diff --git a/ISSUE_TRIAGE.md b/ISSUE_TRIAGE.md
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@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ All issues follow the flow outlined below. Your job as an issue maintainer is to
 
 The first step is in determining whether the issue is a bug, help question or feature request. Read on for more details.
 
+We have [Stale bot](https://github.com/probot/stale) watching this repository with these [settings](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/devel/.github/stale.yml) and closing stale issues and PRs. Items marked as `confirmed`, `pinned` or `security` are never considered stale.
+
 ### Bugs
 
 1. Duplicates should be closed and marked as such.