Add new option to actions.yml

If set, only issues containing assignees will be processed

README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Every argument is optional.
 | [ignore-updates](#ignore-updates)                                   | Any update (update/comment) can reset the stale idle time on the issues/PRs | `false`               |
 | [ignore-issue-updates](#ignore-issue-updates)                       | Override [ignore-updates](#ignore-updates) for issues only                  |                       |
 | [ignore-pr-updates](#ignore-pr-updates)                             | Override [ignore-updates](#ignore-updates) for PRs only                     |                       |
+| [include-only-assigned](#include-only-assigned)                     | Process only assigned issues                                                | `false`               |
 
 ### List of output options
 
@@ -517,6 +518,12 @@ Useful to override [ignore-updates](#ignore-updates) but only to ignore the upda
 
 Default value: unset
 
+#### include-only-assigned
+
+If set to `true`, only the issues or the pull requests with an assignee will be marked as stale automatically.
+
+Default value: `false`
+
 ### Usage
 
 See also [action.yml](./action.yml) for a comprehensive list of all the options.

__tests__/constants/default-processor-options.ts

@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@ export const DefaultProcessorOptions: IIssuesProcessorOptions = Object.freeze({
   ignoreIssueUpdates: undefined,
   ignorePrUpdates: undefined,
   exemptDraftPr: false,
-  closeIssueReason: ''
+  closeIssueReason: '',
+  includeOnlyAssigned: false
 });

__tests__/main.spec.ts

@@ -2352,3 +2352,69 @@ test('processing a pull request to be stale with the "stalePrMessage" option set
   expect(processor.closedIssues).toHaveLength(0);
   expect(processor.statistics?.addedPullRequestsCommentsCount).toStrictEqual(0);
 });
+
+test('processing an issue with the "includeOnlyAssigned" option and nonempty assignee list will stale the issue', async () => {
+  const issueDate = new Date();
+  issueDate.setDate(issueDate.getDate() - 2);
+
+  const opts: IIssuesProcessorOptions = {
+    ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+    staleIssueLabel: 'This issue is stale',
+    includeOnlyAssigned: true
+  };
+
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(
+      opts,
+      1,
+      'An issue with no label',
+      issueDate.toDateString(),
+      issueDate.toDateString(),
+      false,
+      [],
+      false,
+      false,
+      undefined,
+      ['assignee1']
+    )
+  ];
+  const processor = new IssuesProcessorMock(
+    opts,
+    async p => (p === 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async () => [],
+    async () => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.staleIssues).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(processor.closedIssues).toHaveLength(0);
+});
+
+test('processing an issue with the "includeOnlyAssigned" option set and no assignees will not stale the issue', async () => {
+  const issueDate = new Date();
+  issueDate.setDate(issueDate.getDate() - 2);
+
+  const opts: IIssuesProcessorOptions = {
+    ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+    staleIssueLabel: 'This issue is stale',
+    includeOnlyAssigned: true
+  };
+
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(opts, 1, 'An issue with no label', issueDate.toDateString())
+  ];
+  const processor = new IssuesProcessorMock(
+    opts,
+    async p => (p === 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async () => [],
+    async () => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.staleIssues).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(processor.closedIssues).toHaveLength(0);
+});

action.yml

@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Any update (update/comment) can reset the stale idle time on the pull requests. Override "ignore-updates" option regarding only the pull requests.'
     default: ''
     required: false
+  include-only-assigned:
+    description: 'Only the issues or the pull requests with an assignee will be marked as stale automatically.'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
 outputs:
   closed-issues-prs:
     description: 'List of all closed issues and pull requests.'

