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Manage GitHub issues, labels, and project boards for the Arize-ai/phoenix repository. Use when filing roadmap issues, triaging bugs, applying labels, managing the Phoenix roadmap project board, or querying issue/project state via the GitHub CLI.

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Phoenix GitHub

Reference for managing issues, labels, and project boards on the Arize-ai/phoenix repository using the gh CLI.

Repository

Arize-ai/phoenix

Quick Reference

TaskSee
File a roadmap epicRoadmap Issues
Apply the right labelsLabel Taxonomy
Add an issue to the roadmap projectProject Board
Set project dates or statusProject Board
Create a bug or feature requestStandard Issues

Label Taxonomy

Component Labels (c/)

Every issue should have at least one component label.

LabelArea
c/uiFrontend / React UI
c/serverFastAPI backend / server logic
c/tracesTracing, spans, OpenTelemetry ingestion
c/evalsEvaluations framework
c/datasetsDatasets CRUD and management
c/experimentsExperiment runs and comparisons
c/annotationsHuman annotations and queues
c/promptsPrompt management and prompt SDK
c/playgroundLLM playground and provider support
c/agentsIn-browser or terminal AI agents for Phoenix (PXI)
c/clientPython/TypeScript SDK and REST client
c/cli@arizeai/phoenix-cli
c/apiREST API surface
c/sessionsSessions and session tracking
c/otelOpenTelemetry / OTel ingestion
c/rbacRole-based access control
c/authAuthentication
c/infraInfrastructure, jobs, storage connectors
c/helmHelm chart / Kubernetes deployment
c/mcpMCP (Model Context Protocol) integration
c/filtersFilter UI and filter logic
c/metricsMetrics and aggregations
c/dxDeveloper experience

Priority Labels

LabelUse
priority: highestRoadmap epics and critical P0 bugs
priority: highImportant but not blocking
priority: mediumNormal queue work
priority: lowNice-to-have

Type / Status Labels

LabelUse
roadmapHigh-level roadmap epic
bugSomething isn't working
enhancementNew feature or improvement
documentationDocs-only change
triageNeeds triage by the team
blockedBlocked on external dependency
backlogAcknowledged but not scheduled
needs informationAwaiting info from the reporter
design / needs designNeeds design work before engineering
onboardingRelated to new-user onboarding flows
phoenix-cloudArize-hosted Phoenix (cloud) specific
user requestRequested by a user
good-agent-issueWell-scoped enough for an AI agent to pick up
agent-in-progressAn agent is currently working on this issue

Roadmap Issues

Roadmap issues are high-level epics representing product initiatives.

Title Format

🗺️ [category] Title

The 🗺️ prefix marks an epic. Sub-issues that roll up under an epic use the same [category] bracket but drop the emoji (e.g. [agents] dataset tools).

Categories: ui/ux, agents, tools, tracing/traces, sessions, evals, server-evals, sandboxes, annotations, prompts, datasets/experiments, infrastructure, enterprise, sdk/connectors. A few standalone epics use a product name instead of a bracket (e.g. @arizeai/phoenix-cli, REST API).

Labels per Category

Every roadmap epic gets roadmap + enhancement. Add priority: highest for actively-prioritized epics, plus the relevant component label(s):

CategoryComponent labels
ui/uxc/ui
agentsc/agents
toolsc/agents (often none beyond roadmap)
tracing / tracesc/traces
sessionsc/sessions, c/ui
evalsc/evals (add c/playground when playground-related)
server-evals / sandboxesc/evals, c/server
annotationsc/annotations
promptsc/prompts, c/playground
datasets/experimentsc/datasets, c/experiments
infrastructurec/infra
enterprisec/rbac, c/auth
sdk/connectorsc/client
@arizeai/phoenix-clic/cli, c/dx
REST APIc/api, c/server

Body Template

<one-line description of the initiative>

## Spike

- [ ]

## Front End

- [ ]

## Back End

- [ ]

## Open Questions

-

Creating a Roadmap Issue

gh issue create \
  --repo Arize-ai/phoenix \
  --title "🗺️ [category] Title" \
  --label "roadmap,priority: highest,c/ui" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
Description of the initiative.

