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title: Automatic closing of vulnerable items and detections
description: You can automatically close stale detections and vulnerable items \(VIs\) associated with retired CIs using the Auto-Close rules module.
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release: australia
product: Vulnerability Response
classification: vulnerability-response
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [auto-close vulnerable items, auto-close detections]
breadcrumb: [Triage vulnerabilities automatically, Vulnerability Response remediation overview, Vulnerability Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Security Operations]
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# Automatic closing of vulnerable items and detections

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://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/vr-autoclose-detections.md)
-   [Automatically close vulnerable items related to retired CIs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/auto-close-vis.md)

For information on working with retired configuration items, see [Working with retired configuration items](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/working-with-retired-CIs.md) and [Create auto-close rules](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/create-auto-close-rules.md).