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2026-10-31 — The product thinker ruled on 2026-10-31, on iss-2610311224587853, that the board's Next list shows only intents that pass the build's record-only pre-start checks; an intent that fails one (a spec with no footprint, an open question, a hold, an unsettled blocker, no step left) is listed under Later with the failing check named, as the pick head already treats it, and the issue is fixed as a defect rather than planned as an intent. Rejected: keeping such intents in Next marked with their failing check, since Next would mix buildable and blocked work; and promoting the issue to an intent, since Next would mislead until it shipped.
2026-10-31 — The product thinker ruled on 2026-10-31, on iss-2610311224587853, that the board's Next list shows only intents that pass the build's record-only pre-start checks; an intent that fails one (a spec with no footprint, an open question, a hold, an unsettled blocker, no step left) is listed under Later with the failing check named, as the pick head already treats it, and the issue is fixed as a defect rather than planned as an intent. Rejected: keeping such intents in Next marked with their failing check, since Next would mix buildable and blocked work; and promoting the issue to an intent, since Next would mislead until it shipped.
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| id | dcn-2610311251013647 |
|---|---|
| type | decision |
| date | 2026-10-31 |
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- iss-2610311224587853The board's Next list, which the product thinker picks build runs from, shows as ready two intents that abcd build refuses from the record alone, before any reservation is read: itd-50, whose spec spc-2609211924346308 has no ## Footprint packages line, and itd-39, whose ## Open Questions section the build counts as asking one question. The pick-order head skips such intents, but Next lists them unmarked, so a person who chooses from Next gets a refusal instead of a run and cannot tell the two kinds of ready apart.