dist/index.js

@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
                 IssuesProcessor._endIssueProcessing(issue);
                 return; // Don't process locked issues
             }
+            if (this._isIncludeOnlyAssigned(issue)) {
+                issueLogger.info(`Skipping this $$type because it's assignees list is empty`);
+                IssuesProcessor._endIssueProcessing(issue);
+                return; // If the issue has an 'includeOnlyAssigned' option, process only issues with nonempty assignees list
+            }
             const onlyLabels = words_to_list_1.wordsToList(this._getOnlyLabels(issue));
             if (onlyLabels.length > 0) {
                 issueLogger.info(`The option ${issueLogger.createOptionLink(option_1.Option.OnlyLabels)} was specified to only process issues and pull requests with all those labels (${logger_service_1.LoggerService.cyan(onlyLabels.length)})`);
@@ -737,7 +742,9 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
             if (issue.markedStaleThisRun) {
                 issueLogger.info(`marked stale this run, so don't check for updates`);
             }
-            const issueHasUpdateSinceStale = new Date(issue.updated_at) > new Date(markedStaleOn);
+            // The issue.updated_at and markedStaleOn are not always exactly in sync (they can be off by a second or 2)
+            // isDateMoreRecentThan makes sure they are not the same date within a certain tolerance (15 seconds in this case)
+            const issueHasUpdateSinceStale = is_date_more_recent_than_1.isDateMoreRecentThan(new Date(issue.updated_at), new Date(markedStaleOn), 15);
             issueLogger.info(`$$type has been updated since it was marked stale: ${logger_service_1.LoggerService.cyan(issueHasUpdateSinceStale)}`);
             // Should we un-stale this issue?
             if (shouldRemoveStaleWhenUpdated &&
@@ -988,6 +995,9 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
         }
         return this.options.onlyLabels;
     }
+    _isIncludeOnlyAssigned(issue) {
+        return this.options.includeOnlyAssigned && !issue.hasAssignees;
+    }
     _getAnyOfLabels(issue) {
         if (issue.isPullRequest) {
             if (this.options.anyOfPrLabels !== '') {
@@ -1957,12 +1967,25 @@ exports.getHumanizedDate = getHumanizedDate;
 
 "use strict";
 
+/// returns false if the dates are equal within the `equalityToleranceInSeconds` number of seconds
+/// otherwise returns true if `comparedDate` is after `date`
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.isDateMoreRecentThan = void 0;
+exports.isDateEqualTo = exports.isDateMoreRecentThan = void 0;
-function isDateMoreRecentThan(date, comparedDate) {
+function isDateMoreRecentThan(date, comparedDate, equalityToleranceInSeconds = 0) {
+    if (equalityToleranceInSeconds > 0) {
+        const areDatesEqual = isDateEqualTo(date, comparedDate, equalityToleranceInSeconds);
+        return !areDatesEqual && date > comparedDate;
+    }
     return date > comparedDate;
 }
 exports.isDateMoreRecentThan = isDateMoreRecentThan;
+function isDateEqualTo(date, otherDate, toleranceInSeconds) {
+    const timestamp = date.getTime();
+    const otherTimestamp = otherDate.getTime();
+    const deltaInSeconds = Math.abs(timestamp - otherTimestamp) / 1000;
+    return deltaInSeconds <= toleranceInSeconds;
+}
+exports.isDateEqualTo = isDateEqualTo;
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -2207,7 +2230,8 @@ function _getAndValidateArgs() {
         ignoreIssueUpdates: _toOptionalBoolean('ignore-issue-updates'),
         ignorePrUpdates: _toOptionalBoolean('ignore-pr-updates'),
         exemptDraftPr: core.getInput('exempt-draft-pr') === 'true',
-        closeIssueReason: core.getInput('close-issue-reason')
+        closeIssueReason: core.getInput('close-issue-reason'),
+        includeOnlyAssigned: core.getInput('include-only-assigned') === 'true'
     };
     for (const numberInput of [
         'days-before-stale',

src/classes/issue.spec.ts

@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ describe('Issue', (): void => {
       ignoreIssueUpdates: undefined,
       ignorePrUpdates: undefined,
       exemptDraftPr: false,
-      closeIssueReason: ''
+      closeIssueReason: '',
+      includeOnlyAssigned: false
     };
     issueInterface = {
       title: 'dummy-title',

src/classes/issues-processor.ts

@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
       return; // Don't process locked issues
     }
 
+    if (this._isIncludeOnlyAssigned(issue)) {
+      issueLogger.info(
+        `Skipping this $$type because it's assignees list is empty`
+      );
+      IssuesProcessor._endIssueProcessing(issue);
+      return; // If the issue has an 'include-only-assigned' option, process only issues with nonempty assignees list
+    }
+
     const onlyLabels: string[] = wordsToList(this._getOnlyLabels(issue));
 
     if (onlyLabels.length > 0) {
@@ -665,8 +673,13 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
       issueLogger.info(`marked stale this run, so don't check for updates`);
     }
 
