diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
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-# Configuration for https://github.com/marketplace/stale
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 365
-
-# 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.
-# When changing this value, be sure to also update markComment below.
-daysUntilClose: 30
-
-# Ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
-exemptAssignees: true
-
-# Label to use when marking as stale
-staleLabel: needs-update
-
-# Comment to post when marking as stale. Set to `false` to disable
-markComment: >
-  We've made a lot of changes to Certbot since this issue was opened. If you
-  still have this issue with an up-to-date version of Certbot, can you please
-  add a comment letting us know? This helps us to better see what issues are
-  still affecting our users. If there is no activity in the next 30 days, this
-  issue will be automatically closed.
-
-# Comment to post when closing a stale Issue or Pull Request.
-closeComment: >
-  This issue has been closed due to lack of activity, but if you think it
-  should be reopened, please open a new issue with a link to this one and we'll
-  take a look.
-
-# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
-limitPerRun: 1
-
-# Don't mark pull requests as stale.
-only: issues
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
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+name: Update Stale Issues
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Run at midnight every night
+    - cron: '24 1 * * *'
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v6
+        with:
+          # REMOVEME: dry run to see if this works
+          debug-only: true
+
+          # Idle number of days before marking issues stale
+          days-before-issue-stale: 365
+
+          # Idle number of days before closing stale issues
+          days-before-issue-close: 30
+
+          # Ignore issues with an assignee
+          exempt-all-issue-assignees: true
+
+          # Label to use when marking as stale
+          stale-issue-label: needs-update
+
+          stale-issue-message: >
+            We've made a lot of changes to Certbot since this issue was opened. If you
+            still have this issue with an up-to-date version of Certbot, can you please
+            add a comment letting us know? This helps us to better see what issues are
+            still affecting our users. If there is no activity in the next 30 days, this
+            issue will be automatically closed.
+
+          close-issue-message: >
+            This issue has been closed due to lack of activity, but if you think it
+            should be reopened, please open a new issue with a link to this one and we'll
+            take a look.
+
+          # Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
+          operations-per-run: 1