diff --git a/osc-staging.py b/osc-staging.py
index 655d15e6..e08ce4e6 100644
--- a/osc-staging.py
+++ b/osc-staging.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
                     print('--move and --from must be used with explicit staging and request list')
                     return
 
-                open_requests = api.get_open_requests()
+                open_requests = api.get_open_requests({'withhistory': 1})
                 if len(open_requests) == 0:
                     print('No open requests to consider')
                     return
diff --git a/osclib/request_splitter.py b/osclib/request_splitter.py
index f96e9b8b..39b45e5f 100644
--- a/osclib/request_splitter.py
+++ b/osclib/request_splitter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+import dateutil.parser
 import hashlib
 from lxml import etree as ET
 
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ class RequestSplitter(object):
         self.requests = requests
         self.in_ring = in_ring
         self.mergeable_build_percent = 80
+        # 55 minutes to avoid two staging bot loops of 30 minutes
+        self.age_threshold = 55 * 60
 
         self.requests_ignored = self.api.get_ignored_requests()
 
@@ -54,14 +58,14 @@ class RequestSplitter(object):
     def filter_only(self):
         ret = []
         for request in self.requests:
-            self.suppliment(request)
+            self.supplement(request)
             if self.filter_check(request):
                 ret.append(request)
         return ret
 
     def split(self):
         for request in self.requests:
-            self.suppliment(request)
+            self.supplement(request)
 
             if not self.filter_check(request):
                 continue
@@ -83,12 +87,18 @@ class RequestSplitter(object):
             else:
                 self.other.append(request)
 
-    def suppliment(self, request):
+    def supplement(self, request):
         """ Provide additional information for grouping """
         if request.get('ignored'):
             # Only supliment once.
             return
 
+        history = request.find('history')
+        if history is not None:
+            created = dateutil.parser.parse(request.find('history').get('when'))
+            delta = datetime.utcnow() - created
+            request.set('aged', str(delta.total_seconds() > self.age_threshold))
+
         target = request.find('./action/target')
         target_project = target.get('project')
         target_package = target.get('package')
@@ -107,9 +117,9 @@ class RequestSplitter(object):
         if request_id in self.requests_ignored:
             request.set('ignored', str(self.requests_ignored[request_id]))
         else:
-            request.set('ignored', 'false')
+            request.set('ignored', 'False')
 
-        request.set('postponed', 'false')
+        request.set('postponed', 'False')
 
     def ring_get(self, target_package):
         if self.api.crings:
@@ -259,7 +269,7 @@ class RequestSplitter(object):
             return
 
         for request in self.grouped[group]['requests']:
-            request.set('postponed', 'true')
+            request.set('postponed', 'True')
 
     def propose_staging(self, choose_bootstrapped):
         found = False
@@ -347,8 +357,12 @@ class Strategy(object):
 class StrategyNone(Strategy):
     def apply(self, splitter):
         splitter.filter_add('./action[not(@type="add_role" or @type="change_devel")]')
-        splitter.filter_add('@ignored="false"')
-        splitter.filter_add('@postponed="false"')
+        # All other strategies that inherit this are not restricted by age as
+        # the age restriction is used to allow other strategies to be observed.
+        if type(self) is StrategyNone:
+            splitter.filter_add('@aged="True"')
+        splitter.filter_add('@ignored="False"')
+        splitter.filter_add('@postponed="False"')
 
 class StrategyRequests(Strategy):
     def apply(self, splitter):
diff --git a/osclib/stagingapi.py b/osclib/stagingapi.py
index 8ebc0af2..a5a48c24 100644
--- a/osclib/stagingapi.py
+++ b/osclib/stagingapi.py
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         self.save_file_content('{}:Staging'.format(self.project), 'dashboard', 'ignored_requests', ignore)
 
     @memoize(session=True, add_invalidate=True)
-    def get_open_requests(self):
+    def get_open_requests(self, query_extra=None):
         """
         Get all requests with open review for staging project
         that are not yet included in any staging project
@@ -559,14 +559,16 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         requests = []
 
         # xpath query, using the -m, -r, -s options
-        where = "@by_group='{}'+and+@state='new'".format(self.cstaging_group)
+        where = "@by_group='{}' and @state='new'".format(self.cstaging_group)
         projects = [format(self.project)]
         if self.cnonfree:
             projects.append(self.cnonfree)
         targets = ["target[@project='{}']".format(p) for p in projects]
 
-        query = "match=state/@name='review'+and+review[{}]+and+({})".format(
-            where, '+or+'.join(targets))
+        query = {'match': "state/@name='review' and review[{}] and ({})".format(
+            where, ' or '.join(targets))}
+        if query_extra is not None:
+            query.update(query_extra)
         url = self.makeurl(['search', 'request'], query)
         f = http_GET(url)
         root = ET.parse(f).getroot()
diff --git a/tests/obs.py b/tests/obs.py
index 49e765ac..eaa2a210 100644
--- a/tests/obs.py
+++ b/tests/obs.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import string
 import time
+import urllib2
 import urlparse
 import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
 
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ class OBS(object):
     @GET('/search/request')
     def search_request(self, request, uri, headers):
         """Return a search result for /search/request."""
-        query = urlparse.urlparse(uri).query
+        query = urllib2.unquote(urlparse.urlparse(uri).query)
         assert query in (
             "match=state/@name='review'+and+review[@by_group='factory-staging'+and+@state='new']+and+(target[@project='openSUSE:Factory']+or+target[@project='openSUSE:Factory:NonFree'])",
             "match=state/@name='review'+and+review[@by_user='factory-repo-checker'+and+@state='new']+and+(target[@project='openSUSE:Factory']+or+target[@project='openSUSE:Factory:NonFree'])"