From 6961b937e6ce97d79fa09075d06ac84c1974ad61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Osterhout <craig.osterhout@docker.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:45:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update stale timing and add ai policy (#26465)

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## Description

Reduce time to stale for PRs.
Link to the Docker open source AI contribution policy in our
contribution guidelines.

## Related issues or tickets

https://docker.slack.com/archives/C039ZM6GH4Z/p1793044325677639

## Reviews

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- [ ] Editorial review

Signed-off-by: Craig Osterhout <craig.osterhout@docker.com>
---
 .github/workflows/stale.yml | 2 +-
 CONTRIBUTING.md             | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 1a48cc3e35..478145cbf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
           # days-before-pr-close, also update the hardcoded values in the
           # stale-issue-message and stale-pr-message above to match.
           days-before-issue-stale: 180  # 6 months
-          days-before-pr-stale: 180     # 6 months
+          days-before-pr-stale: 90      # 3 months
           days-before-issue-close: 14   # 2 weeks after stale
           days-before-pr-close: 30      # 1 month after stale
           
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 22766bb85d..f11a8280d6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Before contributing, review our documentation standards:
   guidelines
 - [COMPONENTS.md](COMPONENTS.md) - How to use Hugo shortcodes, front matter,
   and components
+- [AI policy](https://github.com/moby/.github/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md): Rules
+  for using AI tools when you contribute
 
 The following guidelines describe how to contribute to the
 Docker documentation at <https://docs.docker.com/>, and how to get started.