From c0b5268c648e6898c12f7357b542e0cd8c07fd81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:44:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 584913eddf6e2075c40adcb6a12775c9328c0fb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:52:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update issue-monster workflow to ignore issues with
 assignees in search query

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/issue-monster.lock.yml | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/issue-monster.md       | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-monster.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-monster.lock.yml
index 29f4bfbb19..00675dd1e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-monster.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-monster.lock.yml
@@ -1409,8 +1409,8 @@ jobs:
                 'security'
               ];
 
-              // Search for open issues without excluded labels
-              const query = `is:issue is:open repo:${owner}/${repo} -label:"${excludeLabels.join('" -label:"')}"`;
+              // Search for open issues without excluded labels and without assignees
+              const query = `is:issue is:open no:assignee repo:${owner}/${repo} -label:"${excludeLabels.join('" -label:"')}"`;
               core.info(`Searching: ${query}`);
               const response = await github.rest.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
                 q: query,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-monster.md b/.github/workflows/issue-monster.md
index e85115c54e..c0e7ad7b69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-monster.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-monster.md
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ jobs:
                 'security'
               ];
               
-              // Search for open issues without excluded labels
-              const query = `is:issue is:open repo:${owner}/${repo} -label:"${excludeLabels.join('" -label:"')}"`;
+              // Search for open issues without excluded labels and without assignees
+              const query = `is:issue is:open no:assignee repo:${owner}/${repo} -label:"${excludeLabels.join('" -label:"')}"`;
               core.info(`Searching: ${query}`);
               const response = await github.rest.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
                 q: query,