diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
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-name: 'close stale issues/PRs'
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@87c2b794b9b47a9bec68ae03c01aeb572ffebdb1
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ github.token }}
-          days-before-stale: 21
-          days-before-close: 7
-          only-labels: ""
-          operations-per-run: 100
-          remove-stale-when-updated: true
-          debug-only: false
-          ascending: false
-
-          exempt-issue-labels: "Status: Backlog,Status: In Progress"
-          stale-issue-label: "Status: Stale"
-          stale-issue-message: |-
-            This issue has gone three weeks without activity. In another week, I will close it.
-
-            But! If you comment or otherwise update it, I will reset the clock, and if you label it `Status: Backlog` or `Status: In Progress`, I will leave it alone ... forever!
-
-            ----
-
-            "A weed is but an unloved flower." ― _Ella Wheeler Wilcox_ 🥀
-          skip-stale-issue-message: false
-          close-issue-label: ""
-          close-issue-message: ""
-
-          exempt-pr-labels: "Status: Backlog,Status: In Progress"
-          stale-pr-label: "Status: Stale"
-          stale-pr-message: |-
-            This pull request has gone three weeks without activity. In another week, I will close it.
-
-            But! If you comment or otherwise update it, I will reset the clock, and if you label it `Status: Backlog` or `Status: In Progress`, I will leave it alone ... forever!
-
-            ----
-
-            "A weed is but an unloved flower." ― _Ella Wheeler Wilcox_ 🥀
-          skip-stale-pr-message: false
-          close-pr-label:
-          close-pr-message: ""
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-helpers/make-issue b/.github/workflows/test-helpers/make-issue
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--- a/.github/workflows/test-helpers/make-issue
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-function download-and-extract-issue {
-  local issue_number="$1"
-
-  # I tried `gh issue view` but it does whack stuff with the terminal that makes
-  # it non-trivial to redirect/pipe. Pulling from JSON is probably more robust
-  # anyway.
-
-  gh api "/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/${issue_number}" > issue
-  gh api "/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/${issue_number}/comments" > issue-comments
-
-  echo "${issue_number}" > issue-number
-  jq -r '.state' issue > issue-state
-  jq -r '.labels[].name' issue > issue-labels
-  jq -r '.comments' issue > issue-ncomments
-  jq -r '.[0].body' issue-comments > issue-comment
-}
-
-
-function download-and-extract-log {
-  local issue_number="$1"
-  echo "Determining workflow run ID for issue #${issue_number} ..."
-
-  # I'm not finding a good way to determine, given a list of workflow runs,
-  # which run corresponds precisely to a given issue's event. We have to
-  # download the log to be certain. Since that's complicated, for now I'm just
-  # looking at the last run, and ensuring that this is always the correct run
-  # by serializing the tests using `needs`.
-
-  rm -rf log.zip log
-  run_id=$(
-    gh api "repos/:owner/:repo/actions/workflows/validate-new-issue.yml/runs" \
-      | jq ".workflow_runs[0] | .id"
-  )
-  if [ -z "$run_id" ]; then
-    echo "No run_id."
-    return 1
-  fi
-  echo "Downloading logs for workflow run ${run_id} ..."
-  gh api "repos/:owner/:repo/actions/runs/${run_id}/logs" > log.zip
-  if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo "Trouble downloading?"
-    return 1
-  fi
-  echo "Extracting validation log ..."
-  logfile="validate-new-issue/3_Validate new issue.txt"
-  unzip log.zip "$logfile"
-  # Strip initial echo of whole run body. https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/218144
-  { sed -ne'/##\[endgroup]/q;H;1h;$!d;x;p'; cat; } < "$logfile" > log
-  rm "$logfile"
-  rm -rf validate-new-issue
-  rm log.zip
-  echo "Are we indeed looking at the right issue?"
-  expected="${issue_number}"
-  actual=$(grep 'Validating issue #[0-9]*\.[^"]' log | sed -Ee 's/.*#([0-9]*)\..*/\1/')
-  echo "Expected: ${expected}"
-  echo "Actual:   ${actual}"
-  test "$actual" = "$expected"
-}
-
-function backoff {
-  echo "Trying $1 several times with backoff ..."
-  for i in {0..6}; do
-    [ $i -gt 0 ] && sleep $(( 2 ** $i ))
-    echo "::group::Trying $1 ..."
-    $1 $2 && echo "::endgroup::" && return
-    echo "::endgroup::"
-  done
-  echo "$1 backed right off the edge! 😧"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-issue_number=$(
-  basename $(
-    gh issue create --title "${2:-Greetings, program!}" --body "$1"
-  )
-)
-echo "Downloading and extracting the validation workflow run log for issue #${issue_number}."
-backoff download-and-extract-log "$issue_number"
-echo "Log downloaded and extracted successfully."
-echo "::group::Log:"
-cat log
-echo "::endgroup::"
-download-and-extract-issue "$issue_number"
-echo "::group::Issue:"
-echo "Issue:    $(cat issue-number)"
-echo "State:    $(cat issue-state)"
-echo "Labels:   $(cat issue-labels | tr '\n' ',')"
-echo "Comments: $(cat issue-ncomments)"
-echo "Comment:  "
-cat issue-comment | sed -e 's/^/  | /'
-echo "::endgroup::"