From 1afc677e1fc12a5bcfd360e8246d190bf2bbebc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Sneddon <briansneddon@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 07:10:04 -0900
Subject: [PATCH] Add configurable polling interval for GitHub API calls (#197)

- Add polling-interval-seconds input parameter to action.yaml (default: 10)
- Update polling logic to use configurable interval
- Add input validation to ensure positive values
- Update README with usage documentation

This allows users to customize how frequently the action polls GitHub API
for approval status, enabling them to reduce API calls or speed up response
times based on their needs.
---
 README.md    |  2 ++
 action.yaml  |  4 ++++
 constants.go |  3 ++-
 main.go      | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e5497c..b65cf17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ steps:
       fail-on-denial: true
       additional-approved-words: ''
       additional-denied-words: ''
+      polling-interval-seconds: 10
 ```
 
 * `approvers` is a comma-delimited list of all required approvers. An approver can either be a user or an org team. (*Note: Required approvers must have the ability to be set as approvers in the repository. If you add an approver that doesn't have this permission then you would receive an HTTP/402 Validation Failed error when running this action*)
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ steps:
 * `fail-on-denial` is a boolean that indicates if the workflow should fail if any approver denies the approval. This is optional and defaults to `true`. Set this to `false` to allow the workflow to continue if any approver denies the approval.
 * `additional-approved-words` is a comma separated list of strings to expand the dictionary of words that indicate approval. This is optional and defaults to an empty string.
 * `additional-denied-words` is a comma separated list of strings to expand the dictionary of words that indicate denial. This is optional and defaults to an empty string.
+* `polling-interval-seconds` is an integer that sets the number of seconds to wait between polling the GitHub API for approval status. This is optional and defaults to `10` seconds. Increase this value if you want to reduce API calls, or decrease it for faster response times.
 
 > [!Note]
 > 1. If You are using issue-body-file-path then please make sure the file is reachable; for example, if the file is in your repo, then please checkout to your repo in the same job as the approval issue.
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index a8b661b..cdbf793 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Whether or not to fail the workflow if the approval is denied
     required: false
     default: 'true'
+  polling-interval-seconds:
+    description: Number of seconds to wait between polling GitHub API for approval status
+    required: false
+    default: '10'
 outputs:
   issue-number:
     description: The number of the issue created
diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index 88867e3..69c509e 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	pollingInterval time.Duration = 10 * time.Second
+	defaultPollingInterval time.Duration = 10 * time.Second
 
 	envVarRepoFullName                       string = "GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
 	envVarRunID                              string = "GITHUB_RUN_ID"
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	envVarFailOnDenial                       string = "INPUT_FAIL-ON-DENIAL"
 	envVarTargetRepoOwner                    string = "INPUT_TARGET-REPOSITORY-OWNER"
 	envVarTargetRepo                         string = "INPUT_TARGET-REPOSITORY"
+	envVarPollingIntervalSeconds             string = "INPUT_POLLING-INTERVAL-SECONDS"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e18a395..89305fd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func handleInterrupt(ctx context.Context, client *github.Client, apprv *approval
 	}
 }
 
-func newCommentLoopChannel(ctx context.Context, apprv *approvalEnvironment, client *github.Client) chan int {
+func newCommentLoopChannel(ctx context.Context, apprv *approvalEnvironment, client *github.Client, pollingInterval time.Duration) chan int {
 	channel := make(chan int)
 	go func() {
 		for {
@@ -198,6 +198,21 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	pollingInterval := defaultPollingInterval
+	pollingIntervalSecondsRaw := os.Getenv(envVarPollingIntervalSeconds)
+	if pollingIntervalSecondsRaw != "" {
+		pollingIntervalSeconds, err := strconv.Atoi(pollingIntervalSecondsRaw)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("error parsing polling interval: %v\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		if pollingIntervalSeconds <= 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("error: polling interval must be greater than 0\n")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		pollingInterval = time.Duration(pollingIntervalSeconds) * time.Second
+	}
+
 	issueTitle := os.Getenv(envVarIssueTitle)
 	var issueBody string
 	if os.Getenv(envVarIssueBodyFilePath) != "" {
@@ -245,7 +260,7 @@ func main() {
 	killSignalChannel := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(killSignalChannel, os.Interrupt)
 
-	commentLoopChannel := newCommentLoopChannel(ctx, apprv, client)
+	commentLoopChannel := newCommentLoopChannel(ctx, apprv, client, pollingInterval)
 
 	select {
 	case exitCode := <-commentLoopChannel: