build(deps): bump @octokit/core from 4.2.4 to 7.0.5

Bumps [@octokit/core](https://github.com/octokit/core.js) from 4.2.4 to 7.0.5. - [Release notes](https://github.com/octokit/core.js/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/octokit/core.js/compare/v4.2.4...v7.0.5) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@octokit/core" dependency-version: 7.0.5 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Add only-issue-types option to filter issues by type (#1255 )
2026-01-01 21:08:17 +00:00 · 2025-10-06 11:49:34 +00:00 · 2025-10-03 14:57:41 -04:00 · 2025-09-03 13:54:19 -05:00
12 changed files with 365 additions and 53 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/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

--- a/tests/functions/generate-issue.ts
+++ b/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}} : {})
  });
 }
--- a/tests/only-issue-types.spec.ts
+++ b/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'
+    ]);
+  });
+});
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/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.'
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/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 = {}));


--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
        "@actions/cache": "^4.0.3",
        "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
        "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
-        "@octokit/core": "^4.2.0",
+        "@octokit/core": "^7.0.5",
        "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^4.1.1",
        "lodash.deburr": "^4.1.0",
        "semver": "^7.5.4"
@@ -1477,56 +1477,128 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@octokit/auth-token": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/auth-token/-/auth-token-3.0.4.tgz",
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+      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/auth-token/-/auth-token-6.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-P4YJBPdPSpWTQ1NU4XYdvHvXJJDxM6YwpS0FZHRgP7YFkdVxsWcpWGy/NVqlAA7PcPCnMacXlRm1y2PFZRWL/w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 14"
+        "node": ">= 20"
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@octokit/core": {
-      "version": "4.2.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/core/-/core-4.2.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rYKilwgzQ7/imScn3M9/pFfUf4I1AZEH3KhyJmtPdE2zfaXAn2mFfUy4FbKewzc2We5y/LlKLj36fWJLKC2SIQ==",
+      "version": "7.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/core/-/core-7.0.5.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
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-        "@octokit/types": "^9.0.0",
-        "before-after-hook": "^2.2.0",
-        "universal-user-agent": "^6.0.0"
+        "@octokit/auth-token": "^6.0.0",
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+      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
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-        "@octokit/types": "^9.0.0",
-        "is-plain-object": "^5.0.0",
-        "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
-        "universal-user-agent": "^6.0.0"
+        "@octokit/endpoint": "^11.0.1",
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+        "@octokit/types": "^15.0.0",
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+        "node": ">= 20"
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-        "deprecation": "^2.0.0",
-        "once": "^1.4.0"
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+        "node": ">= 20"
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+      }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-26.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7AtcfKtpo77j7Ts73b4OWhOZHTKo/gGY8bB3bNBQz4H+GRSWqx2yvj8TXRsbdTE0eRmYmXOEY66jM7mJ7LzfsA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/request/node_modules/@octokit/types": {
+      "version": "15.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-15.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8o6yDfmoGJUIeR9OfYU0/TUJTnMPG2r68+1yEdUeG2Fdqpj8Qetg0ziKIgcBm0RW/j29H41WP37CYCEhp6GoHQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/openapi-types": "^26.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/request/node_modules/universal-user-agent": {
+      "version": "7.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universal-user-agent/-/universal-user-agent-7.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TmnEAEAsBJVZM/AADELsK76llnwcf9vMKuPz8JflO1frO8Lchitr0fNaN9d+Ap0BjKtqWqd/J17qeDnXh8CL2A==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
    "node_modules/@octokit/types": {
      "version": "9.3.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-9.3.2.tgz",
@@ -3871,6 +3978,22 @@
        "node": "^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || >=18.0.0"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/fast-content-type-parse": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-content-type-parse/-/fast-content-type-parse-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ZvLdcY8P+N8mGQJahJV5G4U88CSvT1rP8ApL6uETe88MBXrBHAkZlSEySdUlyztF7ccb+Znos3TFqaepHxdhBg==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fastify"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/fastify"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
    "node_modules/fast-deep-equal": {
      "version": "3.1.3",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    "@actions/cache": "^4.0.3",
    "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
    "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
-    "@octokit/core": "^4.2.0",
+    "@octokit/core": "^7.0.5",
    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^4.1.1",
    "lodash.deburr": "^4.1.0",
    "semver": "^7.5.4"
--- a/src/classes/issue.ts
+++ b/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 {
--- a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
+++ b/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) {
--- a/src/enums/option.ts
+++ b/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'
 }
--- a/src/interfaces/issue.ts
+++ b/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'];
--- a/src/interfaces/issues-processor-options.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/issues-processor-options.ts
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@ export interface IIssuesProcessorOptions {
  exemptDraftPr: boolean;
  closeIssueReason: string;
  includeOnlyAssigned: boolean;
+  onlyIssueTypes?: string;
 }