Close Inactive Issues #36
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| name: Close Inactive Issues | |
| on: | |
| schedule: | |
| - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Run daily | |
| workflow_dispatch: # This line enables manual triggering | |
| jobs: | |
| close-issues: | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| permissions: | |
| issues: write # Ensure necessary permissions for issues | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Close inactive issues | |
| uses: actions/github-script@v7 | |
| with: | |
| github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | |
| script: | | |
| const octokit = github; | |
| // Get the repository owner and name | |
| const { owner, repo } = context.repo; | |
| // Define the inactivity period (14 days) | |
| const inactivityPeriod = new Date(); | |
| inactivityPeriod.setDate(inactivityPeriod.getDate() - 14); | |
| const labelKeepIssue = 'Keep Issue Open'; | |
| try { | |
| // Get all open issues with pagination | |
| for await (const response of octokit.paginate.iterator(octokit.rest.issues.listForRepo, { | |
| owner, | |
| repo, | |
| state: 'open', | |
| })) { | |
| const issues = response.data; | |
| // Close issues inactive for more than the inactivity period | |
| for (const issue of issues) { | |
| let closeIssue = true; | |
| // Get all Labels of issue, and compared each label with the labelKeepIssue const variable | |
| try { | |
| const respondIssueLabels = await octokit.request("GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels", { | |
| owner: owner, | |
| repo: repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number | |
| }); | |
| const labels = respondIssueLabels.data; | |
| for (let i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) { | |
| const label = labels[i] | |
| if (label.name === labelKeepIssue) { | |
| console.log(`Issue #${issue.number} will not be closed`); | |
| closeIssue = false; | |
| break; // Break from the loop, no need to check the remaining Labels. | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } catch (error) { | |
| console.error(`Error while Fetching Labels for Issue #${issue.number}, Error: ${error}`); | |
| } | |
| if (!closeIssue) { | |
| continue; // Skip the next bit of code | |
| } | |
| const lastCommentDate = issue.updated_at; | |
| if (new Date(lastCommentDate) < inactivityPeriod) { | |
| try { | |
| // Close the issue | |
| await octokit.rest.issues.update({ | |
| owner, | |
| repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| state: 'closed', | |
| }); | |
| // Add a comment | |
| await octokit.rest.issues.createComment({ | |
| owner, | |
| repo, | |
| issue_number: issue.number, | |
| body: 'Closed due to inactivity', | |
| }); | |
| } catch (error) { | |
| console.error(`Error updating or commenting on issue #${issue.number}: ${error}`); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } catch (error) { | |
| console.error(`Error fetching issues: ${error}`); | |
| } |