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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. 

 


BStead 367a84d nclack
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@VWeseman 970b254 abcusd Have you tried adjusting your rule to use “Set Status (only close if required steps completed)'”  I know I had an issue awhile back and switching to this allowed my status to update.

If you notice that sometime it is triggering the status change and other times it is not this could be a bug and I would report it to iiQ. I currently have a ticket open with support regarding status not always changing but it’s more related that even though it meets the rules criteria the rule log shows it didn't trigger.


VWeseman 970b254 abcusd
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@Kathryn Carter ​@BStead 367a84d nclack

Thank you for your responses. I’m still digging within the system to see what’s going on. We have one ticket left open that will not run through the rules. Even doing the simulation this ticket won’t trigger the rule to fire. We are meeting with our CSM soon, hoping they can give us some insite as well.