That bot is disgusting. I spent a lot of time and effort to write detailed bug reports only to have this stupid bot spit in my face close them (and yes, some of the bugs are still there till this day).

I've learned not to bother submitting bug reports unless I can guarantee that my time will not be wasted. If I find a bug in a project that doesn t guarantee this, I either fix it privately for myself or switch to another project.

Closing issues automatically. What a demented idea.

Closing is one thing—at least you can still use the issue as a communal gathering point to make slow progress. The casual locking on the other hand is mystifying.

And so often there’s the added gaslighting of a project that provides some rationale for closing but then inexplicably locks too as if that’s the same.