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Description of Change

This PR introduces a GitHub Action workflow that helps manage stale issues in the repository.
The bot runs daily and performs the following tasks:

Skips pull requests and issues labeled as to-be-discussed
Automatically closes issues labeled awaiting-response or those without assignees after 90+ days of inactivity
Sends a reminder comment on assigned issues that have been inactive for over 90 days (without re-sending it more than once a week)
Avoids duplicate comments and respects special labels
Marks type 'question' issues as 'Move to Discussion'

Added a dry-run mode that lets you preview all actions without making any changes, to run it write "1" in the "Run workflow" input filed

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The script and workflow were tested on GitHub Issues in my own fork.

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Pull request overview

This PR introduces an automated GitHub Actions workflow to manage stale issues in the repository. The bot runs daily at 4 AM UTC and can also be triggered manually with an optional dry-run mode for testing. It processes open issues based on inactivity (90+ days) and applies different actions depending on issue status, labels, and assignment.

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Automated closure of unassigned or "awaiting-response" issues after 90+ days of inactivity
Friendly reminder comments to assignees on inactive but assigned issues
Automatic labeling of question-type issues for migration to GitHub Discussions

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`.github/workflows/backlog-bot.yml`	GitHub Actions workflow that schedules daily runs at 4 AM UTC with manual trigger support and dry-run capability
`.github/scripts/backlog-cleanup.js`	Core logic implementing issue triage, closure, reminder, and discussion migration behaviors with pagination support

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Just some logging improvements and optimizations. Also added missing labels that should be exempt. PTAL if you agree with the changes and double check everything is working as expected.@Parsaabasi If there is anything you would like to change please let me know.