diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
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-# Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 180
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request with the stale label is closed.
-# Set to false to disable. If disabled, issues still need to be closed manually, but will remain marked as stale.
-daysUntilClose: 14
-
-# Only issues or pull requests with all of these labels are check if stale. Defaults to `[]` (disabled)
-onlyLabels: []
-
-# Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set to `[]` to disable
-exemptLabels:
-  - internal
-  - kind/bug
-  - kind/bug-qa
-  - kind/task
-  - kind/feature
-  - kind/enhancement
-  - kind/design
-  - kind/ci-improvements
-  - kind/performance
-  - kind/flaky-test
-  - kind/documentation
-  - kind/epic
-  - kind/upstream-issue
-  - priority/backlog
-  - priority/critical-urgent
-  - priority/important-longterm
-  - priority/important-soon
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
-exemptProjects: true
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a milestone (defaults to false)
-exemptMilestones: false
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
-exemptAssignees: true
-
-# Label to use when marking as stale
-staleLabel: status/stale
-
-# Comment to post when marking as stale. Set to `false` to disable
-markComment: >
-  This repository uses a bot to automatically label issues which have not had any activity (commit/comment/label) 
-  for 180 days. This helps us manage the community issues better. If the issue is still relevant, please add a comment to the 
-  issue so the bot can remove the label and we know it is still valid. If it is no longer relevant (or possibly fixed in the 
-  latest release), the bot will automatically close the issue in 14 days. Thank you for your contributions.
-
-# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
-limitPerRun: 30
-
-# Limit to only `issues`
-only: issues
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
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+name: Stalebot
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 20 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+jobs:
+  stalebot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Close Stale Issues
+        uses: actions/stale@v9.0.0
+        with:
+          # ensure PRs are exempt
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1
+          day-before-pr-closed: -1
+          
+          days-before-issue-stale: 45
+          days-before-issue-close: 14
+          stale-issue-label: status/stale
+          exempt-all-milestones: true
+          exempt-all-assignees: true
+          exempt-issue-labels:
+            internal,
+            kind/bug,
+            kind/bug-qa,
+            kind/task,
+            kind/feature,
+            kind/enhancement,
+            kind/design,
+            kind/ci-improvements,
+            kind/performance,
+            kind/flaky-test,
+            kind/documentation,
+            kind/epic,
+            kind/upstream-issue,
+            priority/backlog,
+            priority/critical-urgent,
+            priority/important-longterm,
+            priority/important-soon,
+            priority/low,
+            priority/medium,
+            priority/high,
+            priority/urgent,
+          stale-issue-message: > 
+            This repository uses a bot to automatically label issues which have not had any activity (commit/comment/label) 
+            for 45 days. This helps us manage the community issues better. If the issue is still relevant, please add a comment to the 
+            issue so the bot can remove the label and we know it is still valid. If it is no longer relevant (or possibly fixed in the 
+            latest release), the bot will automatically close the issue in 14 days. Thank you for your contributions.