diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 0414f70e22bd..d9f71c6f7865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,47 @@
-name: Stale
+#name: Stale
 
 # **What it does**: Close issues and pull requests after no updates for 365 days.
 # **Why we have it**: We want to manage our queue of issues and pull requests.
 # **Who does it impact**: Everyone that works on docs or docs-internal.
 
+#on:
+  #schedule:
+   # - cron: '20 16 * * *' # Run every day at 16:20 UTC / 8:20 PST
+
+#permissions:
+  #contents: read
+  #issues: write
+  #pull-requests: write
+
+#jobs:
+  #stale:
+    #if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
+    #runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    #steps:
+      #- uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
+        #with:
+          #repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          #stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
+          #stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
+          #days-before-stale: 365
+          #days-before-close: 0
+          #stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+          #stale-pr-label: 'stale'
+          #exempt-pr-labels: 'never-stale,waiting for review'
+          #exempt-issue-labels: 'never-stale,help wanted,waiting for review'
+          #operations-per-run: 1000
+          #close-issue-reason: not_planned
+
+      #- name: Check out repo
+        #if: ${{ failure() }}
+        #uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      #- uses: ./.github/actions/slack-alert
+        #if: ${{ failure() }}
+        #with:
+          #slack_channel_id: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          #slack_token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+
+name: 'Marks stale issues and PRs'
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '20 16 * * *' # Run every day at 16:20 UTC / 8:20 PST
@@ -11,32 +49,16 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
   issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   stale:
-    if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
-          stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
+          stale-issue-label: 'stale, triage' # The label that will be added to the issues when automatically marked as stale
+          start-date: '2024-11-25T00:00:00Z' # Skip stale action for issues/PRs created before it
           days-before-stale: 365
-          days-before-close: 0
-          stale-issue-label: 'stale'
-          stale-pr-label: 'stale'
-          exempt-pr-labels: 'never-stale,waiting for review'
-          exempt-issue-labels: 'never-stale,help wanted,waiting for review'
-          operations-per-run: 1000
-          close-issue-reason: not_planned
-
-      - name: Check out repo
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/slack-alert
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        with:
-          slack_channel_id: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
-          slack_token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          days-before-close: -1 # If -1, the issues nor pull requests will never be closed automatically.
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1 # If  -1, no pull requests will be marked as stale automatically.
+          exempt-issue-labels: 'never-stale, help wanted' # issues labeled as such will be excluded them from being marked as stale