diff --git a/files/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/files/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 297540b..6f6d895 100644
--- a/files/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/files/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         close-issue-message: 'This issue was closed because it is missing author input.'
         stale-issue-label: 'kind/stale'
         any-of-labels: 'need/author-input'
-        exempt-issue-labels: 'need/triage,need/community-input,need/maintainer-input,need/maintainers-input,need/analysis'
+        exempt-issue-labels: 'need/triage,need/community-input,need/maintainer-input,need/maintainers-input,need/analysis,status/blocked,status/in-progress,status/ready,status/deferred,status/inactive'
         days-before-issue-stale: 6
         days-before-issue-close: 7
         enable-statistics: true