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Stale ticket counter

  • December 30, 2025
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VWeseman 970b254 abcusd
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Hoping to get some clarification on stale tickets, specifically how the stale ticket count works and what triggers the stale ticket to reset.

We currently have ‘Waiting on Requestor’ rules in place that send reminders to our requestors when a ticket has been sitting in that status for a specified amount of time. When each rule is triggered, it is suppose to change the status from ‘Waiting on Requestor’ to our custom reminder 1, 2, 3, etc. I understood that this rule would count how long the ticket sat at the specified status, and then trigger the next rule. However, we’re finding that the statuses aren’t changing.

It seems like the stale count is resetting when the ticket is simply touched (opened) even though no changes are being made within. Is anyone else experincing this issue, or have any suggestions to fix this?

Screenshot of one of the current rules...maybe we’re doing something wrong?

 

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Kathryn Carter
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  • January 2, 2026

@VWeseman 970b254 abcusd Thank you for submitting your question to our community! 😄  

As I was reading your post, you are seeing that even if someone opens the ticket that it is resetting the stale ticket clock? That is interesting because it would be based off of any updates added to the ticket. If this is the case, please submit a ticket to support.