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+name: 'Close inactive issues and PRs'
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 1 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+        with:
+          days-before-stale: 60
+          days-before-issue-close: 120
+          days-before-pr-close: 180
+          exempt-draft-pr: true          
+          stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+          stale-pr-label: 'stale'
+          stale-issue-message: 'This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity in the last 60 days. Thank you for your contributions.'
+          close-issue-message: 'This issue was closed because it has not had any activity in the last 120 days. Please reopen if you feel this is still valid.'
+          close-pr-message: "This pull request is being closed because it had no activity in the last 180 days. This is not a signal from the maintainers that the PR has no value. We appreciate the time and effort that you put into this work. If you're willing to re-open it, the maintainers will do their best to review it."