stale-branches.yml

# Marks stale, then deletes, stale branches. See:
# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/remove-stale-branches
#
# Part of an org-wide rollout. Timing is staggered across repos
# to avoid GitHub API rate limits (9:00-9:59 AM ET window).

name: 'Stale Branches'
on:
  schedule:
    # Runs at 9:04 AM Eastern, Monday-Friday (14:04 UTC)
    - cron: '4 14 * * 1-5'
  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: read

jobs:
  remove-stale-branches:
    name: Stale Branches
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: fpicalausa/remove-stale-branches@v2.4.0
        with:
          days-before-branch-stale: 30
          days-before-branch-delete: 7
          # Only target conventional branch prefixes (release/* excluded - protected by repo rules)
          restrict-branches-regex: '^(feature|fix)/'
          ignore-branches-with-open-prs: true
          operations-per-run: 100