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11 changes: 4 additions & 7 deletions .github/dependabot.yml
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updates:
# Maintain dependencies for nuget
- package-ecosystem: "nuget"
directory: "dotnet/"
# The samples tree contains most of the .NET package manifests and causes
# the NuGet updater to exceed Dependabot's fixed execution timeout. Keep the
# production source, tests, and central package versions in scope so updates
# can be opened again.
exclude-paths:
- "samples/**"
# Use the Dependabot-only solution in this folder so NuGet discovery does
# not expand the full developer solution, which includes samples and times
# out before creating update PRs.
directory: "dotnet/dependabot/"
schedule:
interval: "cron"
cronjob: "0 8 * * 4,0" # Every Thursday(4) and Sunday(0) at 8:00 UTC
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# Dependabot NuGet discovery

This folder contains the NuGet entry point used by Dependabot.

Dependabot's NuGet updater expands solution files before resolving package updates. The developer solution in `dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx` includes the sample projects, and expanding those projects causes the updater to exceed its fixed execution timeout before it can open dependency update pull requests.

`agent-framework-dependabot.slnx` intentionally references only non-sample source and test projects. The referenced projects still live under `dotnet/src` and `dotnet/tests`, so MSBuild imports the central package management configuration from `dotnet/Directory.Packages.props` normally.

Do not add sample projects to this solution. If a new non-sample project should be covered by Dependabot NuGet updates, add it here.
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@SergeyMenshykh SergeyMenshykh Sep 18, 2026

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I wonder how our CI workflows will handle the new solution file. Will they discover it and build it in addition to the main solution file? or ignore it?

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the pipelines (ADO) have a variable defined solution: 'dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx' that's used by all the dotnet tasks. So it'll use that solution, and ignore the new one I'm introducing.

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On GHA side, this will need an update to stop looking into the new directory,

agent-framework/.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml

Line 133 in b043790

export SOLUTIONS=$(find ./dotnet/ -type f -name "*.slnx" | tr '\n' ' ')
the other workflows are using the csproj as far as I can tell.

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We’ll have to remember to update this file every time we add, remove, or update a project. Maybe we can use it to confirm that the timeouts are caused by the large number of dependencies that need to be analyzed, and then decide on a more maintainable solution.

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I'd like to try this solution since I've already tried:

  • manually updating a lot of the dependencies, thinking the issue came from the sheer number of outdated ones
  • excluding the samples path

Unfortunately, for me to try anything, I need to merge into main. Nothing guarantees it'll work, and if it does, we can always adjust to negate any trade offs like these.

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If it works, we’ll also need a way for Dependabot to update the sample dependencies.

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The other alternative I thought of was to add entries dedicated to csproj, so it does the different runs on separate jobs. But that's going to be a pain to maintain. Which is why I'd like to try the solution first.

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Also check out https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/blob/main/dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1

We are using this in a few places in the main dotnet-build-and-test.yml to create smaller slnx files to avoid building everything in every parallel stream.

It supports a switch for removing all samples, but can also filter projects by target framework.

E.g.

          ./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 `
            -Solution dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx `
            -TargetFramework ${{ matrix.targetFramework }} `
            -Configuration ${{ matrix.configuration }} `
            -ExcludeSamples `
            -OutputPath dotnet/filtered.slnx `
            -Verbose

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unfortunately I don't have control over how dependabot does the discovery or which steps it runs besides pointing it to a directory. So it won't be able to execute this script. (there's no workflow definition for dependabot)

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