Issue: Close stale issues #24
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| # Auto-close stale issues that have no response from the author. | |
| # | |
| # Runs daily. Adds a "waiting-for-response" label when a maintainer | |
| # replies. If the author doesn't follow up within 14 days, the issue | |
| # is closed automatically with a polite message. | |
| name: "Issue: Close stale issues" | |
| on: | |
| schedule: | |
| # Run daily at 09:00 UTC | |
| - cron: "0 9 * * *" | |
| workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger | |
| permissions: | |
| issues: write | |
| jobs: | |
| label-responded: | |
| # Label issues where a maintainer (repo member/owner) has replied | |
| # but the original author hasn't responded yet. | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Label issues awaiting author response | |
| uses: actions/github-script@v7 | |
| with: | |
| script: | | |
| const LABEL = 'waiting-for-response'; | |
| const STALE_DAYS = 14; | |
| // Ensure the label exists | |
| try { | |
| await github.rest.issues.getLabel({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| name: LABEL, | |
| }); | |
| } catch { | |
| await github.rest.issues.createLabel({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| name: LABEL, | |
| color: 'fbca04', | |
| description: 'Awaiting response from the issue author', | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| // Get all open issues (not PRs) | |
| const issues = await github.paginate( | |
| github.rest.issues.listForRepo, | |
| { | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| state: 'open', | |
| per_page: 100, | |
| } | |
| ); | |
| for (const issue of issues) { | |
| // Skip pull requests | |
| if (issue.pull_request) continue; | |
| const comments = await github.paginate( | |
| github.rest.issues.listComments, | |
| { | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| per_page: 100, | |
| } | |
| ); | |
| if (comments.length === 0) continue; | |
| // Find the last comment by someone other than the author | |
| // (i.e., a maintainer response) | |
| const maintainerComments = comments.filter( | |
| c => c.user.login !== issue.user.login | |
| ); | |
| if (maintainerComments.length === 0) continue; | |
| const lastMaintainer = | |
| maintainerComments[maintainerComments.length - 1]; | |
| // Check if the author replied after the maintainer | |
| const authorRepliesAfter = comments.filter( | |
| c => | |
| c.user.login === issue.user.login && | |
| new Date(c.created_at) > new Date(lastMaintainer.created_at) | |
| ); | |
| const hasLabel = issue.labels.some(l => l.name === LABEL); | |
| if (authorRepliesAfter.length === 0) { | |
| // Maintainer replied, author hasn't followed up | |
| if (!hasLabel) { | |
| await github.rest.issues.addLabels({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| labels: [LABEL], | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| // Check if stale (14 days since last maintainer comment) | |
| const daysSince = Math.floor( | |
| (Date.now() - new Date(lastMaintainer.created_at)) / | |
| (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) | |
| ); | |
| if (daysSince >= STALE_DAYS) { | |
| await github.rest.issues.createComment({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| body: [ | |
| `This issue has been automatically closed after ${STALE_DAYS} days of inactivity.`, | |
| ``, | |
| `If you still need help, feel free to reopen this issue or create a new one. We're happy to assist! 😊`, | |
| ].join('\n'), | |
| }); | |
| await github.rest.issues.update({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| state: 'closed', | |
| state_reason: 'not_planned', | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| } else { | |
| // Author replied — remove label if present | |
| if (hasLabel) { | |
| await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| name: LABEL, | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |