diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
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-name: Stale
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "17 3 * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@d72941d797fd3113feb6b93fd0dec494b13a2547 # v1
-        id: app-token
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          app-id: "2729701"
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@d72941d797fd3113feb6b93fd0dec494b13a2547 # v1
-        id: app-token-fallback
-        if: steps.app-token.outcome == 'failure'
-        with:
-          app-id: "2971289"
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_FALLBACK }}
-      - name: Mark stale issues and pull requests
-        uses: actions/stale@v9
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token || steps.app-token-fallback.outputs.token }}
-          days-before-issue-stale: 7
-          days-before-issue-close: 5
-          days-before-pr-stale: 5
-          days-before-pr-close: 3
-          stale-issue-label: stale
-          stale-pr-label: stale
-          exempt-issue-labels: enhancement,maintainer,pinned,security,no-stale
-          exempt-pr-labels: maintainer,no-stale
-          operations-per-run: 10000
-          exempt-all-assignees: true
-          remove-stale-when-updated: true
-          stale-issue-message: |
-            This issue has been automatically marked as stale due to inactivity.
-            Please add updates or it will be closed.
-          stale-pr-message: |
-            This pull request has been automatically marked as stale due to inactivity.
-            Please add updates or it will be closed.
-          close-issue-message: |
-            Closing due to inactivity.
-            If this is still an issue, please retry on the latest OpenClaw release and share updated details.
-            If you are absolutely sure it still happens on the latest release, open a new issue with fresh repro steps.
-          close-issue-reason: not_planned
-          close-pr-message: |
-            Closing due to inactivity.
-            If you believe this PR should be revived, post in #pr-thunderdome-dangerzone on Discord to talk to a maintainer.
-            That channel is the escape hatch for high-quality PRs that get auto-closed.
-
-  lock-closed-issues:
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@d72941d797fd3113feb6b93fd0dec494b13a2547 # v1
-        id: app-token
-        with:
-          app-id: "2729701"
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      - name: Lock closed issues after 48h of no comments
-        uses: actions/github-script@f28e40c7f34bde8b3046d885e986cb6290c5673b # v7
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-          script: |
-            const lockAfterHours = 48;
-            const lockAfterMs = lockAfterHours * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-            const perPage = 100;
-            const cutoffMs = Date.now() - lockAfterMs;
-            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
-
-            let locked = 0;
-            let inspected = 0;
-
-            let page = 1;
-            while (true) {
-              const { data: issues } = await github.rest.issues.listForRepo({
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                state: "closed",
-                sort: "updated",
-                direction: "desc",
-                per_page: perPage,
-                page,
-              });
-
-              if (issues.length === 0) {
-                break;
-              }
-
-              for (const issue of issues) {
-                if (issue.pull_request) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-                if (issue.locked) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-                if (!issue.closed_at) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-
-                inspected += 1;
-                const closedAtMs = Date.parse(issue.closed_at);
-                if (!Number.isFinite(closedAtMs)) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-                if (closedAtMs > cutoffMs) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-
-                let lastCommentMs = 0;
-                if (issue.comments > 0) {
-                  const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
-                    owner,
-                    repo,
-                    issue_number: issue.number,
-                    per_page: 1,
-                    page: 1,
-                    sort: "created",
-                    direction: "desc",
-                  });
-
-                  if (comments.length > 0) {
-                    lastCommentMs = Date.parse(comments[0].created_at);
-                  }
-                }
-
-                const lastActivityMs = Math.max(closedAtMs, lastCommentMs || 0);
-                if (lastActivityMs > cutoffMs) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-
-                await github.rest.issues.lock({
-                  owner,
-                  repo,
-                  issue_number: issue.number,
-                  lock_reason: "resolved",
-                });
-
-                locked += 1;
-              }
-
-              page += 1;
-            }
-
-            core.info(`Inspected ${inspected} closed issues; locked ${locked}.`);