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44.73.0

renovatebot/renovate44.73.0Sep 9, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release enhances merge queue functionality by adding support for GitLab merge trains and GitHub merge queues without auto-merge, along with an improved automerge fallback strategy.

Key Highlights

  • Added GitLab support for merge trains via the platform merge queue API
  • Added GitHub support for using merge queues without auto merge
  • Attempt branch automerge before falling back to a PR on merge queue rejection
  • Updated github/codeql-action dependency to v4.38.0

New Features

  • Attempt branch automerge before falling back to a PR on merge queue rejection
  • GitHub support for using merge queues without auto merge
  • GitLab merge MRs through merge trains via the platform merge queue API

Full Release Notes

## [44.73.0](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/compare/44.72.0...44.73.0) (2026-09-09)

### Features

* **automerge:** attempt branch automerge before falling back to a PR on merge queue rejection ([#45724](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45724)) ([4573aa6](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/4573aa6ac8af337252e9cf1a3492f7203cb24b93))
* **github:** add support for using merge queues without auto merge ([#45721](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45721)) ([7b25e97](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/7b25e97ba3b94db9ddf8ea7c9db2641585b7737e)), closes [#45252](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45252)
* **gitlab:** merge MRs through merge trains via the platform merge queue API ([#45722](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45722)) ([5f91549](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/5f9154944760d18d7f011e4ba137a1cc1d6d0086))

### Miscellaneous Chores

* **deps:** update github/codeql-action action to v4.38.0 (main) ([#45816](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45816)) ([40aedc3](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/40aedc35482045ed82f597584b9bd70ecdc10a15))