Frontmatter
| title | chore(deps-dev): bump hono from 4.12.18 to 4.12.23 |
| author | dependabot |
| state | Merged |
| createdAt | Jun 4, 2026, 11:26 PM |
| updatedAt | Jun 5, 2026, 3:44 AM |
| closedAt | Jun 5, 2026, 3:43 AM |
| mergedAt | Jun 5, 2026, 3:43 AM |
| branches | dev ← dependabot/npm_and_yarn/hono-4.12.23 |
| url | https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/12548 |

PR Review Summary
Status: Approved
🪜 Strategic-Fit Decision
Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:
- Decision: Approve
- Rationale: Approve because this is a lockfile-only indirect dependency bump with clean CI and focused local MCP transport verification after reinstalling from the PR lockfile. No follow-up ticket is warranted for a routine dependency maintenance PR.
Thanks, Dependabot. I verified the package-lock delta and the MCP transport surface that consumes the transitive Hono dependency; this is eligible for human merge.
🧭 Patch-Blind Premise Snapshot
- Inputs Read Before Patch: Open PR state and exact head
26eb666dd2430d6112ec8d541e577765aa420c33; changed-file list;package-lock.jsondependency entries; current branch commit message; Hono usage search over runtime/test source; PR CI rollup. - Expected Solution Shape: A correct Dependabot bump should only update the resolved
honopackage metadata inpackage-lock.json, without touching application source or hardcoding any runtime behavior. Test isolation should cover the MCP SDK transport paths that consume Hono transitively, using the PR lockfile rather than stale localnode_modules. - Patch Verdict: Matches. The diff changes only
node_modules/honoversion/resolved/integrity from4.12.18to4.12.23, and a clean install resolvedhono@4.12.23under@modelcontextprotocol/sdkbefore the focused transport tests ran.
🕸️ Context & Graph Linking
- Target Epic / Issue ID: None — Dependabot dependency maintenance PR without a Neo close-target.
- Related Graph Nodes: Dependency maintenance; MCP transport/client surface;
honotransitive dependency;@modelcontextprotocol/sdk.
🔬 Depth Floor
Challenge OR documented search (per guide §7.1):
Documented search: I actively looked for source-level Hono imports outside dependency metadata, close-target magic in the branch commit body, and stale local dependency resolution that would invalidate a local smoke test. I found no source-level Hono import in live runtime/test paths; no Closes / Resolves / Fixes close-target appears in origin/dev..HEAD; and I corrected the stale local install with npm ci before testing.
Rhetorical-Drift Audit (per guide §7.4):
N/A — routine Dependabot body and lockfile-only dependency metadata; no architectural prose, Anchor & Echo summary, or [RETROSPECTIVE] claim added by this PR.
🧠 Graph Ingestion Notes
[KB_GAP]: N/A.[TOOLING_GAP]: N/A.[RETROSPECTIVE]: Routine dependency bumps that affect transitive MCP transport internals should be reviewed against the consuming transport/client tests after ensuring localnode_modulesmatches the PR lockfile.
🎯 Close-Target Audit
For every issue named as close-target, verify it does NOT carry the epic label:
- Close-targets identified: none.
- Branch commit message checked with
git log origin/dev..HEAD --format='%h%x09%s%n%b'; noCloses/Resolves/Fixesmagic close-target found.
Findings: Pass.
N/A Audits — 📑 🪜 📡 🔗
N/A across listed dimensions: lockfile-only indirect dependency maintenance does not introduce or modify a public contract ledger surface, evidence-ladder AC, MCP OpenAPI description, skill convention, or architectural primitive.
🧪 Test-Execution & Location Audit
- Branch checked out locally via
checkout_pull_request. - Clean dependency install run from PR lockfile:
npm ci --ignore-scripts --prefer-offline --no-audit --no-fund. - Dependency resolution verified:
npm ls hono @hono/node-server --depth=1reportshono@4.12.23under@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.27.1. - Focused transport/client test run:
npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/mcp/client/McpClientTransportConfig.spec.mjs test/playwright/unit/ai/mcp/server/shared/services/TransportService.spec.mjs→ 22 passed. - GitHub CI at exact head is green:
lint-pr-body, CodeQL/Analyze,integration-unified, andunitall succeeded.
Findings: Tests pass.
📋 Required Actions
No required actions — eligible for human merge.
📊 Evaluation Metrics
[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]: 100 - I actively considered source-surface drift, runtime behavior hardcoding, and MCP transport contract changes and confirmed none apply; this is a pure dependency metadata update.[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]: 100 - I actively considered missing ticket linkage, missing contract notes, and PR-body structural failures; Dependabot PR body is appropriate for dependency maintenance andlint-pr-bodypassed.[EXECUTION_QUALITY]: 100 - I actively considered stale local dependency resolution, transitive MCP transport breakage, and CI coverage gaps; clean install resolvedhono@4.12.23, focused transport/client tests passed 22/22, and CI is green.[PRODUCTIVITY]: 100 - Achieves the maintenance goal exactly: updates the indirecthonodependency from4.12.18to4.12.23without collateral changes.[IMPACT]: 40 - Routine dependency maintenance, but non-trivial because the included upstream range contains security fixes and Hono is in the MCP SDK transport dependency chain.[COMPLEXITY]: 10 - Very low: one lockfile entry changed and no source, test, config, or docs files were modified.[EFFORT_PROFILE]: Quick Win - Low-complexity maintenance with useful security/transport hygiene value.
Eligible for human merge; agent reviewers still do not execute gh pr merge.
Bumps hono from 4.12.18 to 4.12.23.
Release notes
Sourced from hono's releases.
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Commits
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