Close stale issue workflow (intel/neural-compressor)

The Close stale issue workflow from intel/neural-compressor, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: intel/neural-compressor.github/workflows/check-stale-issue.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Close stale issue workflow from the intel/neural-compressor repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Close stale issue

permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: write

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "30 22 * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  stale:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v10
        with:
          start-date: '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'
          days-before-issue-stale: 60
          days-before-issue-close: 7
          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days."
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 7 days with no activity."
          operations-per-run: 500

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Close stale issue
 
permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: write
 
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "30 22 * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:
 
jobs:
  stale:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v10
        with:
          start-date: '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'
          days-before-issue-stale: 60
          days-before-issue-close: 7
          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days."
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 7 days with no activity."
          operations-per-run: 500

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