Close stale issues and PRs workflow (js-cookie/js-cookie)

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What it does

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The workflow

name: Close stale issues and PRs

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 8 * * 0'
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions: {}

jobs:
  stale:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Close stale issues/pull requests
        uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10.3.0
        with:
          stale-issue-message: 'This issue has been marked as stale because it has been open for 90 days with no activity. This thread will be automatically closed in 30 days if no further activity occurs.'
          stale-pr-message: 'This pull request has been marked as stale because it has been open for 90 days with no activity. This thread will be automatically closed in 30 days if no further activity occurs.'
          exempt-issue-labels: 'feature request,in progress,dependencies'
          days-before-stale: 90
          days-before-close: 30

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Close stale issues and PRs
 
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 8 * * 0'
  workflow_dispatch:
 
permissions: {}
 
jobs:
  stale:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Close stale issues/pull requests
        uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10.3.0
        with:
          stale-issue-message: 'This issue has been marked as stale because it has been open for 90 days with no activity. This thread will be automatically closed in 30 days if no further activity occurs.'
          stale-pr-message: 'This pull request has been marked as stale because it has been open for 90 days with no activity. This thread will be automatically closed in 30 days if no further activity occurs.'
          exempt-issue-labels: 'feature request,in progress,dependencies'
          days-before-stale: 90
          days-before-close: 30
 

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