PR's description characters limit won't work

[wooch82]

I have an error during PR creation with the latest version:

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Task         : Dependabot
Description  : Automatically update dependencies and vulnerabilities in your code
Version      : 1.20.526
Author       : Tingle Software
Help         : For help please visit https://github.com/tinglesoftware/dependabot-azure-devops
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/usr/bin/docker run --rm -i -e DEPENDABOT_PACKAGE_MANAGER=npm -e ghcr.io/tinglesoftware/dependabot-updater-npm:0.20

Updating @rive-app/canvas from 1.2.1 to 2.0.0
Submitting @rive-app/canvas pull request for creation.
============
Failed! PR already exists or an error has occurred.
bin/update-script.rb:857:in `block in <main>': Pull Request creation failed with status 400. Message: Invalid argument value.\r (StandardError)
Parameter name: A description for a pull request must not be longer than 4000 characters.
	from bin/update-script.rb:563:in `each'
	from bin/update-script.rb:563:in `<main>'
##[error]The process '/usr/bin/docker' failed with exit code 1

[hbendev]

By the way, adding the ability to use the commit's description optionally, instead of this long summary would solve this and future cases of this issue. Related ticket: #579

[mburumaxwell]

This is definitely a regression from dependabot/dependabot-core#7487

Hopefully, there is a fix soon

[mburumaxwell]

This is fixed in #724.
Release notes: https://github.com/tinglesoftware/dependabot-azure-devops/releases/tag/1.20.1

@wooch82 , please close if it works for you.

@hbendev
As mentioned in #579, the change proposed is not only major but requires a lot of time. It is most likely easier for Microsoft to increase the limit, but you can also have a go at it.

[wooch82]

Now it works, thank you.
But you just cut the descriptions out, maybe it's better at least give a link to release's notes.

[mburumaxwell]

@wooch82

The truncation in dependabot has always worked by removing the excess characters and the adding a Description has been truncated" at the end. If you haven't seen that let me know.

Luckily I have noticed the releases and change log are added at the top, when available. Also the truncation happens to be a bother when there either many commits, long release notes, or there are many versions from the current to the one being updated to.

[wooch82]

@wooch82

The truncation in dependabot has always worked by removing the excess characters and the adding a Description has been truncated" at the end. If you haven't seen that let me know.

Luckily I have noticed the releases and change log are added at the top, when available. Also the truncation happens to be a bother when there either many commits, long release notes, or there are many versions from the current to the one being updated to.

Ouch, my bad, it was a package from private registry without description. Public registry works well!

[mburumaxwell]

Good to know.
Private feeds with repositories in Azure DevOps should also work unless they are not tagged.