The sweep script was closing issues based solely on when a lifecycle label
was applied, ignoring any human comments posted after the label. This caused
active issues (like #11792) to be closed even when users responded to the
stale warning.
Three changes:
1. Teach the triage bot about `stale` and `autoclose` labels so it removes
them when a human comments on the issue.
2. Add a safety net in `closeExpired()` that checks for non-bot comments
posted after the lifecycle label was applied — if any exist, skip closing.
3. Extend the 10-upvote protection (which previously only applied to
enhancements) to all issue types, in both `markStale()` and
`closeExpired()`.
Fixes#16497
## Test plan
Trace through scenarios manually:
- Issue with stale label + human comment after → triage removes label;
sweep skips even if triage hasn't run yet (safety net)
- Issue with stale label + no human comment → closes as before
- Issue with 10+ upvotes of any type → never marked stale or closed
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* Unify issue lifecycle labeling and sweep into a single system
Consolidate issue triage, stale detection, and lifecycle enforcement into
two components: a Claude-powered triage workflow and a unified sweep script.
Triage workflow changes:
- Add issue_comment trigger so Claude can re-evaluate lifecycle labels when
someone responds to a needs-repro/needs-info issue
- Add concurrency group per issue with cancel-in-progress to avoid pile-up
- Filter out bot comments to prevent sweep/dedupe triggering re-triage
- Hardcode allowed label whitelist to prevent label sprawl (was discovering
labels via gh label list, leading to junk variants like 'needs repro' vs
'needs-repro')
- Replace MCP GitHub server with gh CLI — simpler, no Docker dependency,
chaining is caught by the action so permissions are equivalent
- Add lifecycle labels (needs-repro, needs-info) for bugs missing info
- Add invalid label for off-topic issues (Claude API, billing, etc.)
- Add anti-patterns to prevent false positives (don't require specific
format, model behavior issues don't need traditional repro, etc.)
Sweep script changes:
- Absorb stale issue detection (was separate stale-issue-manager workflow)
- Mark issues as stale after 14 days of inactivity
- Skip assigned issues (team is working on it internally)
- Skip enhancements with 10+ thumbs up (community wants it)
- Add invalid label with 3-day timeout
- Add autoclose label support to drain 200+ legacy issues
- Drop needs-votes (stale handles inactive enhancements)
- Unify close messages into a single template with per-label reasons
- Run 2x daily instead of once
Delete stale-issue-manager.yml — its logic is now in sweep.ts.
## Test plan
Dry-run sweep locally:
GITHUB_TOKEN=$(gh auth token) GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER=anthropics GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME=claude-code bun run scripts/sweep.ts --dry-run
Triage workflow will be tested by opening a test issue after merge.
* Update .github/workflows/claude-issue-triage.yml
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Updates GitHub workflow files to use the new claude-code-action@v1 and replaces prompt_file with inline prompt parameter.
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Update all Claude Code GitHub Action workflows to use the latest Sonnet 4.5 model (claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929) instead of the default Sonnet 4.0 model. This provides improved performance and capabilities for:
- Issue commenting and PR reviews (claude.yml)
- Automated issue triage (claude-issue-triage.yml)
- Duplicate issue detection (claude-dedupe-issues.yml)
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Added a checkout step to the GitHub Actions workflow for issue triage
to ensure the repository is available during the triage process.
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