Hi My take on this one is that we have consensus to close PRs but not issues.
I would suggest to start like this and revisit later if needed. Regards JB Le ven. 6 févr. 2026 à 11:58, Alexandre Dutra <[email protected]> a écrit : > Hi all, > > What are the next steps here? It seems we have more people in favor of > NOT closing than closing. Is my understanding correct? > > Thanks, > Alex > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 12:37 AM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Alex for raising this. +1 to not closing the issue automatically. > > > > Yufei > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM Francois Papon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Alexandre, > > > > > > Sounds good to me, we can try this approach and see if it fit in the > > > future. > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > François > > > > > > Le 04/02/2026 à 11:44, Alexandre Dutra a écrit : > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm open to either approach, but I wanted to explain why having this > > > > job running might not be such a big deal: > > > > > > > > Since many community contributors subscribe to all Polaris > > > > notifications, any stale issue notification from the CI job will be > > > > received by many people. This provides us with an opportunity to > > > > evaluate whether an issue should be reopened or not. > > > > > > > > In fact, we just saw this in action: the job flagged this issue [1] > as > > > > stale 8 hours ago, and Robert immediately unflagged it :-) > > > > > > > > While frequently unflagging issues could become a burden, for the > time > > > > being, the effort required seems minimal. > > > > > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > [1]: > > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/3086#issuecomment-3844852237 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM Francois Papon > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> I am agree with JB, closing PR automatically after 14 days can be a > > > >> little agressive and whitout review, the users will not understand > why. > > > >> > > > >> Closing a PR without answer activity after a delay from the user > make > > > >> more sense to me. > > > >> > > > >> regards, > > > >> > > > >> François > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> > > > >> Le 04/02/2026 à 09:33, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit : > > > >>> Hi Alex, > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks for starting this discussion! > > > >>> > > > >>> While I am comfortable with automatically closing PRs (as the > author > > > can > > > >>> always comment to keep them open), I don't believe we should > > > automatically > > > >>> close issues. Issues are typically opened for a good reason and > should > > > be > > > >>> reviewed, reproduced, and investigated. I prefer having reviewers > > > manually > > > >>> close issues when appropriate. > > > >>> > > > >>> Regards, > > > >>> JB > > > >>> > > > >>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM Alexandre Dutra <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Hi team, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> A recent PR [1] fixed a misconfiguration that had prevented the > > > >>>> automatic closing of stale issues from working in Polaris. While > this > > > >>>> feature seems to have been intended from the start, its > re-enablement > > > >>>> raises a fundamental question: should we be closing stale issues > > > >>>> automatically? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Arguments for closing include: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> - It helps to clear out issues that are no longer being actively > > > >>>> worked on or are irrelevant. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> - The system provides a 14-day grace period before an issue is > closed, > > > >>>> giving anyone the chance to comment and keep the issue open. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Arguments against closing include: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> - An issue might still be valid even if the original reporter has > > > >>>> become inactive. Closing it could lead to losing track of > important, > > > >>>> unresolved problems. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> What are your thoughts on this? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks, > > > >>>> Alex > > > >>>> > > > >>>> [1]: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3636 > > > >>>> > > > >
