stale.yml

name: Close stale issues
on:
  # Allows you to dictate when you want this workflow to run using cron syntax (times in UTC)
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 15 * * *"
  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  # workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  close-stale-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v8.0.0
        with:
          # Comma separated list of labels that can be assigned to issues to exclude them from being marked as stale
          exempt-issue-labels: contributions welcome, feature request, regression
          # Override exempt-all-assignees but only to exempt the issues with an assignee to be marked as stale automatically
          exempt-all-issue-assignees: true
          # Used to ignore the issues and pull requests created before the start date
          # Start date should be April 19, 2022 - corresponds to the day previous stale bot stopped working
          start-date: '2022-04-19T00:00:00Z'
          # Number of days without activity before the actions/stale action labels an issue
          days-before-issue-stale: 30
          # Number of days without activity before the actions/stale action closes an issue
          days-before-issue-close: 30
          # Label you want to apply to issues that have been inactive for the amount of time specified by days-before-issue-stale
          stale-issue-label: "stale"
          # Comment that you want to add to issues that are labeled by the actions/stale action
          stale-issue-message: "This issue has been automatically marked as stale due to inactivity and will be closed in 7 days if no further activity occurs. If further support is needed, please provide an update and/or more details."
          # Comment that you want to add to issues that are closed by the actions/stale action
          close-issue-message: "This issue has been automatically closed due to inactivity. Please reactivate if further support is needed."
          # If you never want this action to label PRs, set this value to -1
          days-before-pr-stale: -1
          # If you never want this action to close PRs, set this value to -1
          days-before-pr-close: -1
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}