implement a workflow that implements "automatic aging of issues and pull requests".

[mi-hol]

https://github.com/actions/stale is available to start with.

Specification of intended behavior:

• assign label "staled" to issue or PR after 30 days following below definition and add comment explaining next action and timeline
  • Definition of rules:

1. • skip items with label "backlog" or "next-iteration"

• close all items labeled with "staled" after 60 days since being labeled.
• separate workflow code for "assign label" and "close based on label" to allow for:
  • gradual activation of workflows
  • intentional time delay between the different actions for QA/corrective actions

This means:

• items can be exempted from "close based on label" by removing the label manually!
• just adding a comment will NOT clear the label "staled"

[chuckwagoncomputing]

This is very different to what @rusefillc specified here.

[mi-hol]

I know but:

1. the requirement was extremely vague
2. from experience I know that workflow require labels to work correctly
3. I believe to know who would complain first about poking & nagging comments

I'd added the label "feedback requested" to give others a chance to comment and have added from your feedback "not planned" & "question" to signal that it's not ready for implementation yet.