Improvement: mark issues as stale and close them

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -190,3 +190,27 @@ jobs:
             artifacts/*.zip, artifacts/*.bin
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+  stale:
+        name: 'Stale (dry run)'
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        steps:
+          - uses: actions/stale@v9
+            with:
+                debug-only: true # TODO: remove before adding to repo-maintenance.yml
+                start-date: 2024-01-01 # TODO: discuss start-date
+                days-before-issue-stale: 14
+                days-before-issue-close: 14
+                stale-issue-message: >
+                  This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
+                  recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
+                  for your contributions.
+                close-issue-message: >
+                  This issue has been automatically closed because it has not had
+                  recent activity. Please add a comment if you want to get this issue re-opened. Thank you
+                  for your contributions.
+                stale-issue-label: stale
+                exempt-issue-labels: 'acknowledged, contribution needed'
+                remove-stale-when-updated: true
+
+