From 93aa5c4b74a9983ce4b5c830532eed85dfe5864d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giorgio Boa <35845425+gioboa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:25:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: add close stale issues GH action (#11651)

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 .github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4307c140e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Close Stale Issues
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  close-stale-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
+        with:
+          days-before-stale: 180 # 6 months
+          days-before-close: 0
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1
+          days-before-pr-close: -1
+          stale-issue-message: ""
+          close-issue-message: |
+            TypeORM has returned to active development after recently transitioning to new leadership ([see related announcement](https://typeorm.io/docs/future-of-typeorm/)).
+
+            As part of the new team's efforts to prioritise work on the project moving forward, it is necessary to clean up the backlog of stale issues.
+
+            🧹 This issue is being automatically closed because it has had no activity in the last 6 months.
+            If you believe this issue is still relevant, feel free to comment below and the maintainers may reopen it. Thank you for your contribution.
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          exempt-issue-labels: "pinned,security"