diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 297540be..6f6d895d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.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
diff --git a/dists/ipfs-cluster-ctl/versions b/dists/ipfs-cluster-ctl/versions
index d9387931..0366b163 100644
--- a/dists/ipfs-cluster-ctl/versions
+++ b/dists/ipfs-cluster-ctl/versions
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ v1.0.0-rc4
 v1.0.0-rc5
 v1.0.0
 v1.0.1
+v1.0.2-rc1
diff --git a/dists/ipfs-cluster-follow/versions b/dists/ipfs-cluster-follow/versions
index fef7dbc2..f9d8234a 100644
--- a/dists/ipfs-cluster-follow/versions
+++ b/dists/ipfs-cluster-follow/versions
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ v1.0.0-rc4
 v1.0.0-rc5
 v1.0.0
 v1.0.1
+v1.0.2-rc1
diff --git a/dists/ipfs-cluster-service/versions b/dists/ipfs-cluster-service/versions
index bc8073b6..cd3f77be 100644
--- a/dists/ipfs-cluster-service/versions
+++ b/dists/ipfs-cluster-service/versions
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ v1.0.0-rc4
 v1.0.0-rc5
 v1.0.0
 v1.0.1
+v1.0.2-rc1