Ruby custom manager not handling Pessimistic Version Constraint #41834

thompson-tomo · 2026-03-12T02:02:27Z

thompson-tomo
Mar 12, 2026

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I want to keep my gemspec dependencies up to date just like gemfiles however the custom manager is not finding updates.

I have the following in my gemspec:

  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.7.0'
  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21'

Which is being detected using:

{
      customType: "regex",
      description: "Update dependencies in gemspecs",
      managerFilePatterns: ["**/*.gemspec"],
      matchStrings: [
        ".add_(?<depType>.*dependency)\\s'(?<packageName>.+?)',\\s'(?<matchType>\\S)>\\s(?<currentVersion>[0-9.]+)'",
      ],
      datasourceTemplate: "rubygems",
      versioningTemplate: "ruby",
      currentValueTemplate: "~> {{currentVersion}}",
      depTypeTemplate: "{{depType}}",
    }

The cli is not detecting any updates where as i would expect opentelemetry-api to detect a 1.8.0 updatate being proposed.

Note the update is being correctly identified in gemfiles (bundler) with example provided below.

Reproduction repo is available at https://github.com/thompson-tomo/renovate-issues

Logs (if relevant)

Gemspec Logs

{
             "deps": [
               {
                 "packageName": "opentelemetry-api",
                 "currentValue": "~> 1.7.0",
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "depType": "dependency",
                 "replaceString": ".add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.7.0'",
                 "depName": "opentelemetry-api",
                 "updates": [],
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "sourceDirectory": "api",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-api/v1.8.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2026-03-10T19:03:33.889Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "1.7.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-09-17T21:54:29.182Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 175
               },
               {
                 "packageName": "opentelemetry-common",
                 "currentValue": "~> 0.21",
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "depType": "dependency",
                 "replaceString": ".add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21'",
                 "depName": "opentelemetry-common",
                 "updates": [],
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "sourceDirectory": "common",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-common/v0.23.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2025-10-14T16:56:18.431Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "0.23.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-10-14T16:56:18.431Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 148
               }
             ],
             "matchStrings": [
               ".add_(?<depType>.*dependency)\\s'(?<packageName>.+?)',\\s'(?<matchType>\\S)>\\s(?<currentVersion>[0-9.]+)'"
             ],
             "currentValueTemplate": "~> {{currentVersion}}",
             "datasourceTemplate": "rubygems",
             "versioningTemplate": "ruby",
             "depTypeTemplate": "{{depType}}",
             "packageFile": "helpers/mysql/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql.gemspec"
}

Bundler Logs

{
             "registryUrls": ["https://rubygems.org"],
             "deps": [
               {
                 "depName": "opentelemetry-api",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 13},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'~> 1.7'",
                 "lockedVersion": "1.7.0",
                 "updates": [
                   {
                     "bucket": "non-major",
                     "newVersion": "1.8.0",
                     "newValue": "'~> 1.7'",
                     "releaseTimestamp": "2026-03-10T19:03:33.889Z",
                     "newVersionAgeInDays": 1,
                     "newMajor": 1,
                     "newMinor": 8,
                     "newPatch": 0,
                     "updateType": "minor",
                     "isBreaking": false,
                     "isRange": true,
                     "isLockfileUpdate": true,
                     "libYears": 0.47638713555936074,
                     "branchName": "renovate/opentelemetry-api-1.x-lockfile"
                   }
                 ],
                 "packageName": "opentelemetry-api",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "sourceDirectory": "api",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-api/v1.8.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2026-03-10T19:03:33.889Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "1.7.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-09-17T21:54:29.182Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 175,
                 "isSingleVersion": true,
                 "fixedVersion": "1.7.0"
               },
               {
                 "depName": "opentelemetry-common",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 14},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'~> 0.21'",
                 "lockedVersion": "0.23.0",
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "opentelemetry-common",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "sourceDirectory": "common",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-common/v0.23.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2025-10-14T16:56:18.431Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "0.23.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-10-14T16:56:18.431Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 148,
                 "fixedVersion": "0.23.0"
               },
               {
                 "depName": "opentelemetry-registry",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 15},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'~> 0.1'",
                 "lockedVersion": "0.4.0",
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "opentelemetry-registry",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "sourceDirectory": "instrumentation/registry",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-instrumentation-registry/v0.4.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2025-02-25T21:54:30.624Z",
                 "isAbandoned": true,
                 "currentVersion": "0.4.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-02-25T21:54:30.624Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 379,
                 "fixedVersion": "0.4.0"
               },
               {
                 "depName": "opentelemetry-sdk",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 16},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'~> 1.1'",
                 "lockedVersion": "1.10.0",
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "opentelemetry-sdk",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "sourceDirectory": "sdk",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-sdk/v1.10.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2025-10-14T16:56:12.247Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "1.10.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-10-14T16:56:12.247Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 148,
                 "fixedVersion": "1.10.0"
               },
               {
                 "depName": "rake",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 18},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'>= 13'",
                 "lockedVersion": "13.3.1",
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "rake",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/ruby/rake",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://github.com/ruby/rake/releases",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2025-10-29T05:41:55.799Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "13.3.1",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-10-29T05:41:55.799Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 133,
                 "fixedVersion": "13.3.1"
               },
               {
                 "depName": "rubocop",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 19},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'~> 1.84.0'",
                 "lockedVersion": "1.84.2",
                 "updates": [
                   {
                     "bucket": "non-major",
                     "newVersion": "1.85.1",
                     "newValue": "'~> 1.85.0'",
                     "releaseTimestamp": "2026-03-05T10:25:29.059Z",
                     "newVersionAgeInDays": 6,
                     "newMajor": 1,
                     "newMinor": 85,
                     "newPatch": 1,
                     "updateType": "minor",
                     "isBreaking": false,
                     "isRange": true,
                     "libYears": 0.05787497035134449,
                     "branchName": "renovate/rubocop-1.x"
                   }
                 ],
                 "packageName": "rubocop",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "homepage": "https://rubocop.org/",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/releases/tag/v1.85.1",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2026-03-05T10:25:29.059Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "1.84.2",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2026-02-12T07:26:23.994Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 27,
                 "isSingleVersion": false,
                 "fixedVersion": "1.84.2"
               },
               {
                 "depName": "rubocop-performance",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 20},
                 "datasource": "rubygems",
                 "currentValue": "'~> 1.26.0'",
                 "lockedVersion": "1.26.1",
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "rubocop-performance",
                 "versioning": "ruby",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop-performance",
                 "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
                 "homepage": "https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop-performance/",
                 "changelogUrl": "https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop-performance/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md",
                 "mostRecentTimestamp": "2025-10-18T08:50:59.050Z",
                 "isAbandoned": false,
                 "currentVersion": "1.26.1",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-10-18T08:50:59.050Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 144,
                 "fixedVersion": "1.26.1"
               }
             ],
             "lockFiles": ["Gemfile.lock"],
             "packageFile": "Gemfile"
           }

