Hi Arnav,

Sounds good to me!

Best,
Jingsong

On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM Arnav Balyan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Jingsong,
> Thanks for your reply, makes sense. Maybe to start with, this could be a
> simple non-invasive comment from the bot to nudge the author and reviewer
> about the stale activity. The maintainer could decide what to do next. If
> we see this working well, potentially automated in the future. What do you
> think?
>
> Thanks!
> Arnav
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM Jingsong Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >

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