Allow RenovateBot to auto complete pull requests in Azure whilst requiring one approval

I'm trying to setup RenovateBot. I've configured it to automerge all pull requests it makes, but it doesn't seem able to since we also have a repository policy to require at least one approval.

renovate.json

{    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",    "extends": [      "config:js-app"    ],    "baseBranches": ["main"],    "lockFileMaintenance": { "enabled": true },    "automerge": true  }  

In the pull request, it says it will auto approve:

Renovate configuration  📅 Schedule: At any time (no schedule defined).    🚦 Automerge: Enabled.    ♻️ Rebasing: Whenever PR is behind base branch, or rename PR to start with "rebase!".    👻 Immortal: This PR will be recreated if closed unmerged. Get config help  if that's undesired.    This PR has been generated by Renovate Bot .  

There are no errors in the RenovateBot logs

INFO: Repository started (repository=<ORG>/DependencyUpdater)         "renovateVersion": "24.78.3"   INFO: Dependency extraction complete (repository=<ORG>/DependencyUpdater)         "baseBranch": "main",         "stats": {           "managers": {"npm": {"fileCount": 1, "depCount": 1}},           "total": {"fileCount": 1, "depCount": 1}         }   INFO: PR updated (repository=<ORG>/DependencyUpdater, branch=renovate/pin-dependencies)         "pr": 5,         "prTitle": "Pin dependency renovate to 24.78.3"   INFO: Repository finished (repository=<ORG>/DependencyUpdater)         "durationMs": 8798  

Renovate is logged in as the Service User, which has the Contribute, Contribute to pull requests and Create branch permissions.

How can I configure Renovate/Azure DevOps to allow these pull requests to be autocompleted?

My thinking is that I need to somehow make Renovate self-approve these pull requests (although I guess that could only work because I tell ADO to require at least one approval. if it needed 2 approvals then we'd be out of luck)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66574319/allow-renovatebot-to-auto-complete-pull-requests-in-azure-whilst-requiring-one-a March 11, 2021 at 07:21AM