adds action to manage stale issues (#7864)

Signed-off-by: jflo <justin+github@florentine.us>

.github/workflows/stale-issues.yml

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+name: Close inactive issues
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 1 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v5
+        with:
+          days-before-issue-stale: 180
+          days-before-issue-close: 14
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 6 months with no activity."
+          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
+          days-before-pr-stale: 30
+          days-before-pr-close: 14
+          stale-pr-message: "This pr is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity."
+          close-pr-message: "This pr was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
+          remove-issue-stale-when-updated: true
+          remove-pr-stale-when-updated: true
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}