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feat: allow owner and repo to be overriden
devjoes Jun 27, 2025
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chore: add docs for running against other repo
devjoes Jun 30, 2025
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fix: error on invalid repo format
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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -764,6 +764,24 @@ jobs:
exempt-all-pr-assignees: true
```

Close stale issues and PRs in different repository:

```yaml
name: 'Close stale issues and PRs'
on:
schedule:
- cron: '30 1 * * *'

jobs:
stale:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/stale@v9
with:
repo-token: # A PAT that has a minimum of triage permissions on my-org/my-repo
repository: my-org/my-repo
```

### Debugging

**Logs:**
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion __tests__/constants/default-processor-options.ts
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Expand Up @@ -55,5 +55,7 @@ export const DefaultProcessorOptions: IIssuesProcessorOptions = Object.freeze({
ignorePrUpdates: undefined,
exemptDraftPr: false,
closeIssueReason: 'not_planned',
includeOnlyAssigned: false
includeOnlyAssigned: false,
owner: 'dummy-owner',
repo: 'dummy-repo'
});
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions action.yml
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Expand Up @@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ inputs:
description: 'Only the issues or the pull requests with an assignee will be marked as stale automatically.'
default: 'false'
required: false
repository:
description: 'Repository to process PRs from. Defaults to the current repository'
required: false
outputs:
closed-issues-prs:
description: 'List of all closed issues and pull requests.'
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66 changes: 41 additions & 25 deletions dist/index.js
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Expand Up @@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
this._consumeIssueOperation(issue);
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementFetchedItemsCommentsCount();
const comments = yield this.client.rest.issues.listComments({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
since: sinceDate
});
Expand All @@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
try {
this.operations.consumeOperation();
const issueResult = yield this.client.rest.issues.listForRepo({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
state: 'open',
per_page: 100,
direction: this.options.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc',
Expand All @@ -704,8 +704,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
this._consumeIssueOperation(issue);
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementFetchedItemsEventsCount();
const options = this.client.rest.issues.listEvents.endpoint.merge({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
per_page: 100,
issue_number: issue.number
});
Expand All @@ -728,8 +728,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
this._consumeIssueOperation(issue);
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementFetchedPullRequestsCount();
const pullRequest = yield this.client.rest.pulls.get({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
pull_number: issue.number
});
return pullRequest.data;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -848,8 +848,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementAddedItemsComment(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
body: staleMessage
});
Expand All @@ -865,8 +865,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
(_c = this.statistics) === null || _c === void 0 ? void 0 : _c.incrementStaleItemsCount(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
labels: [staleLabel]
});
Expand All @@ -891,8 +891,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
this.addedCloseCommentIssues.push(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
body: closeMessage
});
Expand All @@ -908,8 +908,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
(_b = this.statistics) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.incrementAddedItemsLabel(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
labels: [closeLabel]
});
Expand All @@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
(_c = this.statistics) === null || _c === void 0 ? void 0 : _c.incrementClosedItemsCount(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.update({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
state: 'closed',
state_reason: this.options.closeIssueReason || undefined
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -955,15 +955,15 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
const branch = pullRequest.head.ref;
if (pullRequest.head.repo === null ||
pullRequest.head.repo.full_name ===
`${github_1.context.repo.owner}/${github_1.context.repo.repo}`) {
`${this.options.owner}/${this.options.repo}`) {
issueLogger.info(`Deleting the branch "${logger_service_1.LoggerService.cyan(branch)}" from closed $$type`);
try {
this._consumeIssueOperation(issue);
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementDeletedBranchesCount();
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.git.deleteRef({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
ref: `heads/${branch}`
});
}
Expand All @@ -989,8 +989,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementDeletedItemsLabelsCount(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.removeLabel({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
name: label
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1089,8 +1089,8 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
(_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementAddedItemsLabel(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
