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+name: Validate Renovate configuration
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/renovate.json5'
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: Validate Renovate configuration
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout configuration
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+
+      # this step uses latest renovate slim release
+      - name: Validate configuration
+        run: >
+          docker run --rm --entrypoint "renovate-config-validator"
+          -v "${{ github.workspace }}/.github/renovate.json5":"/renovate.json5"
+          renovate/renovate:slim "/renovate.json5"
+