# Cleanup Stale Executions

> Clean up stale skill executions from skill_execution.json. Marks running >30min or inactive >10min as failed, removes completed >5min old. Run periodically via cron. Use when user says "cleanup executions" or "stale skill cleanup".

- Skill: `dmzoneill/cleanup-stale-executions` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add dmzoneill/cleanup-stale-executions`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/dmzoneill/cleanup-stale-executions/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: dmzoneill (https://skillmd.com/u/dmzoneill)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/dmzoneill/cleanup-stale-executions

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# Cleanup Stale Executions

Maintenance skill for `~/.config/aa-workflow/skill_execution.json`.

## Inputs

None.

## Workflow

### 1. Load Execution File
- Read `~/.config/aa-workflow/skill_execution.json`
- If missing: return "No execution file found"

### 2. Process Executions
- **Stale running**: status=running, elapsed >30min OR (elapsed >10min AND last event >10min ago) → mark as failed, add stale event
- **Old completed**: status in (success, failed), endTime >5min ago → remove from file
- **Idle placeholders**: keys with "None" or status=idle → remove

### 3. Save
- Update `lastUpdated`, write back to file

### 4. Log
- `memory_session_log("Stale execution cleanup", "Cleaned X, marked Y stale, Z remaining")`

## Output

Summary: stale_marked, cleaned, remaining.