scheduled-stale-check.yaml

# ----------------------------------------
# Scheduled stale issue & pull request check
#
# Adds 'stale' label after a set piece of time,
# then closes stale issues & pull requests a short period after
#
# Using "Close Stale Issues" action
# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/close-stale-issues
# ----------------------------------------

name: "Scheduled stale check"
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 1 1 * *" # at 01:00 on first day of month

jobs:
  stale:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: echo "🚀 Job automatically triggered by ${{ github.event_name }}"
      - run: echo "🐧 Job running on ${{ runner.os }} server"
      - run: echo "🐙 Using ${{ github.ref }} branch from ${{ github.repository }} repository"

      - uses: actions/stale@v9
        with:
          stale-issue-message: "After 30 days with no activity, the issue was automatically marked stale. Remove stale label or add a comment to prevent the issue being closed in 5 days."
          stale-pr-message: "After 45 days with no activity, the Pull Request was automatically marked stale. Remove stale label or comment to prevent the PR being closed in 10 days."
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 5 days with no activity."
          close-pr-message: "This PR was closed because it has been stalled for 10 days with no activity."
          days-before-issue-stale: 30
          days-before-pr-stale: 45
          days-before-issue-close: 5
          days-before-pr-close: 10
          start-date: "2025-04-05T00:00:00Z" # only affect issues/PRs from date created (ISO 8601 or RFC 2822 format)
          any-of-labels: "future,keep" # labels to keep
          exempt-issue-assignees: "practicalli-johnny"
          exempt-pr-assignees: "practicalli-johnny"

      # Summary
      - run: echo "🎨 Issues & Pull Request checked with actions/stale"
      - run: echo "🍏 Job status is ${{ job.status }}."