ci: move the stale PR workflow where GitHub runs it - #2475
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stale.yml was committed to the repository root in apache#1488, where GitHub does not look for workflows, so it has never run. Move it to .github/workflows/ and enable it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Rationale for this change
stale.ymlwas committed to the repository root in #1488. GitHub only looks for workflows in.github/workflows/, so it has never run.What changes are included in this PR?
.github/workflows/stale.yml.permissionsto the top level, and addworkflow_dispatchand atimeout-minutes.Behaviour is unchanged from what #1488 intended: it runs nightly, marks PRs with no activity for 60 days as stale, and closes them 7 days later. Issues are left alone. Drafts are not exempt.
Are there any user-facing changes?
Yes, for contributors, and this needs an explicit yes from a maintainer. Because the workflow has never run, its first nightly run sweeps the whole backlog. As of 2026-09-13, 8 of the 45 open PRs had no activity for 60 days, including 3 drafts. They would be marked stale and closed 7 days later unless someone comments.
If that's not wanted, alternatives are exempting drafts (
exempt-draft-pr: true), a longer window, or deletingstale.ymlinstead.Split out of #2438 to make it easier to review.
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