renovate/.github/workflows/auto-label-needs-discussion.yml

name: 'Auto-apply `needs-discussion` label to externally raised Issues'

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

permissions:
  issues: write

jobs:
  label-if-external:
    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
    if: github.repository == 'renovatebot/renovate'
    steps:
      - uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
        with:
          script: |
            const author = context.payload.issue.user.login;

            let roleName;
            try {
              const { data } = await github.rest.repos.getCollaboratorPermissionLevel({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                username: author,
              });
              roleName = data.role_name;
            } catch (err) {
              if (err.status === 404) {
                // User is not a collaborator — treat as no access
                roleName = 'none';
              } else {
                throw err;
              }
            }

            // allow users who have a minimum of Triage access on the project to raise Issues without auto-labelling
            const triagePlus = ['admin', 'maintain', 'write', 'triage'];
            if (!triagePlus.includes(roleName)) {
              await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                issue_number: context.payload.issue.number,
                labels: ['needs-discussion'],
              });
              core.info(`Added 'needs-discussion' label (author role: ${roleName})`);

              // GitHub Actions adding the label won't trigger dessant/label-actions, so we need to do it manually
              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                issue_number: context.payload.issue.number,
                body: `**Please create a GitHub Discussion instead of this issue.**\n\nIssues in this repository are for creation by Maintainers only - please create a GitHub Discussion instead.\nIf needed, a Renovate maintainer will create an Issue after your Discussion been triaged and confirmed.\n\nThis Issue will now be closed and locked. We may later batch-delete this issue. This way we keep Issues actionable, and free of duplicates or wrong bug reports.\n\nThanks, the Renovate team`,
              });

              await github.rest.issues.update({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                issue_number: context.payload.issue.number,
                state: 'closed',
                state_reason: 'not_planned',
              });

              core.info(`Commented and closed issue as not planned`);
            } else {
              core.info(`Skipping label — author has ${roleName} access`);
            }