Closing issues automatically after a certain period of time is a disastrously stupid thing to do for a bug tracker that helps no one (not users, not reporters, not maintainers), and is actually counterproductive in systems where search excludes closed issues by default (which is most of them), because you’re certain to end up with more duplicates.
There are other types of trackers where automatic closure can be justified, but a bug tracker is not one of them.
I’ve said it before and will keep on saying it: GitHub’s stale bot should be removed with prejudice.
There are other types of trackers where automatic closure can be justified, but a bug tracker is not one of them.
I’ve said it before and will keep on saying it: GitHub’s stale bot should be removed with prejudice.