Hi all, Alright, here is a PR: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3683
It still marks issues stale but doesn't close them. It also fixes some misconfigurations. If that's not what you folks want, let's continue this discussion in the PR. Thanks, Alex On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > >>>> > > > > > >
