renovatebot/renovate 44.96.0

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44.96.0 (2026-09-17)

Features

• config: add minimumReleaseAgeBuffer option (#45577) (4215f35)
• manager/dockerfile: extract apk add packages from RUN instructions (#45691) (9b87f8d), closes #43711

Bug Fixes

• platform/github: attempt direct merge before falling back to the merge queue (#46271) (a22f8f0), closes #45724

Miscellaneous Chores

• deps: update codecov/codecov-action action to v7.1.1 (main) (#46282) (8763fe4)
• deps: update jlumbroso/free-disk-space action to v1.3.2 (main) (#46283) (c5a2722)

Tests

• reach 100% branch coverage (#46284) (f711fd4)
• workers/repository: close more branch coverage gaps (#46254) (7960e5d)
• workers/repository: close more branch coverage gaps (#46259) (f7e8104)
• workers/repository: close more branch coverage gaps (#46269) (f1ace2d)