diff --git a/pkg/cli/compile_maintenance_test.go b/pkg/cli/compile_maintenance_test.go
index 8da2f28931d..c49434d8ba3 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/compile_maintenance_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/compile_maintenance_test.go
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ engine: copilot
 safe-outputs:
   create-issue:
     max: 1
+  noop: false
 ---
 
 Test workflow that creates issues without expiration.
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow.go b/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow.go
index 644ac7e955f..3a9848c6d7e 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow.go
@@ -122,8 +122,14 @@ type GenerateMaintenanceWorkflowOptions struct {
 	RepoSlug         string
 }
 
+const defaultNoOpIssueExpirationHours = 24 * 30
+
+func isNoOpReportAsIssueEnabled(reportAsIssue *string) bool {
+	return reportAsIssue == nil || !strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(*reportAsIssue), "false")
+}
+
 // GenerateMaintenanceWorkflow generates the agentics-maintenance.yml workflow
-// if any workflows use the expires field for discussions or issues.
+// if any workflows use expiring safe outputs or noop issue reporting.
 // When opts.RepoConfig is non-nil and opts.RepoConfig.MaintenanceDisabled is true the
 // maintenance workflow is deleted and the function returns immediately.
 // opts.RepoSlug is the owner/repo slug used to determine the default branch for the push
@@ -343,6 +349,17 @@ func scanWorkflowsForExpires(workflowDataList []*WorkflowData) (bool, int) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		// Check for no-op runs issue expiration (runtime defaults to 30 days)
+		if workflowData.SafeOutputs.NoOp != nil {
+			if isNoOpReportAsIssueEnabled(workflowData.SafeOutputs.NoOp.ReportAsIssue) {
+				hasExpires = true
+				expires := defaultNoOpIssueExpirationHours
+				maintenanceLog.Printf("Workflow %s has no-op report-as-issue enabled, using %d-hour no-op issue expiration", workflowData.Name, expires)
+				if minExpires == 0 || expires < minExpires {
+					minExpires = expires
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return hasExpires, minExpires
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow_test.go b/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow_test.go
index 66de6989e39..5c3beac7d44 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/maintenance_workflow_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,49 @@ func TestGenerateMaintenanceWorkflow_WithExpires(t *testing.T) {
 			expectWorkflowGenerated: true,
 			expectError:             false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "with noop report-as-issue default - should generate workflow",
+			workflowDataList: []*WorkflowData{
+				{
+					Name: "noop-default-workflow",
+					SafeOutputs: &SafeOutputsConfig{
+						NoOp: &NoOpConfig{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectWorkflowGenerated: true,
+			expectError:             false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with noop report-as-issue false - should NOT generate workflow",
+			workflowDataList: []*WorkflowData{
+				{
+					Name: "noop-disabled-report-workflow",
+					SafeOutputs: &SafeOutputsConfig{
+						NoOp: &NoOpConfig{
+							ReportAsIssue: strPtr("false"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectWorkflowGenerated: false,
+			expectError:             false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with noop report-as-issue true - should generate workflow",
+			workflowDataList: []*WorkflowData{
+				{
+					Name: "noop-explicit-report-workflow",
+					SafeOutputs: &SafeOutputsConfig{
+						NoOp: &NoOpConfig{
+							ReportAsIssue: strPtr("true"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectWorkflowGenerated: true,
+			expectError:             false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {