Cleanup of Stale workflow for GH - set to debug-mode to start

.github/stale.yml

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Issues with these labels will never be considered stale
-exemptLabels:
-  - pinned
-  - security
-  - :woman_technologist: ready for dev
-  - :moneybag: bounty
-  - :hand: bug
-  - "🔐 security"
-  - "👩‍💻 ready for dev"
-  - "💰 bounty"
-  - "✋ bug"
-
-# Comment to post when removing the stale label.
-unmarkComment: >
-  Okay, it looks like this issue or feature request might still be important. We'll re-open
-  it for now. Thank you for letting us know!

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '30 1 * * *'
 
-permissions:
-  #  contents: write # only for delete-branch option
-  issues: write
-  #  pull-requests: write
-
 jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      #  contents: write # only for delete-branch option
+      issues: write
+      #  pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
+          debug-only: true
+          operations-per-run: 1000 # just while we're debugging
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           days-before-stale: 60
           days-before-close: 7
           exempt-all-milestones: true
@@ -33,12 +35,5 @@ jobs:
           # There doesn't seem to be a 'reopen issue message'?
           # Since there is no 'stale-pr-message' - PR's should not be stale'd
           stale-issue-label: stale
-          exempt-issue-labels:
-            pinned,security,":woman_technologist:
-              ready for dev",":moneybag:
-                bounty",:hand: bug,"🔐 security","👩‍💻 ready for dev","💰 bounty","✋ bug"
-
-
-
-
-#          stale-pr-message: 'Message to comment on stale PRs. If none provided, will not mark PRs stale'
+          exempt-issue-labels: >
+            pinned,security,:woman_technologist: ready for dev,:moneybag: bounty,:hand: bug,🔐 security,👩‍💻 ready for dev,💰 bounty,✋ bug