Added preimplemented stale GitHub action

Author: michalChrobot

.github/workflows/mark-stale-issue.yaml

@@ -1,62 +1,38 @@
-# This workflow add "stale" label to issues that have "stat:awaiting-response" for more than 60 days meaning that since we don't have enough information we may potentially close such issue
+# This workflow utilises an existing implementation (https://github.com/actions/stale) that performs the following actions:
+#   1) Adds "stale" label to issues that have "stat:awaiting-response" for more than 30 days meaning that since we don't have enough information we may potentially close such issue
+#   2) Closes issues that have been marked as "stale" for more than 30 days
 
-name: Mark Stale Issues
+# This affects only Issues but at some point we may also consider rules for PRs
+
+name: Mark and Close Stale Issues
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Runs daily at midnight
 
-env:
-  AWAITING-RESPONSE_LABEL: stat:awaiting-response
-  STALE_LABEL: stale
-  DAYS_BEFORE_STALE: 60  # 2 months
-
 jobs:
-  mark_stale:
-    name: Check and Mark Stale Issues
-    if: ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request  }} && ${{ github.event.issue.state == 'open' }}
+  stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
-
+    
     steps:
-      - name: Get Issues with Awaiting Response
-        id: get_issues
-        run: |
-          # Get all open issues with awaiting-response label
-          ISSUES=$(gh issue list --label "${{ env.AWAITING-RESPONSE_LABEL }}" --json number,labels,updatedAt --jq '.[]')
-          
-          echo "ISSUES=$ISSUES" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Process Issues
-        run: |
-          current_time=$(date +%s)
-          
-          echo "$ISSUES" | while read -r issue; do
-            # Extract issue details
-            number=$(echo "$issue" | jq -r .number)
-            updated_at=$(echo "$issue" | jq -r .updatedAt)
-            has_stale=$(echo "$issue" | jq -r '.labels[].name | select(. == "stale")' || echo "")
-          
-            # Convert updated_at to timestamp
-            updated_time=$(date -d "$updated_at" +%s)
-          
-            # Calculate days difference
-            days_diff=$(( (current_time - updated_time) / 86400 ))
-          
-            # Check if issue should be marked stale
-            if [[ $days_diff -ge ${{ env.DAYS_BEFORE_STALE }} && -z "$has_stale" ]]; then
-              echo "Marking issue #$number as stale"
-              gh issue edit "$number" --add-label "${{ env.STALE_LABEL }}" \
-                --body-file <(
-                  echo "This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been awaiting response for over 2 months without any activity."
-                  echo ""
-                  echo "Please update the issue with any new information or it may be closed in the future."
-                )
-            fi
-          done
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+        with:
+          # Only mark issues (not PRs) as stale
+          only-issue-labels: 'stat:awaiting-response'
+          days-before-stale: 30
+          days-before-close: 30
+          stale-issue-label: 'Stale'
+          stale-issue-message: >
+            This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been awaiting 
+            response for over 30 days without any activity.
 
+            Please update the issue with any new information or it may be closed in 30 days.
+          close-issue-message: >
+            This issue has been automatically closed because it has been stale for 30 days 
+            without any activity. Feel free to reopen if you have new information to add.
+          # Prevent the action from marking/closing PRs
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1
+          days-before-pr-close: -1

.github/workflows/remove-labels-on-issue-close.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           EXISTING_LABELS: ${{ toJson(github.event.issue.labels.*.name) }}
 
       - name: Remove labels
-        if: env.HAS_LABELS == 'true'
+        if: ${{ env.REMOVE_LABELS != '' }}
         run: gh issue edit "$NUMBER" --remove-label "$REMOVE_LABELS"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}