HDDS-11370. Use GitHub's stale action to auto close inactive pull requests

.github/ci.md

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ If they don't match, it describes how to make the updates to include the changes
 - basic
 - integration
 
-### close-prs Workflow
-[This](./workflows/close-pending.yaml) workflow is scheduled each night at midnight; it closes PR's that have not been updated in the last 21 days, while letting the author know they are free to reopen.
+### close-stale-prs Workflow
+[This](./workflows/close-stale-prs.yml) workflow is scheduled each night at midnight and uses the [actions/stale](https://github.com/actions/stale) to automatically manage inactive PRs. It marks PRs as stale after 21 days of inactivity and closes them 7 days later. If a stale PR receives any updates or comments, the stale label is automatically removed.
 
 ### comment-commands Workflow
 [This](./workflows/comments.yaml) workflow is triggered each time a comment is added/edited to a PR.  It checks to see if the body of the comment begins with one of the following strings and, if so, invokes the corresponding command.

.github/workflows/close-pending.yaml → .github/workflows/close-stale-prs.yaml

@@ -12,21 +12,27 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-name: close-prs
+name: close-stale-prs
 
 on:
   schedule:
-  - cron:  '0 0 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
 jobs:
-  close-pending:
-    name: close-pending
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+  close-stale-prs:
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Execute close-pending script
-        if: github.repository == 'apache/ozone'
-        run: ./.github/close-pending.sh
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Close Stale PRs
+        uses: actions/stale@v10
+        with:
+          stale-pr-label: 'stale'
+          exempt-draft-pr: false
+          days-before-issue-stale: -1
+          days-before-pr-stale: 21
+          days-before-pr-close: 7
+          remove-pr-stale-when-updated: true
+          operations-per-run: 150
+          stale-pr-message: 'This PR has been marked as stale due to 21 days of inactivity. Please comment or remove the stale label to keep it open. Otherwise, it will be automatically closed in 7 days.'
+          close-pr-message: 'Thank you for your contribution. This PR is being closed due to inactivity. If needed, feel free to reopen it.'