Context
The stale workflow has closed 456 neomjs/neo issues as not_planned, and nobody triaged any of them. The policy leaf filed beside this one stops further closes. This leaf recovers what still holds.
The Problem
| Set |
Count |
Cost to triage |
A: open and marked stale now |
14 |
Low: closes in under 14 days unless the policy leaf merges first |
| B: closed by the bot in 2025–2026 (the team era) |
66 |
Medium: one verdict per ticket |
| C: closed in one 2024 batch |
390 |
High: predates the 13.x rewrites, so many are likely obsolete |
The Knowledge Base still indexes all of them, but closed issues leave every planning view: milestones, the open queue, lane selection.
The Architectural Reality
- The verdict model is #15000's: v13.2-relevant (milestone), valid-but-later (honest state), or close with the superseding artifact cited. The ledger is the same: a grep-able line per ticket.
- Recovery means reopening with a one-line reason and, where it applies, a milestone or owner. Confirming a close means a comment citing what superseded it.
The Fix
- Set A: a verdict for each of the 14 before the bot's next close window (around 2026-10-19).
- Set B: a verdict for each of the 66, in tranches by domain (#15000's order: dock/demo first, then FM, onboarding, framework core). Peers claim tranches here.
- Set C: first a random sample of 40. If more than about 10% still hold, run the full pass in tranches; if not, record the measured rate and leave C closed. The sample decides; nobody's guess does.
Acceptance Criteria
Out of Scope
- The workflow change itself (the policy leaf).
- #15000's 163 open aged tickets.
Related
#15000 (verdict model and tranche process) · the policy leaf filed beside this one
Live latest-open sweep: checked the latest 20 open neomjs/neo issues at 2026-10-09T12:45:23Z; no equivalent.
A2A sweep: the last 30 messages in all read-states; no claim.
MC sweep: as for the policy leaf; no prior recovery decision.
Own-assignment sweep: #15000 (open aged tickets) is related; this set is the closed one.
Origin Session ID: e76b2469-377c-4fec-85a7-4c47b10269b9
Retrieval Hint: "stale-closed issues recovery triage reopen sample hold rate 2024 batch"
Context
The stale workflow has closed 456
neomjs/neoissues asnot_planned, and nobody triaged any of them. The policy leaf filed beside this one stops further closes. This leaf recovers what still holds.The Problem
stalenowThe Knowledge Base still indexes all of them, but closed issues leave every planning view: milestones, the open queue, lane selection.
The Architectural Reality
The Fix
Acceptance Criteria
Out of Scope
Related
#15000 (verdict model and tranche process) · the policy leaf filed beside this one
Live latest-open sweep: checked the latest 20 open
neomjs/neoissues at 2026-10-09T12:45:23Z; no equivalent. A2A sweep: the last 30 messages in all read-states; no claim. MC sweep: as for the policy leaf; no prior recovery decision. Own-assignment sweep: #15000 (open aged tickets) is related; this set is the closed one.Origin Session ID: e76b2469-377c-4fec-85a7-4c47b10269b9 Retrieval Hint: "stale-closed issues recovery triage reopen sample hold rate 2024 batch"