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+name: pr-closer
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *" # daily at midnight
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  close-stale-prs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Close stale PRs
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          CUTOFF=$(date -u -d '30 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d)
+          gh pr list -R "$REPO" --state open --search "updated:<$CUTOFF -author:jdx -label:keep-open sort:updated-asc" --json number,statusCheckRollup --limit 500 | \
+          jq -r '.[] | [.number, (if (.statusCheckRollup | length > 0) and ([.statusCheckRollup[].conclusion] | index("FAILURE") or index("failure")) then "failing" else "passing" end)] | @tsv' | \
+          while read -r pr status; do
+            echo "Closing PR #$pr (checks: $status)"
+            if [ "$status" = "failing" ]; then
+              gh pr close "$pr" -R "$REPO" -c "This PR has been open for more than 30 days without activity. Note: CI checks were failing, which may be why it wasn't reviewed. Feel free to reopen or create a new PR if you'd like to continue working on this."
+            else
+              gh pr close "$pr" -R "$REPO" -c "This PR has been open for more than 30 days without activity. Feel free to reopen or create a new PR if you'd like to continue working on this."
+            fi
+          done