Automate closing of stale issues #11268
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Signed-off-by: Babak K. Shandiz <babakks@github.com>
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Pull Request Overview
This PR implements an automated GitHub Actions workflow to manage stale issues in the repository. The workflow will run daily to identify inactive issues and automatically close them after a grace period to help maintain repository hygiene.
- Adds a scheduled workflow that runs daily at 3 AM UTC to process stale issues
- Configures 30-day periods for both marking issues as stale and closing them
- Targets only issues with specific labels while exempting others from automation
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| steps: | ||
| - uses: actions/stale@v9 | ||
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| start-date: "2025-07-10T00:00:00Z" # Skip for issues created before this date |
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I didn't do it in the PR but as a temporary change we can add a workflow_dispatch trigger and set start-date value from the input params, and set debug-only to true (this enables dry-run).
This way we can see what issues from the past would be marked as stale and therefore see if action/stale is doing what we want.
Let me know your thoughts.
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I could see the value in having the ability to one-shot this in dry-run mode. Though, I think it would only make sense if we are prepared to spend the time and sift through the results.
I wouldn't object to it if you or anyone else feels doing that would be valuable 👍
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I'm suggesting this because for the first issue being marked as stale we have to wait for 30 days, at least. We can simply set the time back to the date of an already stale issue in the last few months and see how it works.
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That's very fair! I guess my thoughts come from my confidence in actions/stale, and having seen it in use a lot; I am feeling confident that the changes in this PR will behave as we have described, but I recognize that's just a personal and anecdotal opinion :P I think you should feel empowered to do what you need to increase our collective confidence that this will work as we expect 💯
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Actually what I need is to know it works. And I know your Actions muscles are much more powerful than mine. If you think it works, I'm good to merge it as is.
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Signed-off-by: Babak K. Shandiz <babakks@github.com>
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I am confident in these changes. Exceptionally so by the use of start-date. I think these changes will produce a slow introduction of the new stale logic for new issues, and I think that's a good thing. We can adjust values as we see fit as we go without impacting a large number of issues.
Great job getting this set up for us! I'm super stoked 🚀
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This MR contains the following updates: | Package | Update | Change | |---|---|---| | [cli/cli](https://github.com/cli/cli) | minor | `v2.74.2` -> `v2.76.1` | MR created with the help of [el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot](https://gitlab.com/el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot). **Proposed changes to behavior should be submitted there as MRs.** --- ### Release Notes <details> <summary>cli/cli (cli/cli)</summary> ### [`v2.76.1`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.76.1): GitHub CLI 2.76.1 [Compare Source](cli/cli@v2.76.0...v2.76.1) #### `gh pr create` regression fix This release fixes a regression introduced in `v2.76.0` where organization teams were retrieved outside of intentional use cases. This caused problems for GitHub Enterprise Server users using the GitHub Actions automatic token that does not have access to organization teams. For more information, see cli/cli#11360 #### What's Changed ##### 🐛 Fixes - Fix: `gh pr create`, only fetch teams when reviewers contain a team by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11361 ##### 📚 Docs & Chores - add tenancy aware for san matcher by [@​ejahnGithub](https://github.com/ejahnGithub) in cli/cli#11261 - Run Lint and Tests on `push` to `trunk` branch by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11325 - update ownership of pkg/cmd/release/shared/ by [@​ejahnGithub](https://github.com/ejahnGithub) in cli/cli#11326 - Automate spam issue detection by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11316 - Improve `api` `--preview` docs by [@​jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref) in cli/cli#11274 - Incorporate govulncheck into workflows by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11332 - chore(deps): bump advanced-security/filter-sarif from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11298 - chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11307 **Full Changelog**: cli/cli@v2.76.0...v2.76.1 ### [`v2.76.0`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.76.0): GitHub CLI 2.76.0 [Compare Source](cli/cli@v2.75.1...v2.76.0) ####Copilot Coding Agent Support GitHub Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise subscribers can now assign issues to GitHub Copilot during issue creation using: - Command-line flag: `gh issue create --assignee @​copilot` - Launching web browser: `gh issue create --assignee @​copilot --web` - Or interactively selecting `Copilot (AI)` as assignee in `gh issue create` metadata For more details, refer to [the full changelog post for Copilot coding agent](https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-github-copilot-coding-agent-in-public-preview/). #### What's Changed ##### ✨ Features - Assign Copilot during `gh issue create` by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11279 - Display immutable field in `release