From 138a316ae2b1815758db8a2d18b6bf5694afd8af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jayudey-wf <jay.udey@workiva.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 13:33:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] don't account for bot comments

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md                 |  2 +-
 __tests__/main.spec.ts          | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 dist/index.js                   |  2 +-
 src/classes/issues-processor.ts |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c051e26ee..bf263cf2a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $ npm install
 Build the typescript and package it for distribution.
 
 ```bash
-$ npm run build && npm run pack
+$ npm run build
 ```
 
 Run the tests :heavy_check_mark:
diff --git a/__tests__/main.spec.ts b/__tests__/main.spec.ts
index 80d660e88..971d54f5a 100644
--- a/__tests__/main.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/main.spec.ts
@@ -1247,6 +1247,44 @@ test('stale label should be removed if a comment was added to a stale issue', as
   expect(processor.removedLabelIssues).toHaveLength(1);
 });
 
+test('stale label should not be removed if a bot comment was added to a stale issue', async () => {
+  const opts = {...DefaultProcessorOptions, removeStaleWhenUpdated: true};
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(
+      opts,
+      1,
+      'An issue that should un-stale',
+      '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+      '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+      false,
+      false,
+      ['Stale']
+    )
+  ];
+  const processor = new IssuesProcessorMock(
+    opts,
+    alwaysFalseStateMock,
+    async p => (p === 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async () => [
+      {
+        user: {
+          login: 'notme',
+          type: 'Bot'
+        },
+        body: 'Body'
+      }
+    ], // return a fake comment to indicate there was an update
+    async () => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.closedIssues).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(processor.staleIssues).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(processor.removedLabelIssues).toHaveLength(0);
+});
+
 test('when the option "labelsToAddWhenUnstale" is set, the labels should be added when unstale', async () => {
   expect.assertions(4);
   const opts = {
@@ -1360,7 +1398,7 @@ test('stale label should not be removed if a comment was added by the bot (and t
       {
         user: {
           login: 'abot',
-          type: 'User'
+          type: 'Bot'
         },
         body: 'This issue is stale'
       }
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 07039601f..4a123075e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
             const comments = yield this.listIssueComments(issue, sinceDate);
             const filteredComments = comments.filter(comment => {
                 var _a, _b;
-                return ((_a = comment.user) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.type) === 'User' &&
+                return ((_a = comment.user) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.type) !== 'Bot' &&
                     ((_b = comment.body) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.toLowerCase()) !== staleMessage.toLowerCase();
             });
             issueLogger.info(`Comments that are not the stale comment or another bot: ${logger_service_1.LoggerService.cyan(filteredComments.length)}`);
diff --git a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
index 26419173d..d10cd18fe 100644
--- a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
+++ b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
 
     const filteredComments = comments.filter(
       comment =>
-        comment.user?.type === 'User' &&
+        comment.user?.type !== 'Bot' &&
         comment.body?.toLowerCase() !== staleMessage.toLowerCase()
     );