From 04e875c5c8b0c2491749258bfe198319a6f5230f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Gunderman <gundermanc@google.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 23:00:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): respect exempt labels when closing stale items
 (#26475)

---
 .github/scripts/gemini-lifecycle-manager.cjs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/gemini-lifecycle-manager.cjs b/.github/scripts/gemini-lifecycle-manager.cjs
index 08cc5b5dc8..6a32beeb53 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/gemini-lifecycle-manager.cjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/gemini-lifecycle-manager.cjs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core }) => {
 
   // 3. Handle Stale Close (14 days with stale label)
   await processItems(
-    `repo:${owner}/${repo} is:open label:"${STALE_LABEL}" updated:<${closeThreshold.toISOString()}`,
+    `repo:${owner}/${repo} is:open label:"${STALE_LABEL}" ${exemptQuery} updated:<${closeThreshold.toISOString()}`,
     async (item) => {
       core.info(`Closing stale item #${item.number}.`);
       if (!dryRun) {