view` command by [@​bdehamer](https://github.com/bdehamer) in cli/cli#11251 ##### 🐛 Fixes - FIX: Do not fetch logs for skipped jobs by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11312 - Transform `extension` and `filename` qualifiers into `path` qualifier for web code search by [@​samcoe](https://github.com/samcoe) in cli/cli#11211 ##### 📚 Docs & Chores - FIX: Workflow does not contain permissions by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11322 - Add automated feature request response workflow by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11299 **Full Changelog**: cli/cli@v2.75.1...v2.76.0 ### [`v2.75.1`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.75.1): GitHub CLI 2.75.1 [Compare Source](cli/cli@v2.75.0...v2.75.1) #### What's Changed ##### 🐛 Fixes - Ensure hostnames are visible in CLI website by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11295 - Revert "Fix: `gh pr create` prioritize `--title` and `--body` over `--fill` when `--web` is present" by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11300 ##### 📚 Docs & Chores - Ensure go directive is always .0 version in bump by [@​williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#11259 - Minor (1-word) documentation typo in generated `~/.config/gh/config.yml` by [@​kurahaupo](https://github.com/kurahaupo) in cli/cli#11246 - Automate closing of stale issues by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11268 - Filter the `third-party/` folder out of CodeQL results by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11278 - Exclude `third-party` source from golangci-lint by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11293 #####
Dependencies - Bump Go to 1.24.5 by [@​github-actions](https://github.com/github-actions)\[bot] in cli/cli#11255 - chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/protobuf-specs from 0.4.3 to 0.5.0 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11263 - chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11266 - chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.15.0 to 0.16.0 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11264 - chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.26.0 to 0.27.0 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11265 - chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.39.0 to 0.40.0 by [@​dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in cli/cli#11275 #### New Contributors - [@​kurahaupo](https://github.com/kurahaupo) made their first contribution in cli/cli#11246 - [@​github-actions](https://github.com/github-actions)\[bot] made their first contribution in cli/cli#11255 **Full Changelog**: cli/cli@v2.75.0...v2.75.1 ### [`v2.75.0`](https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.75.0): GitHub CLI 2.75.0 [Compare Source](cli/cli@v2.74.2...v2.75.0) #### What's Changed ##### ✨ Features - init release verify subcommands by [@​ejahnGithub](https://github.com/ejahnGithub) in cli/cli#11018 - Embed Windows resources (VERSIONINFO) during build by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11048 - Support `--no-repos-selected` on `gh secret set` by [@​williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#11217 ##### 🐛 Fixes - Fix: `gh pr create` prioritize `--title` and `--body` over `--fill` when `--web` is present by [@​dankrzeminski32](https://github.com/dankrzeminski32) in cli/cli#10547 - fix: get token for active user instead of blank if possible by [@​anuraaga](https://github.com/anuraaga) in cli/cli#11038 - Use Actions API to retrieve job run logs as a fallback mechanism by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11172 - Fix query object state mutation during pagination by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11244 - Handle `HTTP 404` when deleting remote branch in `pr merge` by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11234 ##### 📚 Docs & Chores - chore: fix function name by [@​jinjingroad](https://github.com/jinjingroad) in cli/cli#11149 - chore: update Go version to 1.24 in devcontainer configuration and docs by [@​tMinamiii](https://github.com/tMinamiii) in cli/cli#11158 - Ensure lint workflow checks whether 3rd party license and code is up to date by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11047 - docs: install\_linux.md: add Solus linux install instructions by [@​chax](https://github.com/chax) in cli/cli#10823 - Fix missing newline in install\_linux.md by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11160 - Ensure automation uses pinned go-licenses version by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11161 - Add `workflow_dispatch` support to MR Help Wanted check by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11179 - Remove unused `GH_TOKEN` env variable from workflow by [@​BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#11190 - Add workflow to automate go version bumping by [@​williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#11189 - Fix inconsistent use of tabs and spaces by [@​Stefan-Heimersheim](https://github.com/Stefan-Heimersheim) in cli/cli#11194 - Decouple arg parsing from MR finder by [@​babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#11192 - docs: consistently use `apt` in installation instructions by [@​tklauser](https://github.com/tklauser) in cli/cli#11216 - Ensure bump go script has git user configured by [@​williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#11229 - Inject token into bump-go workflow by [@​williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#11233 - Reinstating Primer Style CLI content within `cli/cli` repository by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11060 - Add setup-go to bump-go workflow by [@​williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#11237 - Ensure GoReleaser does not break on Mac OS and Linux when skipping Windows `.rsyso` generation script by [@​andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#11257 #####
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Fixes #11258