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[Wofkflow] Add "needs-triage" to new issues
The focus of these changes is to introduce a new
GitHub Actions workflow that automatically labels
new issues with `needs-triage`.

New issues are not labeled if:
  - The issue is created by someone with write permissions
  - The issue is created with a set of labels
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jsquire committed Jun 24, 2025
commit 44dfcd331b93925567e11c0ea46fdbd921faed69
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---
name: Add needs-triage label

'on':
issues:
types: [opened]

jobs:
add-needs-triage:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
issues: write
repository-projects: read
steps:
- name: Check if issue already has labels
id: check-labels
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const issue = context.payload.issue;
const hasLabels = issue.labels && issue.labels.length > 0;
core.setOutput('has-labels', hasLabels);
return hasLabels;

- name: Check if author has write permissions
id: check-permissions
if: steps.check-labels.outputs.has-labels == 'false'
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const issue = context.payload.issue;
const author = issue.user.login;

try {
const { data: permission } = await github.rest.repos
.getCollaboratorPermissionLevel({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
username: author
});

const hasWriteAccess = ['write', 'admin', 'maintain']
.includes(permission.permission);
core.setOutput('has-write-access', hasWriteAccess);
return hasWriteAccess;
} catch (error) {
// If user is not a collaborator, they don't have write access
core.setOutput('has-write-access', false);
return false;
}

- name: Add needs-triage label
if: >-
steps.check-labels.outputs.has-labels == 'false' &&
steps.check-permissions.outputs.has-write-access == 'false'
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
issue_number: context.payload.issue.number,
labels: ['needs-triage']
});