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+# faraday trust configuration — org-wide baseline.
+# A bot listed here is "trusted": its pull requests need 1 maintainer
+# approval instead of 2. Both `login` and `id` must match the PR author.
+# Find an ID with: gh api 'users/<login>' --jq .id
+# See: https://github.com/electron/faraday
+
+trusted-bots:
+  # Dependency bumps. Reviewed and approved by maintainers.
+  - login: dependabot[bot]
+    id: 49699333