Update and fix stale repos action

Signed-off-by: Matej Feder <[email protected]>

Author: matofeder

.github/workflows/stale-repos.yml

@@ -18,14 +18,10 @@ name: stale repo identifier
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - fix-stale-repos-action
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 1 1 * *"  # Runs monthly: at 01:00 UTC on the 1st day of every month
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  issues: write
-
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Stale repo identifier
@@ -38,10 +34,10 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Run stale_repos tool
-        uses: github/stale-repos@v2.1.3
+        uses: github/stale-repos@v8.0.3
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ORGANIZATION: SovereignCloudStack
@@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mv stale_repos.md stale_repos_${{ matrix.days }}.md
 
       - name: Upload stale report artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: stale_repos_report_${{ matrix.days }}
           path: stale_repos_${{ matrix.days }}.md
@@ -64,35 +60,40 @@ jobs:
     needs: build  # Runs after all matrix jobs finish
 
     permissions:
+      contents: write
       issues: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Download all stale report artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           path: stale_reports
 
       - name: Merge reports
         run: |
-          echo "# Stale Repository Report" > final_stale_repos.md
+          echo "# Autogenerated Stale Repository Report " > final_stale_repos.md
+          echo "###  Do not close this issue - is is autogenerated by the `stale repo identifier` action" > final_stale_repos.md
           for file in stale_reports/**/stale_repos_*.md; do
             cat "$file" >> final_stale_repos.md
             echo "" >> final_stale_repos.md
           done
 
       - name: Check for the stale report issue
         run: |
-          ISSUE_NUMBER=$(gh search issues "Stale repository report" --match title --json number --jq ".[0].number")
+          ISSUE_NUMBER=$(gh search issues "Autogenerated Stale Repository Report (DO NOT CLOSE)" --match title --json number --jq ".[0].number")
           echo "issue_number=$ISSUE_NUMBER" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Create or update issue
-        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v6
         with:
           issue-number: ${{ env.issue_number }}
           title: Stale repository report
           content-filepath: ./final_stale_repos.md
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # FIXME: GITHUB_TOKEN does not work on forks (including this repo).
+          # See: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-issue-from-file/issues/1673
+          # Remove the current PAT workaround and implement a better solution.
+          token: ${{ secrets.STALE_PAT }}