From c94ed29ca36e73d9026319af18b8977648ec8809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamcottle <liam@liamcottle.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:18:10 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add github workflow to close stale issues

---
 .github/workflows/stale-bot.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/stale-bot.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afe874f801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: 'Run Stale Bot'
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 1 * * *' # daily at 1:30am
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    # only run on main repo, not forks
+    if: github.repository == "meshcore-dev/MeshCore"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Close Stale Issues
+        uses: actions/stale@v10
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # auto close issues
+          days-before-issue-stale: 60
+          days-before-issue-close: 7
+          exempt-issue-labels: "keep-open"
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 60 days with no activity. Remove the stale label or add a comment if this issue is still relevant, otherwise this issue will automatically close in 7 days."
+          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 7 days since being marked as stale."
+          # don't auto close prs
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1
+          days-before-pr-close: -1
+          
\ No newline at end of file

From 3b3992539945b861801ab709b2361cb03edee657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamcottle <liam@liamcottle.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:20:44 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use single quotes for repo name

---
 .github/workflows/stale-bot.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
index afe874f801..ec16658756 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   close-issues:
     # only run on main repo, not forks
-    if: github.repository == "meshcore-dev/MeshCore"
+    if: github.repository == 'meshcore-dev/MeshCore'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Close Stale Issues