Merge pull request #1151 from fsfe/add_stale_action

Add Github action for closing stale issues

Author: floriansnow

.github/workflows/close_inactive_issues.yaml

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. <https://fsfe.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Close inactive issues
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "22 2 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+        with:
+          days-before-issue-stale: 360
+          days-before-issue-close: 30
+          operations-per-run: 5
+          remove-stale-when-updated: false
+          exempt-all-issue-assignees: true
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          close-issue-label: "unresolved"
+          stale-issue-message:
+            "Thank you for your time and contributions! Unfortunately, this
+            issue has been inactive for quite a while which means we probably
+            can't manage the time to deal with it. That's why we're marking it
+            as stale. We want to keep things tidy and focus on active
+            discussions, but we’re always happy to revisit if this is still
+            relevant!\n\nIf you’d like to keep this open, please add a comment
+            to let us know and remove the label stale. Otherwise, this issue
+            will most likely be automatically closed soon."
+          close-issue-message:
+            "Since there hasn't been any recent activity after the last message,
+            we're going to go ahead and close this issue. Feel free to reopen
+            this and remove the labels stale and unresolved if it's
+            urgent.\n\nWe truly appreciate your contributions and
+            engagement!\n\nThank you and happy hacking!"
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1
+          days-before-pr-close: -1
+          stale-pr-label: "stale"
+          close-pr-label: "unresolved"
+          stale-pr-message:
+            "Thank you so much for your contribution! We really appreciate your
+            time and effort on this! However, this pull request has been
+            inactive for a while, which means we have not been able to
+            prioritize it. It also means there are most likely merge conflicts
+            or required updates to bring it in line with the latest changes. To
+            keep things organized and focus on active contributions, we're
+            marking this as stale.\n\nIf this is still relevant and you'd like
+            to keep it open, please update the branch and remove the label
+            stale. Otherwise, this PR may be automatically closed soon. We're
+            always happy to revisit if needed!"
+          close-pr-message:
+            "Since there hasn't been any recent activity after the last message,
+            we're going to go ahead and close this pull request. If this is
+            still relevant to you, feel free to reopen it and update the branch
+            to resolve any conflicts. In that case, please also remove the
+            labels stale and unresolved.\n\nWe truly appreciate your
+            contributions and engagement!\n\nThank you and happy hacking!"
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}