versionCompatibility and extractVersion are not working as expected

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Hi guys,

I have some internal dependencies that follows own versioning schema so I tried to create a package rule using versionCompatibility and extractVersion. Both didn't work as expected (only a package rule with custom versioning worked as expected).

versionCompatibility --> No update is found 👎

"packageRules": [
  {
    "matchPackageNames": [ "de.foo:bar*" ],
    "versionCompatibility": "^(?<compatibility>.*)v(?<version>.*)$",
    "enabled": true
  }
]

...
DEBUG: Found 39 new releases for de.foo:bar-A1 in repository
...
{
  "depName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
  "currentValue": "A1_v90250",
  "managerData": {
    "fileReplacePosition": 8455,
    "packageFile": "gradle/libs.versions.toml"
  },
  "fileReplacePosition": 8455,
  "datasource": "maven",
  "registryUrls": [],
  "depType": "dependencies",
  "updates": [],
  "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
  "versioning": "gradle",
  "warnings": [],
  "registryUrl": "...",
  "packageScope": "de.foo",
  "currentVersion": "90250"
},
...

extractVersion --> Invalid update to Version without extracted part 👎

"packageRules": [
  {
    "matchPackageNames": [ "de.foo:bar*" ],
    "extractVersion": "^.*v(?<version>.*)$",
    "enabled": true
  }
]

...
DEBUG: Found 39 new releases for de.foo:bar-A1 in repository

13:25:28  DEBUG: 3 flattened updates found: de.foo:bar-A1, ...
...
{
  "depName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
  "currentValue": "A1_v90250",
  "managerData": {
    "fileReplacePosition": 8455,
    "packageFile": "gradle/libs.versions.toml"
  },
  "fileReplacePosition": 8455,
  "datasource": "maven",
  "registryUrls": [],
  "depType": "dependencies",
  "updates": [
    {
      "bucket": "major",
      "newVersion": "90300",
      "newValue": "90300",
      "releaseTimestamp": "2025-04-25T07:14:36.000Z",
      "newVersionAgeInDays": 33,
      "newMajor": 90300,
      "newMinor": 0,
      "newPatch": 0,
      "updateType": "major",
      "branchName": "renovate/de.foo-bar-A1-90300.x"
    }
  ],
  "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
  "versioning": "gradle",
  "warnings": [],
  "registryUrl": "...",
  "packageScope": "de.foo",
  "currentVersion": "A1_v90250",
  "isSingleVersion": true,
  "fixedVersion": "A1_v90250"
},
...
branches info extended (...)
"branchesInformation": [
  ...
  {
    "branchName": "renovate/de.foo-bar-A1-90300.x",
    "prNo": null,
    "prTitle": "[AUTO] build(deps): bump bar-A1 to v90300 [BOT]",
    "result": "no-work",
    "upgrades": [
      {
        "datasource": "maven",
        "depName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
        "displayPending": "",
        "fixedVersion": "A1_v90250",
        "currentVersion": "A1_v90250",
        "currentValue": "A1_v90250",
        "newValue": "90300",
        "newVersion": "90300",
        "packageFile": "gradle/libs.versions.toml",
        "updateType": "major",
        "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1"
      }
    ]
  }
]
...

versioning --> works as expected

"packageRules": [
  {
    "matchPackageNames": [ "de.foo:bar*" ],
    "versioning": "regex:^(?<compatibility>[^v]+)v(?<major>.+)$",
    "enabled": true
  }
]

...
branches info extended (...)
"branchesInformation": [
  ...
  {
    "branchName": "renovate/de.foo-bar-A1-90300.x",
    "prNo": null,
    "prTitle": "[AUTO] build(deps): bump bar-A1 to v90300 [BOT]",
    "result": "no-work",
    "upgrades": [
      {
        "datasource": "maven",
        "depName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
        "displayPending": "",
        "fixedVersion": "A1_v90250",
        "currentVersion": "A1_v90250",
        "currentValue": "A1_v90250",
        "newValue": "A1_v90300",
        "newVersion": "A1_v90300",
        "packageFile": "gradle/libs.versions.toml",
        "updateType": "major",
        "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1"
      }
    ]
  }
]
...

Is my expectation wrong or is this a bug?

[RahulGautamSingh]

1. You are using extractVersion the wrong way. It's job is to extract the exact version string you want from the fetched versions. And, that extracted version string (in this case 90250 like) will be replaced with the current version in you repo.

2. Please, share the full logs for the versionCompatibility case.

DEBUG: Found 39 new releases for de.foo:bar-A1 in repository

• updates are found they are filtered out.

[Pfoerd]

@RahulGautamSingh thank you for your quick feedback! (and sorry for the late response, I was on vacation).

1. Okay, I see, I must have misinterpreted how extractVersion works.

2. Here are more logs from the versionCompatibility case (sorry that I am not able to provide full logs as this is from a private, confidential project):

12:57:57  DEBUG: version compatibility regex match (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
12:57:57         "versionCompatibility": "^(?<compatibility>.*)v(?<version>.*)$",
12:57:57         "currentValue": "A1_v90250",
12:57:57         "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
12:57:57         "groups": {"compatibility": "A1_", "version": "90250"}
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Looking up de.foo:bar-A1 in repository https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1-A_maven_release/ (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Maven: error fetching versions for "de.foo:bar-A1": not-found (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Looking up de.foo:bar-A1 in repository https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1_maven_release/ (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Found 39 new releases for de.foo:bar-A1 in repository https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1_maven_release/ (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Looking up de.foo:bar-A1 in repository https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1_B_maven_release/ (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Maven: error fetching versions for "de.foo:bar-A1": not-found (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Rejected release (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
12:57:57         "datasource": "maven",
12:57:57         "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
12:57:57         "registryUrl": "https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1-fw_maven_release/",
12:57:57         "version": "90250",
12:57:57         "versionOrig": undefined
...
12:57:57  DEBUG: Rejected release (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
12:57:57         "datasource": "maven",
12:57:57         "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
12:57:57         "registryUrl": "https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1_maven_release",
12:57:57         "version": "90300",
12:57:57         "versionOrig": undefined
...
12:58:00  DEBUG: packageFiles with updates (repository=project1/repo1, baseBranch=renovate/reproduce_version_compatibility_issue)
...
12:58:00                 {
12:58:00                   "depName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
12:58:00                   "currentValue": "A1_v90250",
12:58:00                   "managerData": {
12:58:00                     "fileReplacePosition": 8455,
12:58:00                     "packageFile": "gradle/libs.versions.toml"
12:58:00                   },
12:58:00                   "fileReplacePosition": 8455,
12:58:00                   "datasource": "maven",
12:58:00                   "registryUrls": [],
12:58:00                   "depType": "dependencies",
12:58:00                   "updates": [],
12:58:00                   "packageName": "de.foo:bar-A1",
12:58:00                   "versioning": "gradle",
12:58:00                   "warnings": [],
12:58:00                   "registryUrl": "https://repo.foo.local/repos/repository1_maven_release",
12:58:00                   "packageScope": "de.foo",
12:58:00                   "currentVersion": "90250"
12:58:00                 },

These are all logs where the package de.foo:bar-A1 is mentioned in any way.