diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml
index bb0efd38ae48f6..8147806039e33e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 name: Close stale feature requests
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # Run every day at 1:00 AM UTC.
-    - cron: 0 1 * * *
+    inputs:
+      daysBeforeStale:
+        description: Idle number of days before marking feature requests stale
+        required: true
+        default: 906
+        type: number
 
 # yamllint disable rule:empty-lines
 env:
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          days-before-stale: 906
+          days-before-stale: ${{ github.event.input.daysBeforeStale }}
           days-before-close: 30
           stale-issue-label: stale
           close-issue-message: ${{ env.CLOSE_MESSAGE }}
@@ -44,5 +47,5 @@ jobs:
           only-labels: feature request
           exempt-pr-labels: never-stale
           # max requests it will send per run to the GitHub API before it deliberately exits to avoid hitting API rate limits
-          operations-per-run: 30
+          operations-per-run: 500
           remove-stale-when-updated: true