tracking-issues

Productivity

Track context across sessions for long-running features. Use when starting multi-session work, checkpointing progress, or resuming work on a feature tracked in a GitHub issue.

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Tracking Long-Running Work

Use GitHub issues as living documents to maintain context across work sessions. One issue per user-facing feature.

Quick Reference

# Find active work
gh issue list --label tracking-issue

# Check a specific issue
gh issue view <number>

When to Use

Not for RFC features. RFC-tracked work uses impl.md in the RFC directory for detailed progress tracking. A GitHub issue for an RFC should just be a lightweight pointer with links to the RFC and its impl status (e.g., https://dada-lang.org/rfcs/NNNN-feature-name/impl.html).

For non-RFC work (refactors, bug investigations, infrastructure) that spans 2+ sessions or multiple code areas, use a tracking issue.

Issue Structure

Labels: tracking-issue, ai-managed, plus type (feature, bug, refactor)

Title: Clear user-facing outcome (not "encryption work" — instead "Implement client-side encryption")

OP template (keep updated as the living summary):

# Feature Name

**Status**: Planning | In Progress | Blocked | Complete

## Current Understanding
Brief summary of what needs to be done and current approach

## Next Steps
- [ ] Specific actionable item with file:line references
- [ ] Another concrete next step

## Open Questions
- What we're still figuring out

## Context
Key background and why this work matters now

Working with Issues

Starting a session

Read the issue OP to understand current state. Work from "Next Steps."

During work

Update OP when: approach changes, major blockers discovered, next steps shift
Add comments when: completing work sessions, discovering insights, hitting roadblocks

Checkpointing

Find relevant tracking issue
Draft a comment summarizing the session
Show draft to user for approval before posting
Update OP if approach or next steps changed

Comment structure

**Session summary:**
- What was attempted or explored
- Key discoveries or problems encountered

**Impact on approach:**
- How understanding changed
- New questions that emerged

**Progress:** Completed items from next steps, what's next

Completion

Set status to "Complete" and close the issue.

Boundaries

Only modify issues labeled ai-managed
Always get user approval before posting comments or editing the OP
Reference issues in commit messages when relevant