Idea: Add the option to expire item borrowing after elapsed time

[JoshuaRedmond]

Problem

People sometimes forget to release an environment they've finished using, leaving us to fall back on periodic Slackbot reminders and whole-channel requests for a spare environment.

Idea

Have the option to make environment borrowing expire after a period of time. Provide a default time for borrowing, with the option of specifying a different duration when requesting a new assignment. When the time is about to expire, send a direct message to the assignee giving them a chance to extend their assignment (with a reason perhaps), or release the environment for someone else to use.

[outofcoffee]

This is a great idea. The 'items' backend is probably the right place for this logic. What would you want to use to schedule checking if the time period has elapsed?