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+name: stale-issues
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 1 * * *"
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
+        with:
+          debug-only: true # Set until the behavior is tuned.
+          days-before-stale: 56 # Mark stale after 8 weeks (56 days) of inactivity
+          days-before-close: -1 # Disable auto-closing
+          exempt-all-milestones: true # Any issue/PR within a milestone will be omitted
+          #exempt-assigness: "foo,bar"  # Exempt issues/PRs assigned to particular users