Close inactive issues workflow (Acode-Foundation/Acode)

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Source: Acode-Foundation/Acode.github/workflows/close-inactive-issues.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Close inactive issues workflow from the Acode-Foundation/Acode repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Close inactive issues
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "30 1 * * *"

jobs:
  close-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v10
        with:
          days-before-issue-stale: 60
          days-before-issue-close: 14
          stale-issue-label: "stale"
          stale-issue-message: >
            Hi there! 👋

            We're working to clean up our issue tracker by closing older issues that might not be relevant anymore. If you are able to reproduce this issue in the latest version of Acode, please let us know by commenting on this issue(i.e Bump!), and we will keep it open. If you can't reproduce it, feel free to close the issue yourself. Otherwise, we'll close it in 14 days.

            Thanks for your help!
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
          exempt-all-milestones: true
          days-before-pr-stale: -1
          days-before-pr-close: -1
          exempt-issue-labels: "new plugin idea, todo, enhancement, bug, Low priority, documentation"
          operations-per-run: 100
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Close inactive issues
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "30 1 * * *"
 
jobs:
  close-issues:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v10
        with:
          days-before-issue-stale: 60
          days-before-issue-close: 14
          stale-issue-label: "stale"
          stale-issue-message: >
            Hi there! 👋
 
            We're working to clean up our issue tracker by closing older issues that might not be relevant anymore. If you are able to reproduce this issue in the latest version of Acode, please let us know by commenting on this issue(i.e Bump!), and we will keep it open. If you can't reproduce it, feel free to close the issue yourself. Otherwise, we'll close it in 14 days.
 
            Thanks for your help!
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
          exempt-all-milestones: true
          days-before-pr-stale: -1
          days-before-pr-close: -1
          exempt-issue-labels: "new plugin idea, todo, enhancement, bug, Low priority, documentation"
          operations-per-run: 100
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/stale