.. _`tracker issue`: http://tracker.ceph.com/
.. _`Stable Releases and Backports`: http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases/wiki
+Dependabot
+----------
+
+Dependabot is a github bot that scans the dependencies in the repositories for
+security vulnerabilities (CVEs). If a fix is available for a discovered CVE,
+Dependabot creates a pull request to update the dependency.
+
+Dependabot also indicates the compatibility score of the upgrade. This score is
+based on the number of CI failures that occur in other Github repositories
+where the fix was applied.
+
+With some configuration, Dependabot can perform non-security updates (for
+example, it can upgrade to the latest minor version or patch version).
+
+Dependabot supports `several languages and package managers
+<https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/about-dependabot-version-updates#supported-repositories-and-ecosystems>`_.
+As of July 2022, the Ceph project receives alerts only from pip (based on the
+`requirements.txt` files) and npm (`package*.json`). It is possible to extend
+these alerts to git submodules, Golang, and Java. As of July 2022, there is no
+support for C++ package managers such as vcpkg, conan, C++20 modules.
+
+Many of the dependencies discovered by Dependabot will best be updated
+elsewhere than the Ceph Github repository (distribution packages, for example,
+will be a better place to update some of the dependencies). Nonetheless, the
+list of new and existing vulnerabilities generated by Dependabot will be
+useful.
+
+`Here is an example of a Dependabot pull request.
+<https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/46998>`_
+
Guidance for use of cluster log
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