Fix issues being auto-closed despite human activity (#26360)

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

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/claude-issue-triage.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             ALLOWED LABELS — you may ONLY use labels from this list. Never invent new labels.
 
             Type: bug, enhancement, question, documentation, duplicate, invalid
-            Lifecycle: needs-repro, needs-info
+            Lifecycle: needs-repro, needs-info, stale, autoclose
             Platform: platform:linux, platform:macos, platform:windows, platform:wsl, platform:ios, platform:android, platform:vscode, platform:intellij, platform:web, platform:aws-bedrock
             API: api:bedrock, api:vertex
 
@@ -85,10 +85,12 @@ jobs:
             **If EVENT is "issue_comment" (comment on existing issue):**
 
             3. Evaluate lifecycle labels based on the full conversation:
+               - If the issue has `stale` or `autoclose`, remove the label — a new human comment means the issue is still active:
+                 `gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label "stale" --remove-label "autoclose"`
                - If the issue has `needs-repro` or `needs-info` and the missing information has now been provided, remove the label:
                  `gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label "needs-repro"`
                - If the issue doesn't have lifecycle labels but clearly needs them (e.g., a maintainer asked for repro steps or more details), add the appropriate label.
-               - Comments like "+1", "me too", "same here", or emoji reactions are NOT the missing information. Only remove labels when substantive details are actually provided.
+               - Comments like "+1", "me too", "same here", or emoji reactions are NOT the missing information. Only remove `needs-repro` or `needs-info` when substantive details are actually provided.
                - Do NOT add or remove category labels (bug, enhancement, etc.) on comment events.
 
             GUIDELINES:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.1.45
+
+- Added support for Claude Sonnet 4.6
+- Added support for reading `enabledPlugins` and `extraKnownMarketplaces` from `--add-dir` directories
+- Added `spinnerTipsOverride` setting to customize spinner tips — configure `tips` with an array of custom tip strings, and optionally set `excludeDefault: true` to show only your custom tips instead of the built-in ones
+- Added `SDKRateLimitInfo` and `SDKRateLimitEvent` types to the SDK, enabling consumers to receive rate limit status updates including utilization, reset times, and overage information
+- Fixed Agent Teams teammates failing on Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry by propagating API provider environment variables to tmux-spawned processes (anthropics/claude-code#23561)
+- Fixed sandbox "operation not permitted" errors when writing temporary files on macOS by using the correct per-user temp directory (anthropics/claude-code#21654)
+- Fixed Task tool (backgrounded agents) crashing with a `ReferenceError` on completion (anthropics/claude-code#22087)
+- Fixed autocomplete suggestions not being accepted on Enter when images are pasted in the input
+- Fixed skills invoked by subagents incorrectly appearing in main session context after compaction
+- Fixed excessive `.claude.json.backup` files accumulating on every startup
+- Fixed plugin-provided commands, agents, and hooks not being available immediately after installation without requiring a restart
+- Improved startup performance by removing eager loading of session history for stats caching
+- Improved memory usage for shell commands that produce large output — RSS no longer grows unboundedly with command output size
+- Improved collapsed read/search groups to show the current file or search pattern being processed beneath the summary line while active
+- [VSCode] Improved permission destination choice (project/user/session) to persist across sessions
+
 ## 2.1.44
 
+- Fixed ENAMETOOLONG errors for deeply-nested directory paths
 - Fixed auth refresh errors
 
 ## 2.1.43

scripts/sweep.ts

@@ -70,11 +70,8 @@ async function markStale(owner: string, repo: string) {
       );
       if (alreadyStale) continue;
 
-      const isEnhancement = issue.labels?.some(
-        (l: any) => l.name === "enhancement"
-      );
       const thumbsUp = issue.reactions?.["+1"] ?? 0;
-      if (isEnhancement && thumbsUp >= STALE_UPVOTE_THRESHOLD) continue;
+      if (thumbsUp >= STALE_UPVOTE_THRESHOLD) continue;
 
       const base = `/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues/${issue.number}`;
 
@@ -109,6 +106,10 @@ async function closeExpired(owner: string, repo: string) {
       for (const issue of issues) {
         if (issue.pull_request) continue;
         if (issue.locked) continue;
+
+        const thumbsUp = issue.reactions?.["+1"] ?? 0;
+        if (thumbsUp >= STALE_UPVOTE_THRESHOLD) continue;
+
         const base = `/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues/${issue.number}`;
 
         const events = await githubRequest<any[]>(`${base}/events?per_page=100`);
@@ -120,6 +121,22 @@ async function closeExpired(owner: string, repo: string) {
 
         if (!labeledAt || labeledAt > cutoff) continue;
 
+        // Skip if a non-bot user commented after the label was applied.
+        // The triage workflow should remove lifecycle labels on human
+        // activity, but check here too as a safety net.
+        const comments = await githubRequest<any[]>(
+          `${base}/comments?since=${labeledAt.toISOString()}&per_page=100`
+        );
+        const hasHumanComment = comments.some(
+          (c) => c.user && c.user.type !== "Bot"
+        );
+        if (hasHumanComment) {
+          console.log(
+            `#${issue.number}: skipping (human activity after ${label} label)`
+          );
+          continue;
+        }
+
         if (DRY_RUN) {
           const age = Math.floor((Date.now() - labeledAt.getTime()) / 86400000);
           console.log(`#${issue.number}: would close (${label}, ${age}d old) — ${issue.title}`);