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# Automatic closing of vulnerable items and detections

# Automatic closing of
vulnerable items and detections {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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You can automatically close stale detections and vulnerable items (VIs) associated with retired CIs using the Auto-Close rules module.  
You can automatically close stale detections and VIs in the following scenarios:

* [Automatically close stale detections in Vulnerability Response](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Z8V~V6_DMMMKJxFgwTU19w "Enable Auto-Close Stale Detections to automatically close stale vulnerable detections not recently found by your third-party integrations.")
* [Automatically close vulnerable items related to retired CIs](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/SqCCvdiHbCSgLUG1UkbtvA "If the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) changes the life cycle stage status of a configuration item (CI) to retired, you can choose to automatically close the associated vulnerable items (VIs) and detections.")
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For information on working with retired configuration items, see [Working with retired configuration items](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Pbh00S748eQXnzSHT75JLA "Decommissioned configuration items (CIs) are moved to retired, archived, or deleted state in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Vulnerability Response contains vulnerable items (VIs) that are made up of CIs. When the state of a CI is updated to retired, the associated VIs are closed with the substate 'CI decommissioned'.") and [Create auto-close rules](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/l~nX339uV8ceYJ5et5lDFQ "Use auto-close rules to close older detections automatically based on the filter conditions that you set.").