# Close Stale Issues and PRs Warns and then closes issues and PRs that have had no activity for a specified amount of time. ### Building and testing Install the dependencies ```bash $ npm install ``` Build the typescript and package it for distribution ```bash $ npm run build && npm run pack ``` Run the tests :heavy_check_mark: ```bash $ npm test ``` ### Usage See [action.yml](./action.yml) For comprehensive list of options. Basic: ```yaml name: "Close stale issues" on: schedule: - cron: "0 0 * * *" jobs: stale: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/stale@v3 with: repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} stale-issue-message: 'Message to comment on stale issues. If none provided, will not mark issues stale' stale-pr-message: 'Message to comment on stale PRs. If none provided, will not mark PRs stale' ``` Configure stale timeouts: ```yaml name: "Close stale issues" on: schedule: - cron: "0 0 * * *" jobs: stale: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/stale@v3 with: repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days' days-before-stale: 30 days-before-close: 5 ``` Configure labels: ```yaml name: "Close stale issues" on: schedule: - cron: "0 0 * * *" jobs: stale: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/stale@v3 with: repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} stale-issue-message: 'Stale issue message' stale-pr-message: 'Stale pull request message' stale-issue-label: 'no-issue-activity' exempt-issue-labels: 'awaiting-approval,work-in-progress' stale-pr-label: 'no-pr-activity' exempt-pr-labels: 'awaiting-approval,work-in-progress' ``` ### Debugging To see debug output from this action, you must set the secret `ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG` to `true` in your repository. You can run this action in debug only mode (no actions will be taken on your issues) by passing `debug-only` `true` as an argument to the action.