Add only-issue-types option to filter issues by type (#1255)

* Add `only-issue-types` Option to Filter Issues by Type

* white-space fix in readme table

Co-authored-by: andig <cpuidle@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: andig <cpuidle@gmail.com>

.licenses/npm/@types/node.dep.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: "@types/node"
-version: 24.3.1
+version: 24.1.0
 type: npm
 summary: TypeScript definitions for node
 homepage: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/node

.licenses/npm/undici-types.dep.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: undici-types
-version: 7.10.0
+version: 7.8.0
 type: npm
 summary: A stand-alone types package for Undici
 homepage: https://undici.nodejs.org

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,27 +1,4 @@
 # Changelog
-# [10.0.0]
-
-## What's Changed
-
-## Breaking Changes
-* Upgrade to node 24 by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1279
-Make sure your runner is on version v2.327.1 or later to ensure compatibility with this release. [Release Notes](https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.327.1)
-
-## Enhancement
-- Introducing sort-by option by @suyashgaonkar in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1254
-
-## Dependency Upgrades
-* Upgrade actions/publish-immutable-action from 0.0.3 to 0.0.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1186
-* Upgrade undici from 5.28.4 to 5.28.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1201
-* Upgrade @action/cache from 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 by @aparnajyothi-y in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1226
-* Upgrade @action/cache from 4.0.2 to 4.0.3 by @suyashgaonkar in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1233
-* Upgrade undici from 5.28.5 to 5.29.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1251
-* Upgrade form-data to bring in fix for critical vulnerability by @gowridurgad in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1277
-
-## Documentation changes
-
-- Changelog update for recent releases by @suyashgaonkar in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1224
-- Permissions update in Readme by @ghadimir in https://github.com/actions/stale/pull/1248
 
 # [9.1.0]
 

README.md

@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 [![Basic validation](https://github.com/actions/stale/actions/workflows/basic-validation.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/actions/stale/actions/workflows/basic-validation.yml)
 [![e2e tests](https://github.com/actions/stale/actions/workflows/e2e-tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/actions/stale/actions/workflows/e2e-tests.yml)
 
-## Breaking changes in V6
-
-- Upgraded action from node20 to node 24
-  > Make sure your runner is on version v2.327.1 or later to ensure compatibility with this release. [Release Notes](https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.327.1)
-
-For more details, see the full release notes on the [release page](https://github.com/actions/stale/releases/tag/v10.0.0)
-
 Warns and then closes issues and PRs that have had no activity for a specified amount of time.
 
 The configuration must be on the default branch and the default values will:
@@ -105,7 +98,8 @@ Every argument is optional.
 | [ignore-issue-updates](#ignore-issue-updates)                       | Override [ignore-updates](#ignore-updates) for issues only                  |                       |
 | [ignore-pr-updates](#ignore-pr-updates)                             | Override [ignore-updates](#ignore-updates) for PRs only                     |                       |
 | [include-only-assigned](#include-only-assigned)                     | Process only assigned issues                                                | `false`               |
-| [sort-by](#sort-by)                                   | What to sort issues and PRs by                                                      | `created`             |
+| [sort-by](#sort-by)                                                 | What to sort issues and PRs by                                              | `created`             |
+| [only-issue-types](#only-issue-types)                               | Only issues with a matching type are processed as stale/closed.             |                       |
 
 ### List of output options
 
@@ -562,6 +556,13 @@ Useful to sort the issues and PRs by the specified field. It accepts `created`,
 
 Default value: `created`
 
+#### only-issue-types
+
+A comma separated list of allowed issue types. Only issues with a matching type will be processed (e.g.: `bug,question`).
+
+If unset (or an empty string), this option will not alter the stale workflow.
+
+Default value: unset
 
 ### Usage
 

__tests__/functions/generate-issue.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export function generateIssue(
   isClosed = false,
   isLocked = false,
   milestone: string | undefined = undefined,
-  assignees: string[] = []
+  assignees: string[] = [],
+  issue_type?: string
 ): Issue {
   return new Issue(options, {
     number: id,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export function generateIssue(
         login: assignee,
         type: 'User'
       };
-    })
+    }),
+    ...(issue_type ? {type: {name: issue_type}} : {})
   });
 }

