diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale_issues_and_pr_cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/stale_issues_and_pr_cleanup.yml
index 5cae94f8f7a7..4124117eb749 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_issues_and_pr_cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale_issues_and_pr_cleanup.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       debug-only:
         description: 'debug-only'     
         required: false
-        default: true
+        default: false
       days-before-stale:
         description: 'days-before-stale'     
         required: false
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ jobs:
           exempt-issue-labels: ${{ github.event.inputs.exempt-issue-labels || env.DEFAULT_EXEMPT_ISSUE_LABELS }}
           exempt-pr-labels: ${{ github.event.inputs.exempt-pr-labels || env.DEFAULT_EXEMPT_PR_LABELS }}
           exempt-all-milestones: true
-          operations-per-run: 1000 #using during debug mode to capture all the tickets impacted
+          operations-per-run: 200 #keeping this a bit higher because it processes newest tickets to oldest
           debug-only: ${{ github.event.inputs.debug-only || env.DEFAULT_DEBUG_ONLY }}