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>

.github/workflows/basic-validation.yml

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
     name: Basic validation
     uses: actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/basic-validation.yml@main
     with:
-      node-version: '20.x'
+      node-version: '24.x'

.github/workflows/check-dist.yml

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
     name: Check dist/
     uses: actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/check-dist.yml@main
     with:
-      node-version: '20.x'
+      node-version: '24.x'

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: "@types/node"
-version: 20.10.3
+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

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 ---
 name: undici-types
-version: 5.26.5
+version: 7.8.0
 type: npm
 summary: A stand-alone types package for Undici
 homepage: https://undici.nodejs.org
 license: mit
 licenses:
-- sources: Auto-generated MIT license text
+- sources: LICENSE
   text: |
     MIT License
 
+    Copyright (c) Matteo Collina and Undici contributors
+
     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
     of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
     in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

README.md

@@ -98,7 +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
 
@@ -555,6 +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
 
@@ -572,7 +580,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'Message to comment on stale issues. If none provided, will not mark issues stale'
           stale-pr-message: 'Message to comment on stale PRs. If none provided, will not mark PRs stale'
@@ -590,7 +598,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
           days-before-stale: 30
@@ -609,7 +617,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
           stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because it has been open 45 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 10 days.'
@@ -631,7 +639,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
           stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because it has been open 45 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 10 days.'
@@ -655,7 +663,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'Stale issue message'
           stale-pr-message: 'Stale pull request message'
@@ -678,7 +686,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           start-date: '2020-04-18T00:00:00Z' # ISO 8601 or RFC 2822
 ```
@@ -695,7 +703,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           exempt-issue-milestones: 'future,alpha,beta'
           exempt-pr-milestones: 'bugfix,improvement'
@@ -713,7 +721,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           exempt-all-pr-milestones: true
 ```
@@ -730,7 +738,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           any-of-labels: 'needs-more-info,needs-demo'
           # You can opt for 'only-labels' instead if your use-case requires all labels
@@ -749,7 +757,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           exempt-issue-assignees: 'marco,polo'
           exempt-pr-assignees: 'marco'
@@ -767,7 +775,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           exempt-all-pr-assignees: true
 ```

__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

@@ -208,11 +208,15 @@ 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.'
   staled-issues-prs:
     description: 'List of all staled issues and pull requests.'
 runs:
-  using: 'node20'
+  using: 'node24'
   main: 'dist/index.js'

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

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "stale-action",
-  "version": "9.0.0",
+  "version": "10.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "stale-action",
-      "version": "9.0.0",
+      "version": "10.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/cache": "^4.0.3",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
         "@types/lodash.deburr": "^4.1.6",
-        "@types/node": "^20.5.1",
+        "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
         "@types/semver": "^7.5.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.2.1",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.2.1",
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
         "typescript": "^5.2.2"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "20",
-        "npm": ">=7.0.0 <10.0.0-0"
+        "node": "24",
+        "npm": ">=7.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap": {
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
       "version": "4.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-KrGhL9Q4zjj0kiUt5OO4Mr/A/jlI2jDYs5eHBpYHPcBEVSiipAvn2Ko2HnPe20rmcuuvMHNdZFp+4IlGTMF0Ow==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "asynckit": "^0.4.0",
         "combined-stream": "^1.0.8",
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/code-frame/-/code-frame-7.27.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-cjQ7ZlQ0Mv3b47hABuTevyTuYN4i+loJKGeV9flcCgIK37cCXRh+L1bd3iBHlynerhQ7BhCkn2BPbQUL+rGqFg==",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "^7.27.1",
         "js-tokens": "^4.0.0",
@@ -603,6 +605,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/helper-string-parser/-/helper-string-parser-7.27.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-qMlSxKbpRlAridDExk92nSobyDdpPijUq2DW6oDnUqd0iOGxmQjyqhMIihI9+zv4LPyZdRje2cavWPbCbWm3eA==",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=6.9.0"
       }
@@ -612,6 +615,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/helper-validator-identifier/-/helper-validator-identifier-7.27.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-D2hP9eA+Sqx1kBZgzxZh0y1trbuU+JoDkiEwqhQ36nodYqJwyEIhPSdMNd7lOm/4io72luTPWH20Yda0xOuUow==",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=6.9.0"
       }
