From b38e546e9079567a34b071f377e26275965e2e2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:57:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: label weekend issue closures

---
 .github/workflows/issue-gate.yml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md                  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml
index 62663940..e6491b99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-gate.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
             const VALID_CAPABILITIES = new Set(['issue', 'pr']);
             const issueAuthor = context.payload.issue.user.login;
             const defaultBranch = context.payload.repository.default_branch;
+            const issueCreatedDay = new Date(context.payload.issue.created_at).getUTCDay();
+            const isFridayThroughSunday = issueCreatedDay === 5 || issueCreatedDay === 6 || issueCreatedDay === 0;
 
             if (issueAuthor.endsWith('[bot]') || issueAuthor === 'dependabot[bot]') {
               console.log(`Skipping bot: ${issueAuthor}`);
@@ -96,6 +98,11 @@ jobs:
 
             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.`,
               '',
@@ -111,6 +118,15 @@ jobs:
               body: message,
             });
 
+            if (isFridayThroughSunday) {
+              await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                labels: ['closed-because-weekend'],
+              });
+            }
+
             await github.rest.issues.update({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 23168b6b..3cfff420 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ If you use an agent, run it from the `pi-mono` root directory so it picks up `AG
 
 All issues and PRs from new contributors are auto-closed by default.
 
+Issues submitted Friday through Sunday are not reviewed. If something 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 below will not be reopened or receive a reply.
 
 Approval happens through maintainer replies on issues: