create issue via github action for stale deps #16705

.github/workflows/check-deps.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Check for latest_release of deps
+
+on :
+  push :
+  schedule :
+    - cron : '*/5 * * * *'
+
+  workflow_dispatch :
+
+jobs :
+  build :
+    runs-on : ubuntu-latest
+    steps :
+      - name : checkout
+        uses : actions/checkout/@v2
+        with :
+          ref : ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install virtualenv
+
+      - name: setting up virtualenv
+        run : |
+          export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ./tools/dependency/release_dates.sh bazel/repository_locations.bzl

tools/dependency/release_dates.py

@@ -22,12 +22,20 @@
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 from packaging import version
 
+# Tag issues created with these labels.
+LABELS = ['deprecation', 'tech debt', 'no stalebot']
+
 
 # Thrown on errors related to release date or version.
 class ReleaseDateVersionError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+# Errors that happen during issue creation.
+class DeprecateVersionError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 # Format a datetime object as UTC YYYY-MM-DD.
 def format_utc_date(date):
     # We only handle naive datetime objects right now, which is what PyGithub
@@ -51,6 +59,44 @@ def verify_and_print_latest_release(dep, repo, metadata_version, release_date):
         print(
             f'{Fore.YELLOW}*WARNING* {dep} has a newer release than {metadata_version}@<{release_date}>: '
             f'{latest_release.tag_name}@<{latest_release.created_at}>{Style.RESET_ALL}')
+        create_issues(dep, repo, metadata_version, release_date, latest_release)
+
+
+# create issue for stale dependency
+def create_issues(dep, repo, metadata_version, release_date, latest_release):
+    """Create issues in GitHub.
+
+    Args:
+        dep : name of the deps
+        repo : BaseURL of the repo
+        metadata_version :
+        release_date : old release_date
+        latest_release : latest_release (name and date )
+    """
+    access_token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+    git = github.Github(access_token)
+    repo = git.get_repo('envoyproxy/envoy')
+
+    # Find GitHub label objects for LABELS.
+    labels = []
+    for label in repo.get_labels():
+        if label.name in LABELS:
+            labels.append(label)
+    if len(labels) != len(LABELS):
+        raise DeprecateVersionError('Unknown labels (expected %s, got %s)' % (LABELS, labels))
+
+    print('Creating issues...')
+    body = f'*WARNING* {dep} has a newer release than {metadata_version}@<{release_date}>:{latest_release.tag_name}@<{latest_release.created_at}>'
+    title = f'{dep} has a newer release {latest_release.tag_name}'
+    try:
+        repo.create_issue(title, body=body, labels=labels)
+    except github.GithubException as e:
+        try:
+            repo.create_issue(title, body=body, labels=labels)
+            print('unable to assign issue . Add them to the Envoy proxy org')
+        except github.GithubException as e:
+            print('GithubException while creating issue.')
+            raise
 
 
 # Print GitHub release date, throw ReleaseDateVersionError on mismatch with metadata release date.