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Assign and Unassign Issues #7687

Assign and Unassign Issues

Assign and Unassign Issues #7687

name: Assign and Unassign Issues
on:
schedule:
- cron: '30 9,21 * * *'
issue_comment:
types: [created]
workflow_dispatch:
env:
DAYS_UNTIL_STALE: 20 # Number of days before marking as stale
ASSIGNED_LABEL: "πŸ“ Assigned"
PINNED_LABEL: "πŸ“Œ Pinned"
STALE_LABEL: "Stale"
jobs:
assign_issue:
if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Check for /assign-me comment
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
const issue_number = context.issue.number;
const comment = context.payload.comment.body;
const totalDays = process.env.DAYS_UNTIL_STALE;
const assignedLabel = process.env.ASSIGNED_LABEL;
const pinnedLabel = process.env.PINNED_LABEL;
async function addComment(body) {
await github.rest.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, issue_number, body });
}
async function addLabels(labels) {
await github.rest.issues.addLabels({ owner, repo, issue_number, labels });
}
if (comment.includes('/assign-me')) {
try {
// Get the current issue details
const issue = await github.rest.issues.get({ owner, repo, issue_number });
if (issue.data.assignees.length === 0) {
// Issue is not assigned, proceed with assignment
await github.rest.issues.addAssignees({ owner, repo, issue_number, assignees: [context.actor] });
// Add the 'πŸ“ Assigned' label to the issue
await addLabels([assignedLabel]);
// Add the custom comment to notify the user of the assignment
const successMessage = `πŸ‘‹ Hey @${context.actor}, thanks for your interest in this issue! πŸŽ‰\n\n`
+ `⚠ Note that this issue will become unassigned if it isn't closed within **${totalDays} days**.\n\n`
+ `πŸ”§ A maintainer can also add the **${pinnedLabel}** label to prevent it from being unassigned automatically.`;
await addComment(successMessage);
console.log(`Assigned issue #${issue_number} to ${context.actor}`);
} else {
// Issue is already assigned
const currentAssignee = issue.data.assignees[0].login;
const alreadyAssignedMessage = `πŸ‘‹ Hey @${context.actor}, this issue is already assigned to @${currentAssignee}.\n\n`
+ `⚠️ It will become unassigned if it isn't closed within **${totalDays} days**.\n\n`
+ `πŸ”§ A maintainer can also add you to the list of assignees or swap you with the current assignee.`;
await addComment(alreadyAssignedMessage);
console.log(`Failed to assign issue #${issue_number} to ${context.actor} as it's already assigned to ${currentAssignee}`);
}
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error assigning issue #${issue_number}: ${error.message}`);
}
}
unassign_stale:
if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Mark stale issues
uses: actions/stale@v9
with:
repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
stale-issue-message: "This issue has been automatically unassigned due to inactivity."
days-before-stale: ${{ env.DAYS_UNTIL_STALE }} # Number of days before marking as stale
days-before-close: -1 # Don't close stale issues
exempt-issue-labels: ${{ env.PINNED_LABEL }}
remove-stale-when-updated: false
include-only-assigned: true
- name: Unassign stale issues and remove labels
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
script: |
const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
const assignedLabel = process.env.ASSIGNED_LABEL;
const staleLabel = process.env.STALE_LABEL;
async function removeLabel(issue_number, name) {
try {
await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({ owner, repo, issue_number, name });
} catch (error) {
console.log(`Failed to remove ${name} label from issue #${issue_number}: ${error.message}`);
}
}
const staleIssues = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listForRepo, {
owner, repo,
state: 'open',
labels: staleLabel
});
for (const issue of staleIssues) {
try {
// Remove assignees
await github.rest.issues.removeAssignees({
owner, repo, issue_number: issue.number,
assignees: issue.assignees.map(a => a.login)
});
// Remove 'Assigned' and 'Stale' labels
await removeLabel(issue.number, assignedLabel);
await removeLabel(issue.number, staleLabel);
console.log(`Unassigned issue #${issue.number}`);
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error unassigning issue #${issue.number}: ${error.message}`);
}
}