-    const issueHasUpdateSinceStale =
+    // The issue.updated_at and markedStaleOn are not always exactly in sync (they can be off by a second or 2)
-      new Date(issue.updated_at) > new Date(markedStaleOn);
+    // isDateMoreRecentThan makes sure they are not the same date within a certain tolerance (15 seconds in this case)
+    const issueHasUpdateSinceStale = isDateMoreRecentThan(
+      new Date(issue.updated_at),
+      new Date(markedStaleOn),
+      15
+    );
 
     issueLogger.info(
       `$$type has been updated since it was marked stale: ${LoggerService.cyan(
@@ -1012,6 +1025,10 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
     return this.options.onlyLabels;
   }
 
+  private _isIncludeOnlyAssigned(issue: Issue): boolean {
+    return this.options.includeOnlyAssigned && !issue.hasAssignees;
+  }
+
   private _getAnyOfLabels(issue: Issue): string {
     if (issue.isPullRequest) {
       if (this.options.anyOfPrLabels !== '') {

src/functions/dates/is-date-more-recent-than.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {isDateMoreRecentThan} from './is-date-more-recent-than';
+import {isDateEqualTo, isDateMoreRecentThan} from './is-date-more-recent-than';
 
 describe('isDateMoreRecentThan()', (): void => {
   let date: Date;
@@ -48,4 +48,68 @@ describe('isDateMoreRecentThan()', (): void => {
       expect(result).toStrictEqual(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('date equality', (): void => {
+    it('should correctly compare a before date outside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T14:00:00');
+      expect(isDateEqualTo(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare a before date inside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:42');
+      expect(isDateEqualTo(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare an after date outside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T12:00:00');
+      expect(isDateEqualTo(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare an after date inside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T12:59:42');
+      expect(isDateEqualTo(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare an exactly equal date', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      expect(isDateEqualTo(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('date comparison with tolerances', (): void => {
+    it('should correctly compare a before date outside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T14:00:00');
+      expect(isDateMoreRecentThan(aDate, otherDate)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare a before date inside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:42');
+      expect(isDateMoreRecentThan(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(false); // considered equal here
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare an after date outside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T12:00:00');
+      expect(isDateMoreRecentThan(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare an after date inside tolerance', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T12:59:42');
+      expect(isDateMoreRecentThan(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(false); // considered equal here
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly compare an exactly equal date', (): void => {
+      const aDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      const otherDate = new Date('2022-09-09T13:00:00');
+      expect(isDateMoreRecentThan(aDate, otherDate, 60)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });

src/functions/dates/is-date-more-recent-than.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
+/// returns false if the dates are equal within the `equalityToleranceInSeconds` number of seconds
+/// otherwise returns true if `comparedDate` is after `date`
+
 export function isDateMoreRecentThan(
   date: Readonly<Date>,
-  comparedDate: Readonly<Date>
+  comparedDate: Readonly<Date>,
+  equalityToleranceInSeconds = 0
 ): boolean {
+  if (equalityToleranceInSeconds > 0) {
+    const areDatesEqual = isDateEqualTo(
+      date,
+      comparedDate,
+      equalityToleranceInSeconds
+    );
+
+    return !areDatesEqual && date > comparedDate;
+  }
+
   return date > comparedDate;
 }
+
+export function isDateEqualTo(
+  date: Date,
+  otherDate: Date,
+  toleranceInSeconds: number
+): boolean {
+  const timestamp = date.getTime();
+  const otherTimestamp = otherDate.getTime();
+  const deltaInSeconds = Math.abs(timestamp - otherTimestamp) / 1000;
+  return deltaInSeconds <= toleranceInSeconds;
+}

src/interfaces/issues-processor-options.ts

@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ export interface IIssuesProcessorOptions {
   ignorePrUpdates: boolean | undefined;
   exemptDraftPr: boolean;
   closeIssueReason: string;
+  includeOnlyAssigned: boolean;
 }

src/main.ts

@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ function _getAndValidateArgs(): IIssuesProcessorOptions {
     ignoreIssueUpdates: _toOptionalBoolean('ignore-issue-updates'),
     ignorePrUpdates: _toOptionalBoolean('ignore-pr-updates'),
     exemptDraftPr: core.getInput('exempt-draft-pr') === 'true',
-    closeIssueReason: core.getInput('close-issue-reason')
+    closeIssueReason: core.getInput('close-issue-reason'),
+    includeOnlyAssigned: core.getInput('include-only-assigned') === 'true'
   };
 
   for (const numberInput of [