__tests__/only-issue-types.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import {Issue} from '../src/classes/issue';
+import {IIssuesProcessorOptions} from '../src/interfaces/issues-processor-options';
+import {IssuesProcessorMock} from './classes/issues-processor-mock';
+import {DefaultProcessorOptions} from './constants/default-processor-options';
+import {generateIssue} from './functions/generate-issue';
+import {alwaysFalseStateMock} from './classes/state-mock';
+
+describe('only-issue-types option', () => {
+  test('should only process issues with allowed type', async () => {
+    const opts: IIssuesProcessorOptions = {
+      ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+      onlyIssueTypes: 'bug,question'
+    };
+    const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+      generateIssue(
+        opts,
+        1,
+        'A bug',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        false,
+        false,
+        [],
+        false,
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        [],
+        'bug'
+      ),
+      generateIssue(
+        opts,
+        2,
+        'A feature',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        false,
+        false,
+        [],
+        false,
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        [],
+        'feature'
+      ),
+      generateIssue(
+        opts,
+        3,
+        'A question',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        false,
+        false,
+        [],
+        false,
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        [],
+        'question'
+      )
+    ];
+    const processor = new IssuesProcessorMock(
+      opts,
+      alwaysFalseStateMock,
+      async p => (p === 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+      async () => [],
+      async () => new Date().toDateString()
+    );
+    await processor.processIssues(1);
+    expect(processor.staleIssues.map(i => i.title)).toEqual([
+      'A bug',
+      'A question'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('should process all issues if onlyIssueTypes is unset', async () => {
+    const opts: IIssuesProcessorOptions = {
+      ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+      onlyIssueTypes: ''
+    };
+    const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+      generateIssue(
+        opts,
+        1,
+        'A bug',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        false,
+        false,
+        [],
+        false,
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        [],
+        'bug'
+      ),
+      generateIssue(
+        opts,
+        2,
+        'A feature',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+        false,
+        false,
+        [],
+        false,
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        [],
+        'feature'
+      )
+    ];
+    const processor = new IssuesProcessorMock(
+      opts,
+      alwaysFalseStateMock,
+      async p => (p === 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+      async () => [],
+      async () => new Date().toDateString()
+    );
+    await processor.processIssues(1);
+    expect(processor.staleIssues.map(i => i.title)).toEqual([
+      'A bug',
+      'A feature'
+    ]);
+  });
+});

action.yml

@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Only the issues or the pull requests with an assignee will be marked as stale automatically.'
     default: 'false'
     required: false
+  only-issue-types:
+    description: 'Only issues with a matching type are processed as stale/closed. Defaults to `[]` (disabled) and can be a comma-separated list of issue types.'
+    default: ''
+    required: false
 outputs:
   closed-issues-prs:
     description: 'List of all closed issues and pull requests.'

dist/index.js

@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ class Issue {
         this.assignees = issue.assignees || [];
         this.isStale = (0, is_labeled_1.isLabeled)(this, this.staleLabel);
         this.markedStaleThisRun = false;
+        if (typeof issue.type === 'object' &&
+            issue.type !== null) {
+            this.issue_type = issue.type.name;
+        }
+        else {
+            this.issue_type = undefined;
+        }
     }
     get isPullRequest() {
         return (0, is_pull_request_1.isPullRequest)(this);
@@ -506,6 +513,18 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
                 IssuesProcessor._endIssueProcessing(issue);
                 return; // If the issue has an 'include-only-assigned' option set, process only issues with nonempty assignees list
             }
+            if (this.options.onlyIssueTypes) {
+                const allowedTypes = this.options.onlyIssueTypes
+                    .split(',')
+                    .map(t => t.trim().toLowerCase())
+                    .filter(Boolean);
+                const issueType = (issue.issue_type || '').toLowerCase();
+                if (!allowedTypes.includes(issueType)) {
+                    issueLogger.info(`Skipping this $$type because its type ('${issue.issue_type}') is not in onlyIssueTypes (${allowedTypes.join(', ')})`);
+                    IssuesProcessor._endIssueProcessing(issue);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
             const onlyLabels = (0, words_to_list_1.wordsToList)(this._getOnlyLabels(issue));
             if (onlyLabels.length > 0) {
                 issueLogger.info(`The option ${issueLogger.createOptionLink(option_1.Option.OnlyLabels)} was specified to only process issues and pull requests with all those labels (${logger_service_1.LoggerService.cyan(onlyLabels.length)})`);
@@ -2225,6 +2244,7 @@ var Option;
     Option["IgnorePrUpdates"] = "ignore-pr-updates";
     Option["ExemptDraftPr"] = "exempt-draft-pr";
     Option["CloseIssueReason"] = "close-issue-reason";
+    Option["OnlyIssueTypes"] = "only-issue-types";
 })(Option || (exports.Option = Option = {}));
 
