---
title: "Stale bot considered harmful"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2025/12/stale-bot-considered-harmful/
last_updated: 2025-12-04
---


[This](https://github.com/helm/chart-testing/pull/755)
[will](https://drewdevault.com/2021/10/26/stalebot.html)
never get
[old](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2024/most-stale-bots-are-anti-user-and-anti-contributor-but-they-dont-have-to-be/).

[Previously]({{< ref "2025-09-16-github-stale-bot-considered-harmful" >}}).

> It's likely that person will never try and contribute to your project again.