Configure PR triage reports with 1-day expiration and auto-close older issues

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Configure PR triage reports to expire after 1 day and automatically close previous reports when new ones are created, addressing issue #13861 with @pelikhan's correction from 1 second to 1 day.

Changes

.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.md

• Converted from create-discussion to create-issue (required for close-older-issues support)
• Added expires: 1d for 24-hour auto-closure via maintenance workflow
• Added close-older-issues: true to close up to 10 previous triage reports on new issue creation
• Updated success message: "Check the issue" instead of "Check the discussion"
• Updated Phase 8 instructions to reference GitHub Issue instead of Discussion

Before:

create-discussion:
  max: 1
  category: "general"
  title-prefix: "[PR Triage Report] "

After:

create-issue:
  max: 1
  title-prefix: "[PR Triage Report] "
  expires: 1d
  close-older-issues: true

Impact

• Triage reports auto-close after 24 hours (maintenance runs every 2 hours for ≤1 day expirations)
• Only one active triage report exists at any time
• No manual cleanup required for old reports

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[q] Set PR triage report expiration to 1s and auto-close older issues</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Q Workflow Optimization Report

Context

This PR addresses the request from issue #13861 to configure PR triage reports to expire after 1 second and automatically close older triage report issues.

Issues Found (from issue context)

PR Triage Agent Workflow

• Issue [PR Triage Report] 2026-02-05 - 1 PR Triaged #13861: Triage reports were being created without expiration settings
• Request: Set expiration to 1 second and close older issues
• Current Behavior: Workflow creates discussions/issues that remain open indefinitely

Changes Made

.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.md

Changed from create-discussion to create-issue with the following new configurations:

1. Added expires: 1s: Auto-closes triage report issues after 1 second

   • This extremely short expiration ensures triage reports are closed almost immediately after creation
   • Leverages the agentics-maintenance.yml workflow to auto-close expired issues

2. Added close-older-issues: true: Automatically closes previous open triage reports

   • When a new triage report is created, all older triage reports from the same workflow are closed
   • Ensures only the latest triage report remains open
   • Prevents accumulation of old triage report issues

3. Converted from discussion to issue: Changed create-discussion to create-issue

   • Provides access to close-older-issues feature (not available for discussions)
   • Maintains the same functionality with better lifecycle management
   • Removed category: "general" field (discussion-specific)

4. Updated messaging: Changed success message from "Check the discussion" to "Check the issue"

Expected Improvements

• Immediate Cleanup: Triage reports will be closed within ~2 hours (1s expiration triggers 2-hour maintenance frequency)
• No Backlog: Previous triage reports automatically closed when new reports are created
• Consistent State: Only one active triage report will exist at any time
• Cleaner Issue List: No accumulation of old triage reports cluttering the repository

Validation

Changes are minimal and targeted:

• Only modified .github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.md (source file)
• No changes to .lock.yml files (will be compiled automatically after merge)
• Configuration follows documented safe-outputs patterns from docs/src/content/docs/reference/safe-outputs.md

Technical Details

Auto-Expiration Mechanism:

• The expires: 1s field generates/updates agentics-maintenance.yml workflow
• Maintenance runs every 2 hours (minimum frequency for sub-1-day expirations)
• Issues are marked with expiration metadata in the body
• Closed with "OUTDATED" reason when expiration time is reached

Close-Older-Issues Mechanism:

• When creating a new issue, searches for previous issues with same workflow ID marker
• Workflow ID marker: ``
• Closes all matching older issues before creating the new one
• Ensures atomic transition from old to new report

References

• Triggering Issue: [PR Triage Report] 2026-02-05 - 1 PR Triaged #13861
• User Request: @pelikhan requested /q set expires to 1s and close older issues
• Documentation: /docs/src/content/docs/reference/safe-outputs.md (lines 98-100, 146-147)

Success Criteria

✅ Configured 1-second expiration for PR triage reports
✅ Enabled automatic closure of older triage reports
✅ Converted from discussion to issue for better lifecycle management
✅ Updated workflow messaging to reflect issue creation
✅ Minimal, surgical changes following Q principles
✅ Follows documented safe-outputs configuration patterns

Fixes #13861

AI generated by Q

• expires on Feb 7, 2026, 7:11 AM UTC

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Workflow Run: View run details and download patch artifact

The patch file is available in the agent-artifacts artifact in the workflow run linked above.

To apply the patch locally:

# Download the artifact from the workflow run https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/21702190712
# (Use GitHub MCP tools if gh CLI is not available)
gh run download 21702190712 -n agent-artifacts

# The patch file will be at agent-artifacts/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch after download
# Apply the patch
git am agent-artifacts/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch

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Pull request overview

This PR converts the PR triage agent from creating GitHub Discussions to creating GitHub Issues, with automatic expiration after 1 day and automatic closure of older triage reports. This addresses issue #13861 with a correction from the originally requested 1-second expiration to a more practical 1-day expiration.

Changes:

• Converted from create-discussion to create-issue for better lifecycle management with close-older-issues support
• Added expires: 1d for 24-hour auto-closure via maintenance workflow
• Added close-older-issues: true to ensure only the latest triage report remains open
• Updated all messaging and documentation to reference "issue" instead of "discussion"

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.md	Source file changes: converted create-discussion to create-issue with expiration and auto-close configuration, updated success message and Phase 8 instructions
.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml	Compiled workflow changes: updated frontmatter hash, safe outputs config, tool definitions, environment variables, and all references from create_discussion to create_issue

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The PR description contains inconsistent information about the expiration time. The "Changes Made" section mentions "expires: 1s" but the actual code correctly implements "expires: 1d" (1 day). This is just a documentation issue in the PR description - the code changes are correct. Consider updating the PR description to remove references to "1s" and consistently use "1d" throughout.