From 8353830f97a8cd4a63933e8123f2ba1c45923ef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manfred Riem <15701806+mnriem@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 09:08:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add actions:write permission to stale workflow (#2079)

The actions/stale@v10 action uses GitHub Actions cache to persist state
across runs. Without the actions:write permission, the action can write
cache entries but cannot delete them (403 error on cache cleanup).

This causes a vicious cycle: once an issue is processed and cached, the
action skips it on every future run with 'issue skipped due being
processed during the previous run' - so stale issues never reach the
closing logic after being marked stale.

Adding actions:write allows the action to properly manage its cache
lifecycle, enabling stale issues to be closed after the configured
30-day close window.
---
 .github/workflows/stale.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index f09d05f36..076d05336 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual triggering
 
 permissions:
+  actions: write
   issues: write
   pull-requests: write