Fix stale bot for locked issues (huggingface#26711)

scripts/stale.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime as dt
 import os
 
+import github.GithubException
 from github import Github
 
 
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ def main():
     repo = g.get_repo("huggingface/transformers")
     open_issues = repo.get_issues(state="open")
 
-    for issue in open_issues:
-        print(issue)
+    for i, issue in enumerate(open_issues):
+        print(i, issue)
         comments = sorted([comment for comment in issue.get_comments()], key=lambda i: i.created_at, reverse=True)
         last_comment = comments[0] if len(comments) > 0 else None
         if (
@@ -47,20 +48,26 @@ def main():
             and not any(label.name.lower() in LABELS_TO_EXEMPT for label in issue.get_labels())
         ):
             # print(f"Would close issue {issue.number} since it has been 7 days of inactivity since bot mention.")
-            issue.edit(state="closed")
+            try:
+                issue.edit(state="closed")
+            except github.GithubException as e:
+                print("Couldn't close the issue:", repr(e))
         elif (
             (dt.utcnow() - issue.updated_at.replace(tzinfo=None)).days > 23
             and (dt.utcnow() - issue.created_at.replace(tzinfo=None)).days >= 30
             and not any(label.name.lower() in LABELS_TO_EXEMPT for label in issue.get_labels())
         ):
             # print(f"Would add stale comment to {issue.number}")
-            issue.create_comment(
-                "This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had "
-                "recent activity. If you think this still needs to be addressed "
-                "please comment on this thread.\n\nPlease note that issues that do not follow the "
-                "[contributing guidelines](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) "
-                "are likely to be ignored."
-            )
+            try:
+                issue.create_comment(
+                    "This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had "
+                    "recent activity. If you think this still needs to be addressed "
+                    "please comment on this thread.\n\nPlease note that issues that do not follow the "
+                    "[contributing guidelines](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) "
+                    "are likely to be ignored."
+                )
+            except github.GithubException as e:
+                print("Couldn't create comment:", repr(e))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":