## Spike

- [ ]

## Front End

- [ ]

## Back End

- [ ]

## Open Questions

-
EOF
)"

Project Board

Phoenix Roadmap (Project #45)

The canonical roadmap board for open-source Phoenix.

FieldID
Project IDPVT_kwDOA5FfSM4AJaRo
Start DatePVTF_lADOA5FfSM4AJaRozgInoCI
Target DatePVTF_lADOA5FfSM4AJaRozgInn58
StatusPVTSSF_lADOA5FfSM4AJaRozgFw9n0

Status option IDs:

StatusOption ID
Todof75ad846
In Progress47fc9ee4
Done98236657

Add an Issue to the Project

# 1. Get the issue node ID
NODE_ID=$(gh api repos/Arize-ai/phoenix/issues/{number} --jq '.node_id')

# 2. Add to project, capture item ID
ITEM_ID=$(gh api graphql -f query='
  mutation($project: ID!, $content: ID!) {
    addProjectV2ItemById(input: {projectId: $project, contentId: $content}) {
      item { id }
    }
  }' \
  -f project="PVT_kwDOA5FfSM4AJaRo" \
  -f content="$NODE_ID" \
  --jq '.data.addProjectV2ItemById.item.id')

Set Start / Target Date

gh api graphql -f query='
  mutation($project: ID!, $item: ID!, $field: ID!, $value: Date!) {
    updateProjectV2ItemFieldValue(input: {
      projectId: $project, itemId: $item, fieldId: $field,
      value: {date: $value}
    }) { projectV2Item { id } }
  }' \
  -f project="PVT_kwDOA5FfSM4AJaRo" \
  -f item="$ITEM_ID" \
  -f field="PVTF_lADOA5FfSM4AJaRozgInoCI" \  # Start Date field
  -f value="2026-04-01"

Set Status

gh api graphql -f query='
  mutation($project: ID!, $item: ID!, $field: ID!, $option: String!) {
    updateProjectV2ItemFieldValue(input: {
      projectId: $project, itemId: $item, fieldId: $field,
      value: {singleSelectOptionId: $option}
    }) { projectV2Item { id } }
  }' \
  -f project="PVT_kwDOA5FfSM4AJaRo" \
  -f item="$ITEM_ID" \
  -f field="PVTSSF_lADOA5FfSM4AJaRozgFw9n0" \
  -f option="47fc9ee4"   # In Progress

Remove an Issue from a Project

Requires the project item ID (not the issue number). Paginate if the project has many items:

gh api graphql -f query='
  mutation($project: ID!, $item: ID!) {
    deleteProjectV2Item(input: {projectId: $project, itemId: $item}) {
      deletedItemId
    }
  }' \
  -f project="PVT_kwDOA5FfSM4AJaRo" \
  -f item="$ITEM_ID"

Note: gh issue create does not support --json. Capture the issue URL from stdout and extract the number with grep -oE '[0-9]+

#x27;.


Standard Issues

Bug Report

gh issue create \
  --repo Arize-ai/phoenix \
  --title "Short description of the bug" \
  --label "bug,triage,c/traces" \
  --body "..."

Feature Request

gh issue create \
  --repo Arize-ai/phoenix \
  --title "Short description of the feature" \
  --label "enhancement,c/ui" \
  --body "..."

Querying the Roadmap

The roadmap is large and changes constantly, so query it live rather than relying on a snapshot. The current epics seed from #11618–#11666 (Start: 2026-02-20, Target: 2026-08-31), with newer epics in the #12xxx–#13xxx range.

# All open roadmap epics, newest first
gh issue list --repo Arize-ai/phoenix --label roadmap --state open \
  --limit 100 --json number,title,labels \
  --jq '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'

# Filter to a category (e.g. agents)
gh issue list --repo Arize-ai/phoenix --label roadmap --state open \
  --search "in:title [agents]" --json number,title \
  --jq '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'

# Roadmap epics for a component (e.g. evals)
gh issue list --repo Arize-ai/phoenix --label "roadmap,c/evals" --state open \
  --json number,title --jq '.[] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'

Epics group their child issues as a markdown checklist in the body (often bucketed by Phoenix surface — Datasets, Prompts, Playground, Experiments, Evals — with a ## ✅ Completed section). When filing a sub-issue, link it back from the parent's checklist.