Configuration

Stale

Automatically mark and close inactive issues.

Configuration

Enable stale issue detection in your config file:

stale:
  enabled: true
  days: 60
  close: 7
  label: stale

  exempt:
    labels:
      - pinned
      - security
    assignees: true

  message: |
    this issue has been inactive for {days} days
    and will be closed in {close} days if there
    is no further activity.

  closemessage: |
    this issue has been closed due to inactivity.

Options

enabled

Enable or disable stale issue detection.

enabled: true

days

Days of inactivity before an issue is marked stale.

days: 60

close

Days after being marked stale before the issue is closed.

close: 7

label

Label to apply to stale issues. Auto-created if missing.

label: stale

exempt.labels

Labels that exempt an issue from being marked stale.

exempt:
  labels:
    - pinned
    - security

exempt.assignees

Exempt assigned issues from being marked stale.

exempt:
  assignees: true

message

Comment posted when marking an issue stale. Use {days} and {close} placeholders.

message: |
  this issue has been inactive for {days} days.

closemessage

Comment posted when closing a stale issue.

closemessage: |
  this issue has been closed due to inactivity.

How it works

Tigent checks your open issues daily. Issues with no activity for the configured number of days are labeled as stale and receive a warning comment. If there's still no activity after the close period, the issue is automatically closed.

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