEBUG: syncBranchState() (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: getBranchPr(renovate/all-minor-patch) (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/all-minor-patch, undefined, open) (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: branchExists=false (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: dependencyDashboardCheck=undefined (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: recreateClosed is true. No need to check for closed PR. (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Checking schedule(schedule=* 2 1-7 * 1, tz=America/Los_Angeles, now=2024-12-16T10:22:28.069Z) (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Found timezone: America/Los_Angeles (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Adjusting now for timezone (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Checking 1 schedule(s) (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Human-readable summary for cron:: Every minute, between 02:00 AM and 02:59 AM, between day 1 and 7 of the month, and on Monday (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Package not scheduled (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: Skipping branch creation as not within schedule (branch="renovate/all-minor-patch")
DEBUG: syncBranchState() (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: getBranchPr(renovate/lock-file-maintenance) (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: findPr(renovate/lock-file-maintenance, undefined, open) (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: branchExists=false (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: dependencyDashboardCheck=undefined (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: recreateClosed is true. No need to check for closed PR. (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Checking schedule(schedule=before 4am on monday, tz=America/Los_Angeles, now=2024-12-16T10:22:28.075Z) (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Found timezone: America/Los_Angeles (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Adjusting now for timezone (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Checking 1 schedule(s) (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Checking schedule "before 4am on monday" (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
{
  "parsedSchedule": {
    "schedules": [
      {
        "t_b": [
          14400
        ],
        "d": [
          2
        ]
      }
    ],
    "exceptions": [],
    "error": -1
  }
}

DEBUG: Matches schedule before 4am on monday (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Converting rebaseWhen=auto to rebaseWhen=behind-base-branch because automerge=true (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Branch needs creating (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Using reuseExistingBranch: false (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Setting current branch to main (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
DEBUG: Initializing git repository into /tmp/renovate/repos/github/Future-House/paper-qa (branch="renovate/lock-file-maintenance")
...

[rarkins]

You cannot. Lock file maintenance schedule override global. Configure your schedule twice

[jamesbraza]

Okay gotchu, thanks.

So maybe this request can be re-cast as adding a config option to lockFileMaintenance that allows for DRY configs, something like extend_schedule