Stale Issue Cleanup #205
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| name: Stale Issue Cleanup | |
| # Frees up issues assigned to inactive contributors. | |
| # This is a bounty project — speed matters. If someone claims an | |
| # issue and goes quiet, it needs to be available for others fast. | |
| # | |
| # Timeline: | |
| # Hour 0: Issue assigned → In Progress | |
| # Day 3: No activity → warning comment | |
| # Day 5: Still no activity → unassigned → back to Backlog | |
| # | |
| # Runs every 6 hours. "Activity" = issue updated_at (comments, | |
| # label changes, commits pushed to linked PR, etc.) | |
| # | |
| # Exceptions: | |
| # - Issues with "stale-exempt" label are never touched | |
| # - Issues with an open PR linked are never touched (they're working) | |
| on: | |
| schedule: | |
| - cron: "0 */6 * * *" | |
| workflow_dispatch: | |
| permissions: | |
| issues: write | |
| env: | |
| GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PROJECT_TOKEN }} | |
| jobs: | |
| check-stale: | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Find and handle stale assigned issues | |
| run: | | |
| REPO="lernza/lernza" | |
| WARN_HOURS=72 # 3 days | |
| UNASSIGN_HOURS=120 # 5 days | |
| NOW=$(date +%s) | |
| echo "=== Stale check (warn: 3d, unassign: 5d) ===" | |
| # Get all open assigned issues | |
| ISSUES=$(gh issue list --repo "$REPO" --state open --assignee "*" \ | |
| --json number,assignees,updatedAt,labels --limit 200) | |
| echo "$ISSUES" | jq -c '.[]' | while read -r ISSUE; do | |
| NUM=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r '.number') | |
| ASSIGNEES=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r '[.assignees[].login] | join(", ")') | |
| UPDATED=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r '.updatedAt') | |
| # Skip stale-exempt | |
| EXEMPT=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r '.labels | map(.name) | any(. == "stale-exempt")') | |
| if [ "$EXEMPT" = "true" ]; then | |
| echo " skip #$NUM (stale-exempt)" | |
| continue | |
| fi | |
| # Parse updated timestamp | |
| UPDATED_TS=$(date -d "$UPDATED" +%s 2>/dev/null || date -jf "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" "$UPDATED" +%s 2>/dev/null || echo "") | |
| if [ -z "$UPDATED_TS" ]; then | |
| continue | |
| fi | |
| HOURS_STALE=$(( (NOW - UPDATED_TS) / 3600 )) | |
| DAYS_STALE=$(( HOURS_STALE / 24 )) | |
| # Skip if contributor has an open PR for this issue | |
| if [ "$HOURS_STALE" -ge "$WARN_HOURS" ]; then | |
| HAS_PR=$(gh pr list --repo "$REPO" --state open --json number,body \ | |
| -q "[.[] | select(.body | test(\"(?i)(close[sd]?|fix(e[sd])?|resolve[sd]?)\\\\s+#$NUM\"))] | length" 2>/dev/null || echo "0") | |
| if [ "$HAS_PR" -gt 0 ] 2>/dev/null; then | |
| echo " ok #$NUM (${DAYS_STALE}d stale but has open PR)" | |
| continue | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| # Check existing warnings | |
| WARNED=$(gh issue view "$NUM" --repo "$REPO" \ | |
| --json comments -q '[.comments[] | select(.body | contains("stale-check"))] | length' 2>/dev/null || echo "0") | |
| if [ "$HOURS_STALE" -ge "$UNASSIGN_HOURS" ] && [ "$WARNED" -gt 0 ]; then | |
| # === UNASSIGN === | |
| for LOGIN in $(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r '.assignees[].login'); do | |
| gh issue edit "$NUM" --repo "$REPO" --remove-assignee "$LOGIN" | |
| done | |
| gh issue comment "$NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body "<!-- stale-check-unassign --> | |
| This issue has been unassigned due to **${DAYS_STALE} days of inactivity**. It is now back in the Backlog for anyone to pick up. | |
| @${ASSIGNEES} — no worries! If you want to continue, just comment here and we will reassign it." | |
| echo " UNASSIGN #$NUM (${DAYS_STALE}d, was: $ASSIGNEES)" | |
| elif [ "$HOURS_STALE" -ge "$WARN_HOURS" ] && [ "$WARNED" -eq 0 ]; then | |
| # === WARN === | |
| gh issue comment "$NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body "<!-- stale-check --> | |
| Hey @${ASSIGNEES} — this issue has had no activity for **${DAYS_STALE} days**. | |
| Are you still working on it? A quick update (even just \"still on it\") will reset the timer. Otherwise it will be unassigned in **2 days** so others can pick it up. | |
| Blocked or need help? Let us know!" | |
| echo " WARN #$NUM (${DAYS_STALE}d, assigned to $ASSIGNEES)" | |
| else | |
| echo " ok #$NUM (${DAYS_STALE}d, assigned to $ASSIGNEES)" | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| echo "=== Done ===" |