feat(workflow): add workflow to unassign inactive issue assignees (#341)

Author: Harxhit

.github/scripts/unassignIssues.js

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+module.exports = async ({ github, context }) => {
+  const owner = context.repo.owner;
+  const repo = context.repo.repo;
+
+  // Fetch all open issues (excluding PRs)
+  let page = 1;
+  let issues = [];
+
+  while (true) {
+    const { data } = await github.rest.issues.listForRepo({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      state: 'open',
+      per_page: 100,
+      page,
+    });
+
+    const onlyIssues = data.filter(i => !i.pull_request);
+    issues = issues.concat(onlyIssues);
+
+    if (data.length < 100) break;
+    page++;
+  }
+
+  console.log(`Found ${issues.length} open issue(s) to check.`);
+
+  for (const issue of issues) {
+    const issueNumber = issue.number;
+
+    if (!issue.assignees || issue.assignees.length === 0) {
+      console.log(
+        `Issue #${issueNumber} has no assignees — skipping.`
+      );
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    let linkedPRFound = false;
+
+    try {
+      const timeline =
+        await github.rest.issues.listEventsForTimeline({
+          owner,
+          repo,
+          issue_number: issueNumber,
+          per_page: 100,
+        });
+
+      linkedPRFound = timeline.data.some(
+        event =>
+          event.event === 'cross-referenced' &&
+          event.source?.issue?.pull_request &&
+          event.source?.issue?.state === 'open'
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.log(
+        `Could not fetch timeline for issue #${issueNumber}: ${err.message}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (!linkedPRFound) {
+      const assigneeLogins =
+        issue.assignees.map(a => a.login);
+
+      await github.rest.issues.removeAssignees({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        issue_number: issueNumber,
+        assignees: assigneeLogins,
+      });
+
+      const assigneesMention =
+        assigneeLogins.map(u => `@${u}`).join(', ');
+
+      await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        issue_number: issueNumber,
+        body: `Hey @ShantKhatri (Project Admin) and @Harxhit (Maintainer),
+
+This issue (previously assigned to ${assigneesMention}) has been **automatically unassigned** because no linked pull request was found after the scheduled check.
+
+If work is in progress, please open a PR and link it to this issue to keep the assignment.`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+};

.github/workflows/unassign-unlinked-issues.yml

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+name: Unassign Issues Without Linked PR
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 9 */5 * *'  # Runs every 5 days at 9:00 AM UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:        # Also allows manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  unassign-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Unassign issues with no linked PR and notify
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 #v9.0.0
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const script = require('./.github/scripts/unassignIssues.js');
+            await script({ github, context });