increase github actions version

extent action to mark and close stale PRs as well

.github/workflows/close_inactive_issues.yaml

@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-name: Close inactive issues
+name: 'Close inactive issues and PRs'
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "30 1 * * *"
 
 jobs:
   close-issues:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v5
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
-          days-before-issue-stale: 60
-          days-before-issue-close: 30
-          stale-issue-label: "stale"
-          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity."
-          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
-          days-before-pr-stale: -1
-          days-before-pr-close: -1
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          days-before-stale: 60
+          days-before-issue-close: 120
+          days-before-pr-close: 180
+          exempt-draft-pr: true          
+          stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+          stale-pr-label: 'stale'
+          stale-issue-message: 'This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity in the last 60 days. Thank you for your contributions.'
+          close-issue-message: 'This issue was closed because it has not had any activity in the last 120 days. Please reopen if you feel this is still valid.'
+          close-pr-message: "This pull request is being closed because it had no activity in the last 180 days. This is not a signal from the maintainers that the PR has no value. We appreciate the time and effort that you put into this work. If you're willing to re-open it, the maintainers will do their best to review it."