close-stale-needs-more-info.yml

name: 'Close Issues with Stale Needs More Info Label'

on:
  schedule:
    # Run this workflow at 00:00 every day
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  issues: write
  contents: read

jobs:
  close-stale-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        
      - name: Close Stale Issues with Needs More Info Label and Comment
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          script: |
            const labelName = 'needs-more-info';
            const excludedLabel = 'enhancement';
            const staleDays = 14;
            const closingComment = "This issue has been automatically closed due to inactivity and having the 'needs-more-info' label for more than 14 days. If the issue still persists, please reopen the issue with the requested information.";
            const currentDate = new Date();
            const issues = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listForRepo, {
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              labels: labelName + ', -' + excludedLabel, // Excludes issues with 'enhancement' label
              state: 'open',
            });

            for (const issue of issues) {
              let labelAddedDate = null;

              // Fetch events to find when the label was added
              const events = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listEventsForRepo, {
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                issue_number: issue.number,
              });

              // Look for the event where the label was added and capture the date
              for (const event of events) {
                if (event.event === 'labeled' && event.label.name === labelName) {
                  labelAddedDate = new Date(event.created_at);
                  break;
                }
              }

              if (labelAddedDate) {
                const issueUpdatedDate = new Date(issue.updated_at);
                const labelAddedTime = labelAddedDate.getTime();
                const issueUpdatedTime = issueUpdatedDate.getTime();
                const diffTime = Math.abs(currentDate - labelAddedDate);
                const diffDays = Math.ceil(diffTime / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));

                // Check if the issue was updated after the label was added and if it has been more than 'staleDays' since the label was added
                if (issueUpdatedTime > labelAddedTime && diffDays > staleDays) {
                  // Post a closing comment before closing the issue
                  await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                    owner: context.repo.owner,
                    repo: context.repo.repo,
                    issue_number: issue.number,
                    body: closingComment,
                  });

                  // Close the issue
                  await github.rest.issues.update({
                    owner: context.repo.owner,
                    repo: context.repo.repo,
                    issue_number: issue.number,
                    state: 'closed',
                  });

                  console.log(`Issue #${issue.number} has been closed with a comment as it has had the '${labelName}' label for more than ${staleDays} days and was updated since the label was applied.`);
                }
              }
            }