Renovate continuously opens and closes merge requests (again)
# Description
Renovate is back opening and closing many marge requests at once.
It's similar to #10, but now it's related to tag updates on [base-images][].
This pattern started on 2026-03-19.
[base-images]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/base-images
# Examples
Merge requests:
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionmine/-/merge_requests/76
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/onion-mkdocs/-/merge_requests/48
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionspray/-/merge_requests/166
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/onion-reveal/-/merge_requests/44
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/ansible/ancible/-/merge_requests/33
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/onion-tex-slim/-/merge_requests/25
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/rhatto/sauteed-week/-/merge_requests/27
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/rhatto/presentations/-/merge_requests/37
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionspray/-/merge_requests/163
Queues:
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionmine/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/onion-mkdocs/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionspray/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/onion-reveal/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/ansible/ancible/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/onion-tex-slim/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/rhatto/sauteed-week/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/rhatto/presentations/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
* https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionspray/-/merge_requests/?sort=created_date&state=closed&first_page_size=100
## Configuration
All affected projects have a simple Renovate configuration, usually
```json
{
"$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
"extends": [
"config:base"
],
"git-submodules": {
"enabled": true
}
}
```
or simply
```json
{
"$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
"extends": [
"config:base"
]
}
```
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