Thanks Arnav for starting this discussion. +1 to "marking a PR as inactive after 3 months of no activity, with 1 warning at 2 months to inform the author."
Perhaps we won't automatically close it for now. If there is a PR that can be automatically closed, we can manually check and close it. Best, Jingsong On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 11:29 AM Arnav Balyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi team, > > I noticed that we have several open PRs from a few years ago that have not > seen activity in a long time. It can make it harder to tell which PRs are > currently active and ready for review, and may add maintenance overhead. > > Would it make sense to introduce a stale PR policy? For example, marking a > PR as inactive after 3 months of no activity, with 1 warning at 2 months to > inform the author that it would be auto closed if there is no response. > > Contributors could always reopen their PR if they plan to continue the > work. This could make the project more clear/friendly for newcomers and > reduce maintenance overhead for maintainers. > > Would love to know what you think. > > Regards, > Arnav
