From 4eac60650d3ebff658c108928912e8dfbf9bc598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ana <ana@codeplain.ai>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 16:19:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: give spec-parsing dependencies their own Dependabot PR

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index a8176d9a..d1350c8e 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ updates:
       - "dependencies"
     # Routine bumps arrive as one weekly PR; majors stay separate.
     groups:
+      # These change the parsed spec text, so a bump can invalidate partial-render hashes
+      # and the API render cache. Listed first so they never land in the routine group;
+      # merge together with the matching codeplain-api PR.
+      spec-parsing:
+        patterns:
+          - "plain-parser"
+          - "mistletoe"
+          - "python-liquid2"
+          - "python-frontmatter"
       pip-minor-and-patch:
         update-types:
           - "minor"