community-stale-management.yml

# This workflow labels stale issues and PRs after 30 days of inactivity.
# Stale PRs are closed after 1 week of inactivity after labeled stale.
# See for more info: https://github.com/actions/stale

name: Mark Stale Contributions

on:
  # Enable manual run from the Actions tab so workflow can be run at any time
  workflow_dispatch:
  # Scheduled to run at 12:00 on every Monday
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * MON"

jobs:
  stale:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write

    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v9
        with:
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          stale-issue-label: "stale"
          stale-pr-label: "stale"
          days-before-stale: 30
          # disables closing issues
          days-before-issue-close: -1
          # close pr after 1 week no updates after stale warning
          days-before-pr-close: 7
          # only scan assigned issues
          include-only-assigned: true
          # ignore issues assigned to staff and bots
          exempt-assignees: "kyleecodes, swetha-charles, eleanorreem, annarhughes, tarebyte, dependabot[bot], dependabot, github-actions[bot], github-actions"
          # disable removing stale label due to irrelevant activity (like branch updates)
          remove-stale-when-updated: false
          # exempt dependabot prs from going stale
          exempt-pr-labels: dependencies
          # disable counting irrelevant activity (branch updates) towards day counter on prs.
          ignore-pr-updates: true
          stale-pr-message: "As per Chayn policy, after 30 days of inactivity, we will close this PR."
          close-pr-message: "This PR has been closed due to inactivity."