From c0ed0ac7aae67eee7f0e8091264bdfacd2e0030b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Bennett <hello@lukebennett.com.au>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:11:35 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Cover engines.node in the Renovate node rule (#495)

---
 .github/renovate.json5 | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 package.json           |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 18de5cd3..a0099269 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -112,15 +112,26 @@
 			groupName: 'github actions',
 			automerge: false,
 		},
+		// The Node major is declared twice: `mise.toml` selects the version this repo runs on, and the
+		// root `engines.node` warns anyone installing with a package manager instead of mise. Both name a
+		// major only, so both need `replace` to stay that way. They take a rule each because the managers
+		// differ — mise reads one, npm the other — and share a `groupName` so a new LTS line moves them in
+		// a single PR. Covering only mise is what let the top-level `bump` rewrite `24.x` to an exact
+		// `24.19.0`, and it landed in the non-major group rather than a Node one.
 		{
-			// mise pins the Node major only, and Renovate's node versioning treats odd majors as unstable,
-			// so this stays quiet until the next LTS line opens. The top-level `bump` would instead
-			// rewrite `24` to an exact `24.18.1` and then raise a PR for every Node patch.
 			matchManagers: ['mise'],
 			groupName: 'node',
 			rangeStrategy: 'replace',
 			automerge: false,
 		},
+		{
+			matchManagers: ['npm'],
+			matchDepTypes: ['engines'],
+			matchDepNames: ['node'],
+			groupName: 'node',
+			rangeStrategy: 'replace',
+			automerge: false,
+		},
 		{
 			// Moving the pinned pnpm version changes how every install resolves, including the quarantine
 			// and trust policy checks.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45a5a5f9..42549dff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		"vite-plus": "catalog:"
 	},
 	"engines": {
-		"node": "24.19.0"
+		"node": "24.x"
 	},
 	"packageManager": "pnpm@11.22.0+sha512.1ff870c4c6133dfd88fb2afc46dd13d47f09c9794b438c6fdb47ca98caf3bc16381ee0be93a091b8e3824cf01f889f46d7d9e20910fb0be1ab0fb5baa80dd621"
 }
-- 
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