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+name: Close stalled issues and PRs
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        days-before-close: 30
+        stale-pr-label: stalled
+        stale-issue-label: stalled
+        close-issue-message: Closing this because it has stalled. Feel free to reopen if this issue is still relevant, or to ping the collaborator who labelled it stalled if you have any questions.
+        close-pr-message: Closing this because it has stalled. Feel free to reopen if this PR is still relevant, or to ping the collaborator who labelled it stalled if you have any questions.
+        # deactivates automatic removal of stalled label if issue gets any activity
+        remove-stale-when-updated: false
+        # deactivates automatic stale labelling as we prefer to do that manually
+        days-before-stale: -1