Full logs
test.log

secustor · 2026-03-12T20:46:46Z

secustor
Mar 12, 2026
Maintainer

Extracting currentVersion is not necessary simply extract currentValue which captures ~> 1.7.0.

Also you can drop depTypeTemplate as this is noop.
In regard why you are not getting updates see your other discussion. #41835

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thompson-tomo Mar 12, 2026
Author

Actually it is necessary to do version in that way due to #41836 otherwise you get invalid version. I will test the bump option.

thompson-tomo Mar 13, 2026
Author

As per feedback in #41835 the rangeStrategy doesn't resolve it.

Key log block for this issue:

{
  "packageName": "opentelemetry-api",
  "currentValue": "~> 1.7",
  "datasource": "rubygems",
  "versioning": "ruby",
  "depType": "dependency",
  "replaceString": ".add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.7'",
  "depName": "opentelemetry-api",
  "updates": [],
  "warnings": [],
  "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby",
  "registryUrl": "https://rubygems.org",
  "sourceDirectory": "api",
  "changelogUrl": "https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-ruby/opentelemetry-api/v1.8.0/file.CHANGELOG.html",
  "mostRecentTimestamp": "2026-03-10T19:03:33.889Z",
  "isAbandoned": false,
  "currentVersion": "1.8.0",
  "currentVersionTimestamp": "2026-03-10T19:03:33.889Z",
  "currentVersionAgeInDays": 2
}

secustor Mar 13, 2026
Maintainer

Actually it is necessary to do version in that way due to #41836 otherwise you get invalid version. I will test the bump option.

That logs mention that you are using this configuration:

           {
             "customType": "regex",
             "description": ["Update dependencies in gemspecs"],
             "managerFilePatterns": ["**/*.gemspec"],
             "matchStrings": [
               ".add_(?<depType>.*dependency)\\s'(?<packageName>.+?)',\\s'(?<depVersion>(?<matchType>\\S+)\\s[0-9.]+)'"
             ],
             "datasourceTemplate": "rubygems",
             "versioningTemplate": "ruby",
             "currentValueTemplate": "{{depVersion}}",
             "depTypeTemplate": "{{depType}}"
           }

What I say you should use is

           {
             "customType": "regex",
             "description": ["Update dependencies in gemspecs"],
             "managerFilePatterns": ["**/*.gemspec"],
             "matchStrings": [
-               ".add_(?<depType>.*dependency)\\s'(?<packageName>.+?)',\\s'(?<depVersion>(?<matchType>\\S+)\\s[0-9.]+)'"
+               ".add_(?<depType>.*dependency)\\s'(?<packageName>.+?)',\\s'(?<currentValue>\\S+\\s[0-9.]+)'"
             ],
             "datasourceTemplate": "rubygems",
+             "versioningTemplate": "ruby"
-             "versioningTemplate": "ruby",
-             "currentValueTemplate": "{{depVersion}}",
-             "depTypeTemplate": "{{depType}}"
           }

If that is not enough to this running please provide a minimal reproduction repo

thompson-tomo Mar 13, 2026
Author

So in the most recent version https://github.com/thompson-tomo/opentelemetry-ruby-contrib/blob/ci/update_gemspecs/.github/renovate.json5, I have already removed the depTypeTemplate as suggested and the matchType captureGroup has also been removed.

Hence the only difference is current Value which must be done via a template due to the string encoding issue #41836.

I will provide reproduction repo

thompson-tomo Mar 13, 2026
Author

@secustor Reproduction repo is available at https://github.com/thompson-tomo/renovate-issues which shows the issue of text encoding and rangeStrategy

2026-03-13T06:13:14Z

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