An action preventing merge with specific labels

.github/workflows/block_merge.yml

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+name: Pull Request Labels
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
+jobs:
+  block_merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: mheap/github-action-required-labels@v1
+        with:
+          mode: exactly
+          count: 0
+          labels: "status/blocked, status/needs-attention, status/on-hold, status/pending, status/triage"