From 1c3bd4ca8165c20078fb9adae0620babbb960879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaditya Srinivasan <aadityasri03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:38:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] GH-50379: Convert invalid PRs to draft automatically

---
 .github/workflows/dev_pr.yml            |  3 ++-
 .github/workflows/dev_pr/title_check.js | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_pr.yml
index b8667f4dd52f..ce7f08fb8c0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_pr.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  # Required for the GraphQL convertPullRequestToDraft mutation.
+  contents: write
   pull-requests: write
   issues: write
   
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_pr/title_check.js b/.github/workflows/dev_pr/title_check.js
index 709a71428584..a986c8bc5f03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_pr/title_check.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_pr/title_check.js
@@ -38,11 +38,41 @@ async function commentOpenGitHubIssue(github, context, pullRequestNumber) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Converts the pull request to draft.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} github
+ * @param {Object} context
+ */
+async function convertToDraft(github, context) {
+  if (context.payload.pull_request.draft) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await github.graphql(
+    `
+      mutation ($pullRequestId: ID!) {
+        convertPullRequestToDraft(
+          input: {pullRequestId: $pullRequestId}
+        ) {
+          pullRequest {
+            id
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `,
+    {
+      pullRequestId: context.payload.pull_request.node_id,
+    },
+  );
+}
+
 module.exports = async ({github, context}) => {
   const pullRequestNumber = context.payload.number;
   const title = context.payload.pull_request.title;
   const issue = helpers.detectIssue(title)
   if (!issue) {
     await commentOpenGitHubIssue(github, context, pullRequestNumber);
+    await convertToDraft(github, context);
   }
 };