Automating Inactive Issue Management (#2901)

Author: EyalDelarea

.github/workflows/staleIssues.yml

@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
-name: Close inactive issues
+name: Monitor Issues
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-
+    inputs:
+      operations-per-run:
+        description: 'Number of operations per run'
+        required: false
+        default: '30'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 */6 * * *"  # Runs every 6 hours
 jobs:
-  close-issues:
+  monitor-issues:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
-      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
-          days-before-issue-stale: 90
+          # Ignore issues with these labels
+          exempt-issue-labels: 'feature request,question'
+          # Days of inactivity before marking an issue as stale
+          days-before-issue-stale: 180
+          # Days of inactivity before closing an issue
           days-before-issue-close: 7
+          # Name of the stale label
           stale-issue-label: "stale"
-          stale-issue-message: "This issue has been marked as stale due to 90 days of inactivity. If you wish to keep it open, please remove the stale label or leave a comment; otherwise, it will be closed in 7 days."
+          stale-issue-message: "This issue has been marked as stale due to 6 months of inactivity. As part of our effort to address every issue properly, please feel free to remove the stale label or keep this issue active by leaving a comment. Otherwise, it will be closed in 7 days"
           close-issue-message: "This issue was closed due to 7 days of inactivity after being marked as stale. Feel free to reopen it if it remains relevant."
-          any-of-issue-labels: 'bug'
-          debug-only: 'true'
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Ignore pull requests
+          days-before-pr-close: false
+          days-before-pr-stale: false
+          ascending: true
+          # Get from input or resolve to default
+          operations-per-run: ${{ github.event.inputs.operations-per-run || '30' }}
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}