Phase 3.1: Create labeling-governance.yml Workflow

[ashleyshaw]

Description

Create a new consolidated workflow that handles all labeling operations for PRs and issues, consolidating logic from:

• labeling.yml — Standard PR/issue labeling by branch/content patterns
• dependabot-security-label.yml — Add security label to Dependabot PRs
• issue-close-label-hygiene.yml — Remove in-progress labels on issue close

Work Breakdown

1. Workflow Creation

   • Create .github/workflows/labeling-governance.yml
   • Add job 1: label-pr (from labeling.yml for PRs)
   • Add job 2: label-dependabot-security (from dependabot-security-label.yml)
   • Add job 3: label-issue (from labeling.yml for issues)
   • Add job 4: cleanup-on-close (from issue-close-label-hygiene.yml)
   • Configure conditional logic for each job

2. Job Implementation

   • All jobs can run independently
   • Verify proper conditional logic
   • Test label operations via GitHub API

Definition of Ready (DoR)

• Source workflows analyzed
• Labeling logic documented
• Conditional job structure designed
• Test scenarios identified

Definition of Done (DoD)

• Workflow file created and YAML valid
• All labeling jobs migrated from source workflows
• Conditional logic working correctly
• PR triggers working for labeling
• Issue triggers working for labeling
• Label cleanup triggers on close
• Manual dispatch option available
• Tested on sample PR with feature branch
• Tested on sample issue opened
• Tested on issue close with labels
• All labels applied with correct format
• No linting errors (npm run lint:yaml)
• Code review approved
• Merged to develop

Effort

2 hours

Timeline

Week 9 (2026-07-26 to 2026-07-28)

Related

• Parent: Epic feat: Consolidate 31 GitHub workflows for efficiency and maintainability #1227 (GitHub Workflows Consolidation Initiative)
• Follows: Phase 2.1 documentation consolidation pattern
• Reference: PHASE_3_EXECUTION.md

[linear-code]

LS-1861

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⏱️ Aging and SLA annotation

• Age: 0 day(s)
• SLA state: Within SLA
• Thresholds: warn at 7 days, breach at 14 days
• Last updated: 2026-07-24T15:04:32.519Z

Maintained by project-meta-sync workflow.