# Variable: ACTIVITY\_STALE\_SECONDS

```ts
const ACTIVITY_STALE_SECONDS: 300 = 300;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/schemas/automations.ts:196](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/schemas/automations.ts#L196)

How long a `working` or `waiting` activity is believed without a change:
one whose writer went away mid-way would otherwise show forever.