 

package-lock.json

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
         "@types/lodash.deburr": "^4.1.6",
-        "@types/node": "^24.3.1",
+        "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
         "@types/semver": "^7.5.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.2.1",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.2.1",
@@ -1854,12 +1854,12 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "24.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-24.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3vXmQDXy+woz+gnrTvuvNrPzekOi+Ds0ReMxw0LzBiK3a+1k0kQn9f2NWk+lgD4rJehFUmYy2gMhJ2ZI+7YP9g==",
+      "version": "24.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-24.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ut5FthK5moxFKH2T1CUOC6ctR67rQRvvHdFLCD2Ql6KXmMuCrjsSsRI9UsLCm9M18BMwClv4pn327UvB7eeO1w==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "undici-types": "~7.10.0"
+        "undici-types": "~7.8.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node-fetch": {
@@ -7522,9 +7522,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/undici-types": {
-      "version": "7.10.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-7.10.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-t5Fy/nfn+14LuOc2KNYg75vZqClpAiqscVvMygNnlsHBFpSXdJaYtXMcdNLpl/Qvc3P2cB3s6lOV51nqsFq4ag==",
+      "version": "7.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-7.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9UJ2xGDvQ43tYyVMpuHlsgApydB8ZKfVYTsLDhXkFL/6gfkp+U8xTGdh8pMJv1SpZna0zxG1DwsKZsreLbXBxw==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/universal-user-agent": {

package.json

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
     "@types/lodash.deburr": "^4.1.6",
-    "@types/node": "^24.3.1",
+    "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.2.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.2.1",

src/classes/issue.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class Issue implements IIssue {
   markedStaleThisRun: boolean;
   operations = new Operations();
   private readonly _options: IIssuesProcessorOptions;
+  readonly issue_type?: string;
 
   constructor(
     options: Readonly<IIssuesProcessorOptions>,
@@ -43,6 +44,15 @@ export class Issue implements IIssue {
     this.assignees = issue.assignees || [];
     this.isStale = isLabeled(this, this.staleLabel);
     this.markedStaleThisRun = false;
+
+    if (
+      typeof (issue as any).type === 'object' &&
+      (issue as any).type !== null
+    ) {
+      this.issue_type = (issue as any).type.name;
+    } else {
+      this.issue_type = undefined;
+    }
   }
 
   get isPullRequest(): boolean {

src/classes/issues-processor.ts

@@ -252,6 +252,23 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
       return; // If the issue has an 'include-only-assigned' option set, process only issues with nonempty assignees list
     }
 
+    if (this.options.onlyIssueTypes) {
+      const allowedTypes = this.options.onlyIssueTypes
+        .split(',')
+        .map(t => t.trim().toLowerCase())
+        .filter(Boolean);
+      const issueType = (issue.issue_type || '').toLowerCase();
+      if (!allowedTypes.includes(issueType)) {
+        issueLogger.info(
+          `Skipping this $$type because its type ('${
+            issue.issue_type
+          }') is not in onlyIssueTypes (${allowedTypes.join(', ')})`
+        );
+        IssuesProcessor._endIssueProcessing(issue);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
     const onlyLabels: string[] = wordsToList(this._getOnlyLabels(issue));
 
     if (onlyLabels.length > 0) {

src/enums/option.ts

@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ export enum Option {
   IgnoreIssueUpdates = 'ignore-issue-updates',
   IgnorePrUpdates = 'ignore-pr-updates',
   ExemptDraftPr = 'exempt-draft-pr',
-  CloseIssueReason = 'close-issue-reason'
+  CloseIssueReason = 'close-issue-reason',
+  OnlyIssueTypes = 'only-issue-types'
 }

src/interfaces/issue.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface IIssue {
   locked: boolean;
   milestone?: IMilestone | null;
   assignees?: Assignee[] | null;
+  issue_type?: string;
 }
 
 export type OctokitIssue = components['schemas']['issue'];

src/interfaces/issues-processor-options.ts

@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@ export interface IIssuesProcessorOptions {
   exemptDraftPr: boolean;
   closeIssueReason: string;
   includeOnlyAssigned: boolean;
+  onlyIssueTypes?: string;
 }