New comment by dmarto on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36657#issuecomment-1099734310 Comment: indeed, but here is what the action tell us (on runs after the marking) ``` [#34884] Pull request #34884 [#34884] Found this pull request last updated at: 2022-04-10T11:45:44Z [#34884] The option only-labels (​https://github.com/actions/stale#only-labels​) was not specified [#34884] └── Continuing the process for this pull request [#34884] Days before pull request stale: 90 [#34884] The pull request is not closed nor locked. Trying to remove the close label... [#34884] ├── The close-pr-label (​https://github.com/actions/stale#close-pr-label​) option was not set [#34884] └── Skipping the removal of the close label [#34884] This pull request has a stale label [#34884] The option any-of-labels (​https://github.com/actions/stale#any-of-labels​) was not specified [#34884] └── Continuing the process for this pull request [#34884] This pull request has no milestone [#34884] └── Skip the milestones checks [#34884] This pull request has no assignee [#34884] └── Skip the assignees checks [#34884] This pull request is already stale [#34884] Checking for label on this pull request [#34884] Pull request marked stale on: 2022-04-10T02:05:37Z [#34884] Checking for comments on pull request since: 2022-04-10T02:05:37Z [#34884] Comments that are not the stale comment or another bot: 0 [#34884] Pull request has been commented on: false [#34884] Days before pull request close: 14 [#34884] Pull request has been updated: true [#34884] The option remove-stale-when-updated (​https://github.com/actions/stale#remove-stale-when-updated​) is: true [#34884] The stale label should not be removed [#34884] Stale pull request is not old enough to close yet (hasComments? false, hasUpdate? true) [#34884] 1 operation consumed for this pull request ``` the important lines are ``` .. [#34884] Pull request has been commented on: false .. [#34884] Pull request has been updated: true .. ``` fast reference in the source of the action, [_processStaleIssue](https://github.com/actions/stale/blob/a88f7b30b9de416a7c04936636bb18b49f4ec6a5/src/classes/issues-processor.ts#L627= ) -> [_hasCommentsSince](https://github.com/actions/stale/blob/a88f7b30b9de416a7c04936636bb18b49f4ec6a5/src/classes/issues-processor.ts#L731=) -> [listIssueComments](https://github.com/actions/stale/blob/a88f7b30b9de416a7c04936636bb18b49f4ec6a5/src/classes/issues-processor.ts#L519=) it checks only for comments, and if we check what the API gives us, we can confirm ```sh $ gh pr view --json comments 34884 { "comments": [ { "author": { "login": "ericonr" }, "authorAssociation": "MEMBER", "body": "Please mention in the commit that you're switching upstream to the version that has the newest releases.", "createdAt": "2022-01-06T04:39:54Z", "includesCreatedEdit": false, "isMinimized": false, "minimizedReason": "", "reactionGroups": [ { "content": "THUMBS_UP", "users": { "totalCount": 1 } } ] }, { "author": { "login": "github-actions" }, "authorAssociation": "NONE", "body": "Pull Requests become stale 90 days after last activity and are closed 14 days after that. If this pull request is still relevant bump it or assign it.", "createdAt": "2022-04-10T02:05:36Z", "includesCreatedEdit": false, "isMinimized": false, "minimizedReason": "", "reactionGroups": [] } ] } ``` so it is not exactly a bug (as in code mistake/error), it just not a feature that the action offers