diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
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+name: Close stale issues
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  schedule:
+  # Uses UTC so it runs at 10PM PDT
+  - cron: "0 6 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  cleanup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Stale issue job
+    steps:
+    - uses: aws-actions/stale-issue-cleanup@v3
+      with:
+        issue-types: issues
+      
+        # Setting messages to an empty string will cause the automation to skip
+        # that category
+        ancient-issue-message: |
+          This issue has not received any attention in 1 year.
+          If you want to keep this issue open, please leave a comment below and auto-close will be canceled.
+        stale-issue-message: |
+          This issue has not received a response in 14 days.
+          If you want to keep this issue open, please leave a comment below and auto-close will be canceled.
+        stale-pr-message: |
+          This PR has not received a response in 14 days.
+          If you want to keep this issue open, please leave a comment below and auto-close will be canceled.
+
+        # These labels are required
+        stale-issue-label: blocked/close-if-inactive
+        exempt-issue-labels: no-autoclose, stage/needs-attention
+        stale-pr-label: blocked/close-if-inactive
+        exempt-pr-labels: no-autoclose, type/feature
+        response-requested-label: blocked/more-info-needed
+
+        # Don't set this to not apply a label when closing issues
+        closed-for-staleness-label: stage/closed-for-inactivity
+
+        # Issue timing
+        days-before-stale: 14
+        days-before-close: 7
+        days-before-ancient: 365
+
+        # If you don't want to mark a issue as being ancient based on a
+        # threshold of "upvotes", you can set this here. An "upvote" is
+        # the total number of +1, heart, hooray, and rocket reactions
+        # on an issue.
+        minimum-upvotes-to-exempt: 10
+
+        # need a repo scope token here to make this action can trigger other github actions
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.STALE_BOT_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/closed-issue-message.yml b/.github/workflows/closed-issue-message.yml
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+name: Closed issue message
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [ closed ]
+jobs:
+  auto_comment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: aws-actions/closed-issue-message@v1
+        with:
+          # These inputs are both required
+          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          message: |
+            ### ⚠️COMMENT VISIBILITY WARNING⚠️
+            Comments on closed issues are hard for our team to see.
+            If you need more assistance, please either tag a team member or open a new issue that references this one.
+            If you wish to keep having a conversation with other community members under this issue feel free to do so.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/need-attention-label.yml b/.github/workflows/need-attention-label.yml
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+name: Add need attention label
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created, edited]
+
+jobs:
+  apply-label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        # the login of our bot called 'sam-cli-bot'
+        if: github.event.sender.login != 'aws-sam-cli-stale-bot'
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            github.issues.addLabels({
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              labels: ['stage/needs-attention']
+            })