| repo-token | The token to be used to auth with GitHubs API. Can be passed in using `{{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}` | no | ${{ github.token }} |
| days-before-stale | Number of days a branch has been inactive before it is considered stale. Default: 120. | no | 120 |
| days-before-delete | Number of days a branch has been inactive before it is deleted. Default: 180. | no | 180 |
| comment-updates | If this is enabled, a comment with updated information will be added to existing issues each workflow run. | no | false |
| max-issues | This dictates the number of Stale issues that can exist. It also limits the number of branches that can be deleted per run. | no | 20 |
| tag-committer | When an issue is opened, this will tag the stale branchs last committer in the comments. | no | false |
| stale-branch-label | Label to be applied to issues created for stale branches. | no | stale branch 🗑️ |
| compare-branches | Compares current branch with default branch. Options: off | info | save | no | off |
| branches-filter-regex | An optional Regex that will be used to filter branches from this action. | no | "" |
| rate-limit | If this is enabled, the action will stop if it exceeds 95% of the GitHub API rate limit. | no | true |
| pr-check | If this is enabled, the action will first check for active pull requests against the branch. If a branch has an active pr, it will not be ignored. | no | false |
| dry-run | If this is enabled, the action will not delete or tag any branches. | no | false |
| ignore-issue-interaction | If this is enabled, the action will not interact with Github issues. | no | false |
| include-protected-branches | If this is enabled, the action will include branches with legacy branch protection rules in the process. | no | false |
| include-ruleset-branches | If this is enabled, the action will include branches protected by repository rulesets in the process. | no | false |
| ignore-commit-messages | Comma-separated list of commit messages (or substrings) to ignore when determining commit age. If provided, commits with these messages will be ignored when calculating branch age. | no | — |
| ignore-committers | Comma-separated list of committer usernames to ignore when calculating the most recent commit. | no | "" |
| ignore-default-branch-commits | If true, ignore commits that are also present in the default branch when determining the last meaningful commit. | no | false |