Close stale issues and PRs workflow (rancher/rke)
The Close stale issues and PRs workflow from rancher/rke, explained and optimized by Latchkey.
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What it does
This is the Close stale issues and PRs workflow from the rancher/rke repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.
Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.
The workflow
workflow (.yml)
name: 'Close stale issues and PRs'
on:
schedule:
- cron: '30 1 * * *'
permissions:
issues: write
pull-requests: write
jobs:
stale:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/stale@a20b814fb01b71def3bd6f56e7494d667ddf28da # v4
with:
stale-issue-message: 'This repository uses an automated workflow to automatically label issues which have not had any activity (commit/comment/label) for 60 days. This helps us manage the community issues better. If the issue is still relevant, please add a comment to the issue so the workflow can remove the label and we know it is still valid. If it is no longer relevant (or possibly fixed in the latest release), the workflow will automatically close the issue in 14 days. Thank you for your contributions.'
stale-pr-message: 'This repository uses an automated workflow to automatically label pull requests which have not had any activity (commit/comment/label) for 60 days. This helps us manage the community pull requests better. If the pull request is still relevant, please add a comment to the pull request so the workflow can remove the label and we know it is still valid. If it is no longer relevant (or possibly fixed in the latest release), the workflow will automatically close the pull request in 14 days. Thank you for your contributions.'
stale-issue-label: 'status/stale'
stale-pr-label: 'status/stale'
days-before-stale: 60
days-before-close: 14
exempt-issue-labels: 'internal,kind/bug,kind/bug-qa,kind/task,kind/feature,kind/design,kind/ci-improvements,kind/performance,kind/flaky-test'
exempt-pr-labels: 'internal,kind/bug,kind/bug-qa,kind/task,kind/feature,kind/design,kind/ci-improvements,kind/performance,kind/flaky-test'
exempt-all-milestones: true
exempt-all-assignees: true
operations-per-run: 250
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: '30 1 * * *' permissions: issues: write pull-requests: write jobs: stale: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: latchkey-small steps: - uses: actions/stale@a20b814fb01b71def3bd6f56e7494d667ddf28da # v4 with: stale-issue-message: 'This repository uses an automated workflow to automatically label issues which have not had any activity (commit/comment/label) for 60 days. This helps us manage the community issues better. If the issue is still relevant, please add a comment to the issue so the workflow can remove the label and we know it is still valid. If it is no longer relevant (or possibly fixed in the latest release), the workflow will automatically close the issue in 14 days. Thank you for your contributions.' stale-pr-message: 'This repository uses an automated workflow to automatically label pull requests which have not had any activity (commit/comment/label) for 60 days. This helps us manage the community pull requests better. If the pull request is still relevant, please add a comment to the pull request so the workflow can remove the label and we know it is still valid. If it is no longer relevant (or possibly fixed in the latest release), the workflow will automatically close the pull request in 14 days. Thank you for your contributions.' stale-issue-label: 'status/stale' stale-pr-label: 'status/stale' days-before-stale: 60 days-before-close: 14 exempt-issue-labels: 'internal,kind/bug,kind/bug-qa,kind/task,kind/feature,kind/design,kind/ci-improvements,kind/performance,kind/flaky-test' exempt-pr-labels: 'internal,kind/bug,kind/bug-qa,kind/task,kind/feature,kind/design,kind/ci-improvements,kind/performance,kind/flaky-test' exempt-all-milestones: true exempt-all-assignees: true operations-per-run: 250
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 useslatchkey-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.