@@ -630,6 +634,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/helpers/-/helpers-7.28.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-/V9771t+EgXz62aCcyofnQhGM8DQACbRhvzKFsXKC9QM+5MadF8ZmIm0crDMaz3+o0h0zXfJnd4EhbYbxsrcFw==",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/template": "^7.27.2",
         "@babel/types": "^7.28.2"
@@ -643,6 +648,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.28.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-jVZGvOxOuNSsuQuLRTh13nU0AogFlw32w/MT+LV6D3sP5WdbW61E77RnkbaO2dUvmPAYrBDJXGn5gGS6tH4j8g==",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/types": "^7.28.0"
       },
@@ -835,6 +841,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/template/-/template-7.27.2.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/code-frame": "^7.27.1",
         "@babel/parser": "^7.27.2",
@@ -879,6 +886,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/helper-string-parser": "^7.27.1",
         "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "^7.27.1"
@@ -1846,11 +1854,12 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "20.10.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.10.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XJavIpZqiXID5Yxnxv3RUDKTN5b81ddNC3ecsA0SoFXz/QU8OGBwZGMomiq0zw+uuqbL/krztv/DINAQ/EV4gg==",
+      "version": "24.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-24.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ut5FthK5moxFKH2T1CUOC6ctR67rQRvvHdFLCD2Ql6KXmMuCrjsSsRI9UsLCm9M18BMwClv4pn327UvB7eeO1w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "undici-types": "~5.26.4"
+        "undici-types": "~7.8.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node-fetch": {
@@ -1866,6 +1875,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-KrGhL9Q4zjj0kiUt5OO4Mr/A/jlI2jDYs5eHBpYHPcBEVSiipAvn2Ko2HnPe20rmcuuvMHNdZFp+4IlGTMF0Ow==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "asynckit": "^0.4.0",
         "combined-stream": "^1.0.8",
@@ -2414,6 +2424,7 @@
       "version": "1.1.12",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.12.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-9T9UjW3r0UW5c1Q7GTwllptXwhvYmEzFhzMfZ9H7FQWt+uZePjZPjBP/W1ZEyZ1twGWom5/56TF4lPcqjnDHcg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
         "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -2495,6 +2506,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/call-bind-apply-helpers/-/call-bind-apply-helpers-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Sp1ablJ0ivDkSzjcaJdxEunN5/XvksFJ2sMBFfq6x0ryhQV/2b/KwFe21cMpmHtPOSij8K99/wSfoEuTObmuMQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
         "function-bind": "^1.1.2"
@@ -3284,6 +3296,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dunder-proto/-/dunder-proto-1.0.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "call-bind-apply-helpers": "^1.0.1",
         "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
@@ -3346,6 +3359,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-define-property/-/es-define-property-1.0.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
@@ -3354,6 +3368,7 @@
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-errors/-/es-errors-1.3.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
@@ -3362,6 +3377,7 @@
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-object-atoms/-/es-object-atoms-1.1.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "es-errors": "^1.3.0"
       },
@@ -3373,6 +3389,7 @@
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-set-tostringtag/-/es-set-tostringtag-2.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-j6vWzfrGVfyXxge+O0x5sh6cvxAog0a/4Rdd2K36zCMV5eJ+/+tOAngRO8cODMNWbVRdVlmGZQL2YS3yR8bIUA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
         "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.6",
@@ -3969,6 +3986,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       },
@@ -4439,6 +4461,7 @@
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       },
@@ -4450,6 +4473,7 @@
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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       },
@@ -4464,6 +4488,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hasown/-/hasown-2.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-0hJU9SCPvmMzIBdZFqNPXWa6dqh7WdH0cII9y+CyS8rG3nL48Bclra9HmKhVVUHyPWNH5Y7xDwAB7bfgSjkUMQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "function-bind": "^1.1.2"
       },
@@ -5452,7 +5477,8 @@
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-      "dev": true
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/js-yaml": {
       "version": "4.1.0",
@@ -5751,6 +5777,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/math-intrinsics/-/math-intrinsics-1.1.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
@@ -6270,7 +6297,8 @@
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-      "dev": true
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/picomatch": {
       "version": "2.3.1",
@@ -7494,9 +7522,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/undici-types": {
-      "version": "5.26.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz",
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+      "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": {
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package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "stale-action",
-  "version": "9.0.0",
+  "version": "10.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Marks old issues and PRs as stale",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     "stale"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": "20",
-    "npm": ">=7.0.0 <10.0.0-0"
+    "node": "24",
+    "npm": ">=7.0.0"
   },
   "author": "GitHub",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
     "@types/lodash.deburr": "^4.1.6",
-    "@types/node": "^20.5.1",
+    "@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;
 }