[antonwolfy]

Dependabot opened #3166 to raise dpctl>=0.23.0dev0 in environments/dpctl_pkg.txt to >=0.23.0 once dpctl 0.23.0 was released, although the note in .github/dependabot.yml says >= floors and dev pre-releases are not bumped. On master that floor tracks the dpctl dev series together with pyproject.toml, environments/dpctl_pkg.yml and the conda recipes, so such a PR is not meant to be merged. It is the signal to bump dpctl to the next dev series by hand in all those places, as #3169 does.

This PR replaces the incorrect note with that rule and adds it to .github/AGENTS.md.

• Have you provided a meaningful PR description?
• Have you added a test, reproducer or referred to an issue with a reproducer?
• Have you tested your changes locally for CPU and GPU devices?
• Have you made sure that new changes do not introduce compiler warnings?
• Have you checked performance impact of proposed changes?
• Have you added documentation for your changes, if necessary?
• Have you added your changes to the changelog?

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

The version-pin instructions need to preserve release-only build requirements in pyproject.toml and conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml, with the same clarification in .github/dependabot.yml, to avoid requiring unavailable development versions.

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• Preserve release-only dependency pins in update guidance · New

What changed in this PR

This documentation-only PR corrects the guidance for handling Dependabot updates to dpnp’s dpctl development-version floor, following #3166 and the coordinated update in #3169.

Changes:

• Replaces the incorrect claim that Dependabot does not bump minimum versions or development prereleases.
• Documents that release-triggered dpctl PRs should prompt a coordinated manual update rather than be merged directly.
• Leaves dependency versions and Dependabot configuration behavior unchanged.

File	Description
.github/​dependabot.yml	Corrects the comment describing how to handle dpctl release updates.
.github/​AGENTS.md	Adds contributor guidance for coordinated manual dpctl updates.

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[github-actions]

Array API standard conformance tests for dpnp=0.22.0dev1=np2py314h8d9cdd5_20 ran successfully.
Passed: 1491
Failed: 0
Skipped: 6

[github-actions]

View rendered docs @ https://intelpython.github.io/dpnp/pull/3171/index.html

[coveralls]

coverage: 84.397%. remained the same — dependabot-ignore-dpctl into master

[Copilot]

🟢 Approval recommended

No active review issues are recorded for this documentation-only clarification of Dependabot’s dpctl update guidance.

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1 resolved since last review

• Preserve release-only dependency pins in update guidance

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[vlad-perevezentsev]

LGTM
Thank you @antonwolfy