Not considering an issue as having activity if closed recently (#1531)

- The person who opened the issue can close it, so an issue closing does not indicate activity by a maintainer.

checks/maintained.go

@@ -83,16 +83,12 @@ func IsMaintained(c *checker.CheckRequest) checker.CheckResult {
 		commitsWithinThreshold+issuesUpdatedWithinThreshold, activityPerWeek*lookBackDays/daysInOneWeek)
 }
 
-// hasActivityByCollaboratorOrHigher returns true if there is activity by an owner/collaborator/member since the
-// threshold.
+// hasActivityByCollaboratorOrHigher returns true if the issue was created or commented on by an
+// owner/collaborator/member since the threshold.
 func hasActivityByCollaboratorOrHigher(issue *clients.Issue, threshold time.Time) bool {
 	if issue == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	if issue.ClosedAt != nil && issue.ClosedAt.After(threshold) {
-		// To close an issue, one must have sufficient permission in a repository, typically a collaborator or higher.
-		return true
-	}
 	if isCollaboratorOrHigher(issue.AuthorAssociation) && issue.CreatedAt != nil && issue.CreatedAt.After(threshold) {
 		// The creator of the issue is a collaborator or higher.
 		return true

checks/maintained_test.go

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ func TestMaintained(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	threeHundredDaysAgo := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -300)
 	twoHundredDaysAgo := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -200)
-	oneHundredDaysAgo := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -100)
 	fiveDaysAgo := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -5)
 	oneDayAgo := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1)
 	ownerAssociation := clients.RepoAssociationOwner
@@ -262,46 +261,6 @@ func TestMaintained(t *testing.T) {
 				Score: 1,
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name:       "old issues closed long ago",
-			isarchived: false,
-			commits:    []clients.Commit{},
-			issues: []clients.Issue{
-				{
-					CreatedAt:         &threeHundredDaysAgo,
-					AuthorAssociation: &noneAssociation,
-					ClosedAt:          &twoHundredDaysAgo,
-				},
-				{
-					CreatedAt:         &twoHundredDaysAgo,
-					AuthorAssociation: &noneAssociation,
-					ClosedAt:          &oneHundredDaysAgo,
-				},
-			},
-			expected: checker.CheckResult{
-				Score: 0,
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "new issues closed recently",
-			isarchived: false,
-			commits:    []clients.Commit{},
-			issues: []clients.Issue{
-				{
-					CreatedAt:         &fiveDaysAgo,
-					AuthorAssociation: &noneAssociation,
-					ClosedAt:          &oneDayAgo,
-				},
-				{
-					CreatedAt:         &oneDayAgo,
-					AuthorAssociation: &noneAssociation,
-					ClosedAt:          &oneDayAgo,
-				},
-			},
-			expected: checker.CheckResult{
-				Score: 1,
-			},
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

clients/githubrepo/graphql.go

@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ type graphqlData struct {
 				Url               *string
 				AuthorAssociation *string
 				CreatedAt         *time.Time
-				ClosedAt          *time.Time
 				Comments          struct {
 					Nodes []struct {
 						AuthorAssociation *string
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ func issuesFrom(data *graphqlData) []clients.Issue {
 		copyStringPtr(issue.Url, &tmpIssue.URI)
 		copyRepoAssociationPtr(getRepoAssociation(issue.AuthorAssociation), &tmpIssue.AuthorAssociation)
 		copyTimePtr(issue.CreatedAt, &tmpIssue.CreatedAt)
-		copyTimePtr(issue.ClosedAt, &tmpIssue.ClosedAt)
 		for _, comment := range issue.Comments.Nodes {
 			var tmpComment clients.IssueComment
 			copyRepoAssociationPtr(getRepoAssociation(comment.AuthorAssociation), &tmpComment.AuthorAssociation)

clients/issue.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import "time"
 type Issue struct {
 	URI               *string
 	CreatedAt         *time.Time
-	ClosedAt          *time.Time
 	AuthorAssociation *RepoAssociation
 	Comments          []IssueComment
 }