yield this.client.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: github_1.context.repo.owner,
repo: github_1.context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
labels: labelsToAdd
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2483,6 +2483,7 @@ const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
const issues_processor_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3292);
const is_valid_date_1 = __nccwpck_require__(891);
const state_service_1 = __nccwpck_require__(6330);
const github_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5438);
function _run() {
return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
try {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2512,7 +2513,10 @@ function _run() {
});
}
function _getAndValidateArgs() {
const { owner, repo } = getOwnerRepo();
const args = {
owner,
repo,
repoToken: core.getInput('repo-token'),
staleIssueMessage: core.getInput('stale-issue-message'),
stalePrMessage: core.getInput('stale-pr-message'),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2628,6 +2632,18 @@ function _toOptionalBoolean(argumentName) {
}
return undefined;
}
function getOwnerRepo() {
let { owner, repo } = github_1.context.repo;
const repository = core.getInput('repository');
if (repository) {
const components = repository.split('/');
if (components.length !== 2) {
throw new Error(`Invalid repository format "${repository}". Expected "owner/repo".`);
}
[owner, repo] = components;
}
return { owner, repo };
}
void _run();


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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion src/classes/issue.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ describe('Issue', (): void => {
ignorePrUpdates: undefined,
exemptDraftPr: false,
closeIssueReason: '',
includeOnlyAssigned: false
includeOnlyAssigned: false,
owner: 'dummy-owner',
repo: 'dummy-repo'
};
issueInterface = {
title: 'dummy-title',
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52 changes: 26 additions & 26 deletions src/classes/issues-processor.ts
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
import * as core from '@actions/core';
import {context, getOctokit} from '@actions/github';
import {getOctokit} from '@actions/github';
import {GitHub} from '@actions/github/lib/utils';
import {Option} from '../enums/option';
import {getHumanizedDate} from '../functions/dates/get-humanized-date';
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
this._consumeIssueOperation(issue);
this.statistics?.incrementFetchedItemsCommentsCount();
const comments = await this.client.rest.issues.listComments({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
since: sinceDate
});
Expand All @@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
try {
this.operations.consumeOperation();
const issueResult = await this.client.rest.issues.listForRepo({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
state: 'open',
per_page: 100,
direction: this.options.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc',
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -597,8 +597,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
this._consumeIssueOperation(issue);
this.statistics?.incrementFetchedItemsEventsCount();
const options = this.client.rest.issues.listEvents.endpoint.merge({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
per_page: 100,
issue_number: issue.number
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
this.statistics?.incrementFetchedPullRequestsCount();

const pullRequest = await this.client.rest.pulls.get({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
pull_number: issue.number
});

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -848,8 +848,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
body: staleMessage
});
Expand All @@ -866,8 +866,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
labels: [staleLabel]
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -896,8 +896,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
body: closeMessage
});
Expand All @@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
labels: [closeLabel]
});
Expand All @@ -931,8 +931,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.update({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
state: 'closed',
state_reason: this.options.closeIssueReason || undefined
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
if (
pullRequest.head.repo === null ||
pullRequest.head.repo.full_name ===
`${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`
`${this.options.owner}/${this.options.repo}`
) {
issueLogger.info(
`Deleting the branch "${LoggerService.cyan(branch)}" from closed $$type`
Expand All @@ -980,8 +980,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.git.deleteRef({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
ref: `heads/${branch}`
});
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1024,8 +1024,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {

if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.removeLabel({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
name: label
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
this.statistics?.incrementAddedItemsLabel(issue);
if (!this.options.debugOnly) {
await this.client.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
owner: this.options.owner,
repo: this.options.repo,
issue_number: issue.number,
labels: labelsToAdd
});
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/interfaces/issues-processor-options.ts
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Expand Up @@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ export interface IIssuesProcessorOptions {
exemptDraftPr: boolean;
closeIssueReason: string;
includeOnlyAssigned: boolean;
owner: string;
repo: string;
}
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