From 7dd27bf53e48cf2bc2e518b8cefa63ff676515cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neeru <161798182+neeru24@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:13:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create auto-close-mentioned-issues.yml

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 .../workflows/auto-close-mentioned-issues.yml | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/auto-close-mentioned-issues.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-close-mentioned-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-close-mentioned-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1ec21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-close-mentioned-issues.yml
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+name: Auto-close issues mentioned in merged PR
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [closed]
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  auto-close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Auto-close referenced issues
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
+
+            // Combine PR title and body
+            const text = `${pr.title}\n${pr.body || ""}`;
+
+            // Match issue references like #12, #45
+            const issueNumbers = [...text.matchAll(/#(\d+)/g)]
+              .map(match => match[1]);
+
+            if (issueNumbers.length === 0) {
+              console.log("No referenced issues found.");
+              return;
+            }
+
+            for (const issueNumber of issueNumbers) {
+              try {
+                await github.rest.issues.update({
+                  owner: context.repo.owner,
+                  repo: context.repo.repo,
+                  issue_number: issueNumber,
+                  state: "closed",
+                });
+
+                await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                  owner: context.repo.owner,
+                  repo: context.repo.repo,
+                  issue_number: issueNumber,
+                  body: `Closed automatically via merged PR #${pr.number}.`,
+                });
+
+                console.log(`Closed issue #${issueNumber}`);
+              } catch (error) {
+                console.log(
+                  `Failed to close issue #${issueNumber}: ${error.message}`
+                );
+              }
+            }