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Fix stale workflow to never close issues and ignore dependabot PRs #3717

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Update stale workflow to fix issues with dependabot PRs and issue clo…
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/stale.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ jobs:
id: stale
with:
ascending: true
close-issue-message: 'Issue closed due to inactivity.'
close-pr-message: 'Pull request closed due to inactivity.'
days-before-close: 7
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@copilot does this close issues after 7 days still?

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No, issues will not be closed after 7 days anymore. Fixed in 07f7bb9 by replacing days-before-close: 7 with days-before-issue-close: -1 to disable issue closing entirely while keeping days-before-pr-close: 7 for PRs.

days-before-stale: 14
delete-branch: true
exempt-issue-labels: 'exempt-stale'
exempt-pr-labels: 'exempt-stale,dependencies,ci'
exempt-pr-authors: 'dependabot[bot]'
operations-per-run: 100
stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open for 2 weeks with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days'
stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open for 2 weeks with no activity. Remove stale label or comment to keep it open.'
stale-pr-message: 'This pull request is stale because it has been open for 2 weeks with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days'
- name: Print outputs
run: echo ${{ join(steps.stale.outputs.*, ',') }}