44.171.2

renovatebot/renovate44.171.2Oct 20, 2026by github-actions[bot]

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AI Summary

This release prioritizes security and privacy by improving how credentials are handled in caching mechanisms and URLs.

Key Highlights

  • Fixed cache keys to hash URL credentials correctly
  • Resolved npmrc caching logic
  • Restricted HTTP cache headers to an allow-list
  • Prevented sensitive URL credentials from entering repository cache

Full Release Notes

## [44.171.2](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/compare/44.171.1...44.171.2) (2026-10-20)

### Bug Fixes

* **cache:** hash URL credentials in cache keys ([320f770](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/320f770c36013d99ff64303a9026290dedba9a5b))
* **extract:** resolve npmrc again instead of caching it with package files ([061e9ba](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/061e9bad5c30292c32f2cf6114c7806fbf7973c7))
* **http:** persist only an allow-list of response headers in the http caches ([9e46e31](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/9e46e31f32bb12ec9b1e5906a887c6a486081e9c))
* **workers:** keep URL credentials of dependencies out of the repository cache and generated texts ([71d4f95](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/71d4f95ecc584275b79262cab45417cd66efa8f2))

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