Hi Alex, Thanks for starting this discussion!
While I am comfortable with automatically closing PRs (as the author can always comment to keep them open), I don't believe we should automatically close issues. Issues are typically opened for a good reason and should be reviewed, reproduced, and investigated. I prefer having reviewers manually close issues when appropriate. Regards, JB On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM Alexandre Dutra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi team, > > A recent PR [1] fixed a misconfiguration that had prevented the > automatic closing of stale issues from working in Polaris. While this > feature seems to have been intended from the start, its re-enablement > raises a fundamental question: should we be closing stale issues > automatically? > > Arguments for closing include: > > - It helps to clear out issues that are no longer being actively > worked on or are irrelevant. > > - The system provides a 14-day grace period before an issue is closed, > giving anyone the chance to comment and keep the issue open. > > Arguments against closing include: > > - An issue might still be valid even if the original reporter has > become inactive. Closing it could lead to losing track of important, > unresolved problems. > > What are your thoughts on this? > > Thanks, > Alex > > [1]: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3636 >
