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-# taken from https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managing-issues-and-pull-requests/closing-inactive-issues
-name: Close inactive issues
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "30 1 * * *" # "workflow will run every day at 1:30 UTC"
-
-jobs:
-  close-issues:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v5
-        with:
-          days-before-issue-stale: 365
-          days-before-issue-close: -1
-          stale-issue-label: "stale"
-          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 365 days with no activity."
-          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
-          exempt-issue-labels: "help wanted,engineering"
-          days-before-pr-stale: -1 # change if we want to auto close old PRs
-          days-before-pr-close: -1
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}