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+---
+name: Scheduled 🕰️
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '45 3 * * 0'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  # Section to be removed before action is merged
+  #  note: branch below needs to point to main instead of new-verdepcheck-strategy
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - verdepcheck_action
+  # end of section to be removed
+
+jobs:
+  dependency-test:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        test-strategy: ["min_cohort", "min_isolated", "release", "max"]
+    uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml@new-verdepcheck-strategy # Change back to "@main"
+    name: Dependency Test - ${{ matrix.test-strategy }} 🔢
+    secrets:
+      REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GCHAT_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.GCHAT_WEBHOOK }}
+    with:
+      strategy: ${{ matrix.test-strategy }}
+      additional-env-vars: |
+        PKG_SYSREQS_DRY_RUN=true