Add needs-author-feedback GitHub Actions workflows#160
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Ports microsoft/opentelemetry-distro-python#178 to the JavaScript distro. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR ports the “needs-author-feedback” automation from the Python distro to this JavaScript distro by introducing two GitHub Actions workflows that notify issue authors when more info is needed, then automatically follow up (remind / remove label / close) based on author responses and elapsed time.
Changes:
- Add an
issues/issue_comment-triggered workflow to comment with anappliedmarker whenneeds-author-feedbackis labeled, and to remove the label when the issue author replies. - Add a scheduled/manual follow-up workflow that backfills missing
appliedmarkers, removes the label when the author replies, reminds after 7 days, and closes after 14 days.
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| File | Description |
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| .github/workflows/needs-author-feedback.yml | Adds label-applied notification comment and auto-unlabel behavior on issue-author reply. |
| .github/workflows/needs-author-feedback-followup.yml | Adds daily/manual follow-up automation to backfill markers, remind, remove label, and auto-close after timeouts. |
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| if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.action == 'created' | ||
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| issues: write | ||
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| try { | ||
| await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({ | ||
| owner, | ||
| repo, | ||
| issue_number, | ||
| name: "needs-author-feedback" | ||
| }); | ||
| } catch (error) { | ||
| if (error.status !== 404) throw error; | ||
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| await github.rest.issues.createComment({ | ||
| owner, | ||
| repo, | ||
| issue_number, | ||
| body: "Thanks for the response. Removing `needs-author-feedback`." | ||
| }); |
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| await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({ | ||
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| issue_number, | ||
| name: "needs-author-feedback" | ||
| }); | ||
| } catch (error) { | ||
| if (error.status !== 404) throw error; | ||
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| await github.rest.issues.createComment({ | ||
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| body: "Thanks for the response. Removing `needs-author-feedback`." | ||
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Ports microsoft/opentelemetry-distro-python#178 to the JavaScript distro.
Adds two GitHub Actions workflows:
.github/workflows/needs-author-feedback.yml— When theneeds-author-feedbacklabel is applied to an issue, posts a notification comment to the author with anappliedmarker. When the issue author replies, the label is removed automatically..github/workflows/needs-author-feedback-followup.yml— Daily cron (03:00 UTC, alsoworkflow_dispatch). Backfills missing markers, removes the label if the author has replied, posts a friendly reminder after 7 days, and closes the issue (removing the label first, so reopens get a fresh clock) after 14 days of no response.