Trask Stalnaker

done! please check and close the issue once you've confirmed it's working, thanks

> I think I saw something, somewhere, about whitelisting particular workflows? oh, you're right! here's the current allowed workflows: > open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/.github/workflows/load-tests.yml@refs/heads/main, open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml@refs/heads/main, open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml@refs/heads/main, open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/.github/workflows/benchmark-tags.yml@refs/heads/main, open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml@refs/heads/main, open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml@refs/heads/main it looks like we're...

hm, it looks like the entries in that list "must be pinned to a ref, tag, or full SHA". so I could add > open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/.github/workflows/pr_criterion.yaml@refs/pull/2813/merge but not something that matches...

done, give it another try

> Alternatively, i've made a branch that you could explicitly bless, and I can then use that to fix the build, then notify you i'm done, then un-bless it. Hacking...

@scottgerring sorry was out for a few days, just tried this and looks like it needs to be a real repo branch: > Provided ref "refs/pull/2840/merge" is ambiguous for workflow...

> but not push to it what's the error you get? can you push if it's not a force push?

I've added the suggested dependabot branch protection: https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/docs/how-to-configure-new-repository.md#branch-protection-rule-dependabot if you push a branch now with that matches the pattern `dependabot/**/*` then it should work the idea is that `**/**` is...

no worries! it looks like I set up the `dependabot/**/*` branch protection incorrectly, can you try again?

Looks like we got it to work: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2942#discussion_r2056229266 @scottgerring let's leave this issue open until you're done with the branch so I don't forget to clean up the branch list...