From 21026cb7990f3609eaa02587a5b1ba8bed0d03f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 22:04:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update temporary issue gate message

---
 .github/workflows/issue-gate.yml | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml
index e6491b99..4aa603ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           script: |
             const APPROVED_FILE = '.github/APPROVED_CONTRIBUTORS';
             const VALID_CAPABILITIES = new Set(['issue', 'pr']);
+            const ISSUE_GATE_MESSAGE_MODE = 'refactor'; // Switch to 'normal' to restore the standard auto-close message.
             const issueAuthor = context.payload.issue.user.login;
             const defaultBranch = context.payload.repository.default_branch;
             const issueCreatedDay = new Date(context.payload.issue.created_at).getUTCDay();
@@ -96,20 +97,36 @@ jobs:
               return;
             }
 
-            const message = [
-              'This issue was auto-closed. All issues from new contributors are auto-closed by default.',
-              ...(isFridayThroughSunday
-                ? [
-                    'Issues submitted Friday through Sunday are not reviewed. If this is urgent, ask on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3cU7Bz4UPx',
-                  ]
-                : []),
-              '',
-              `Maintainers review auto-closed issues daily and reopen worthwhile ones. Issues that do not meet the quality bar in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/blob/${defaultBranch}/CONTRIBUTING.md) will not be reopened or receive a reply.`,
-              '',
-              'If a maintainer replies `lgtmi` on one of your issues, your future issues will stay open. If a maintainer replies `lgtm`, your future issues and PRs will stay open.',
-              '',
-              `See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/blob/${defaultBranch}/CONTRIBUTING.md).`,
-            ].join('\n');
+            function buildNormalGateMessage() {
+              return [
+                'This issue was auto-closed. All issues from new contributors are auto-closed by default.',
+                ...(isFridayThroughSunday
+                  ? [
+                      'Issues submitted Friday through Sunday are not reviewed. If this is urgent, ask on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3cU7Bz4UPx',
+                    ]
+                  : []),
+                '',
+                `Maintainers review auto-closed issues daily and reopen worthwhile ones. Issues that do not meet the quality bar in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/blob/${defaultBranch}/CONTRIBUTING.md) will not be reopened or receive a reply.`,
+                '',
+                'If a maintainer replies `lgtmi` on one of your issues, your future issues will stay open. If a maintainer replies `lgtm`, your future issues and PRs will stay open.',
+                '',
+                `See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/blob/${defaultBranch}/CONTRIBUTING.md).`,
+              ].join('\n');
+            }
+
+            function buildRefactorGateMessage() {
+              return [
+                'This issue was auto-closed. All issues will be closed until 2026-05-17 because the project is undergoing a large refactor.',
+                '',
+                `See the \`bigrefactor\` branch: https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/tree/bigrefactor`,
+                '',
+                'Issues closed during this period will not be reviewed. The reason is that the refactor will not get done otherwise, because issue triage has been taking about 8 hours per day.',
+                '',
+                'In case of emergency, ask on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3cU7Bz4UPx',
+              ].join('\n');
+            }
+
+            const message = ISSUE_GATE_MESSAGE_MODE === 'refactor' ? buildRefactorGateMessage() : buildNormalGateMessage();
 
             await github.rest.issues.createComment({
               owner: context.repo.owner,