Issues

• Repos with 10k+ PRs encounter pagination error

  bug
  actions/stale#1381 · Filter by author timhirsh opened on Nov 6, 2026
  1

• Stale label remains after pushing a new commit

  bug
  actions/stale#1378 · Filter by author mcgordonite opened on Oct 26, 2026
  2

  

• Closing items while paginating can skip open pull requests

  bug
  actions/stale#1360 · Filter by author lukeoguro opened on Aug 17, 2026
  5

  

• Ignore issues which has linked open PRs

  feature request
  actions/stale#1333 · Filter by author mmzeynalli opened on Apr 10, 2026
  1

• When other issues refer to a stale issue, don't mark it as stale, especially if closed as a duplicate of to-be-stale issue

  feature request
  actions/stale#1324 · Filter by author Mikaela opened on Mar 4, 2026
  1

• Make the output less verbose, to better scale for big repos

  feature request
  actions/stale#1317 · Filter by author jakub-g opened on Feb 5, 2026
  1

• Remove the stale label when a PR is closed or merged

  feature request
  actions/stale#1303 · Filter by author sarvekshayr opened on Nov 14, 2025
  1

• Ability to ignore label changes as "updates"

  feature request
  actions/stale#1301 · Filter by author douglasg14b opened on Oct 29, 2025
  2

• Add ability to exclude some types of updates from calculation of last update time

  feature request
  actions/stale#1243 · Filter by author russellb opened on Apr 26, 2025
  4

• A way for exempt-issue-labels to include [unlabelled]

  feature request
  actions/stale#1236 · Filter by author da5nsy opened on Apr 10, 2025
  3

• Add option to keep posting comment on stale issue.

  feature request
  actions/stale#1209 · Filter by author VincentLanglet opened on Feb 18, 2025
  2

• Bypass issue subscription preferences.

  feature request
  actions/stale#1190 · Filter by author beedell-roke opened on Dec 12, 2024
  2

• Add days-before-lock and lock-reason options to lock issues and Pull requests

  feature request
  actions/stale#1188 · Filter by author Andre601 opened on Nov 28, 2024
  2

• Remove Stale Branches

  feature request
  actions/stale#1174 · Filter by author MichaelCordingley opened on Aug 15, 2024
  6

• Feature request: Close draft PRs only

  feature request
  actions/stale#1162 · Filter by author BillyONeal opened on Jun 13, 2024
  3

• actions: write is too permissive

  bug
  actions/stale#1159 · Filter by author avivkeller opened on May 30, 2024
  2

• Support markdown comments

  feature request
  actions/stale#1149 · Filter by author GordonBeeming opened on Mar 28, 2024
  1

• Allow filtering of PRs by review status or other criteria

  feature request
  actions/stale#1143 · Filter by author gtjoseph opened on Mar 12, 2024
  3

• [wishlist] mark previous comment(s) as outdated when removing 'stale' label

  feature request
  actions/stale#1139 · Filter by author dnwe opened on Feb 26, 2024
  2

• Have one workflow ignore the state saved by another

  feature request
  actions/stale#1137 · Filter by author rcomer opened on Feb 22, 2024
  4

• Error delete _state: [403] Resource not accessible by integration

  feature request
  actions/stale#1133 · Filter by author autoantwort opened on Feb 2, 2024
  19

• Feature request: Option to move a PR from "open" to "draft"

  feature request
  actions/stale#1130 · Filter by author jakub-g opened on Jan 26, 2024
  3

• How to run for other repos in the same organization

  feature request
  actions/stale#1128 · Filter by author sumire88 opened on Jan 10, 2024
  3

• This action closes issues where a maintainer or contributor has not responded or otherwise acted upon the issue.

  feature request
  actions/stale#1122 · Filter by author StingyJack opened on Dec 11, 2023
  20

• Draft PR's timer should start from when it was marked as ready instead of PR creation

  feature request
  actions/stale#1115 · Filter by author rachaelparris opened on Dec 6, 2023
  2