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GH-51232: [CI] Update comment bot to prevent people being assigned things via "take" unless unassigned #51233

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Only assign unassigned issues and rephrase docs
thisisnic Sep 8, 2026
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Update conditions for comment bot workflow
thisisnic Sep 8, 2026
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/comment_bot.yml
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Expand Up @@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ jobs:
name: "Assign issue"
permissions:
issues: write
if: github.event.comment.body == 'take'
if: |
github.event.comment.body == 'take' &&
github.event.issue.pull_request == null &&
github.event.issue.assignee == null
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/github-script@v9
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion CONTRIBUTING.md
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Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The Arrow project uses GitHub as a bug tracker. To report a bug, sign in to
your GitHub account, navigate to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues)
and click on **New issue** .

To be assigned to an issue, add a comment "take" to that issue.
To be assigned to an unassigned issue, add a comment "take" to that issue.

Before you create a new bug entry, we recommend you first search among existing
Arrow issues in
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/source/developers/bug_reports.rst
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Expand Up @@ -243,5 +243,5 @@ Issue assignment
++++++++++++++++

Assignment signals commitment to work on an issue, and contributors should
self-assign issues when that work starts. Anyone can now self-assign issues
by commenting ``take``.
self-assign issues when that work starts. Anyone can self-assign an
unassigned issue by commenting ``take``.
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