Close inactive issues and pr workflow (tabler/tabler-icons)

The Close inactive issues and pr workflow from tabler/tabler-icons, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: tabler/tabler-icons.github/workflows/close-inactive.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

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

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Close inactive issues and pr

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "00 11 * * *"

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      issues: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v9
        with:
          days-before-issue-stale: 360
          days-before-issue-close: 14
          stale-issue-label: "stale"
          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 360 days with no activity."
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          days-before-pr-stale: 360
          days-before-pr-close: 14
          stale-pr-label: "stale"
          stale-pr-message: "This pr is stale because it has been open for 360 days with no activity."
          close-pr-message: "This pr was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Close inactive issues and pr
 
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "00 11 * * *"
 
jobs:
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      issues: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/stale@v9
        with:
          days-before-issue-stale: 360
          days-before-issue-close: 14
          stale-issue-label: "stale"
          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 360 days with no activity."
          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          days-before-pr-stale: 360
          days-before-pr-close: 14
          stale-pr-label: "stale"
          stale-pr-message: "This pr is stale because it has been open for 360 days with no activity."
          close-pr-message: "This pr was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."

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