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abcd's setup questions in a terminal are unclear to a product thinker and to a technical facilitator. Seen on 2026-10-12 with abcd ahoy remote apply on a managed repository: (1) a meaningless 'Setup Q1' heading; (2) the question names raw API keys ('secret_scanning: disabled -> enabled; secret_scanning_push_protection: disabled -> enabled') where plain words are needed; (3) the option meanings are circular ('Makes the change the question names') or wrong for the verb ('so the next install asks again' on a remote apply), and 'No, leave it' and 'Decide later' read the same; (4) 'Now: not applicable' and 'Change later: not applicable' lines are printed as noise; (5) the cursor highlight is not recognisable as the selection, so the person could not tell which option they had picked, and the result line 'abcd ahoy remote apply — clean' after a change does not say plainly that it succeeded.
abcd's setup questions in a terminal are unclear to a product thinker and to a technical facilitator. Seen on 2026-10-12 with abcd ahoy remote apply on a managed repository: (1) a meaningless 'Setup Q1' heading; (2) the question names raw API keys ('secret_scanning: disabled -> enabled; secret_scanning_push_protection: disabled -> enabled') where plain words are needed; (3) the option meanings are circular ('Makes the change the question names') or wrong for the verb ('so the next install asks again' on a remote apply), and 'No, leave it' and 'Decide later' read the same; (4) 'Now: not applicable' and 'Change later: not applicable' lines are printed as noise; (5) the cursor highlight is not recognisable as the selection, so the person could not tell which option they had picked, and the result line 'abcd ahoy remote apply — clean' after a change does not say plainly that it succeeded.
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| id | iss-2610121541515477 |
|---|---|
| type | issue |
| lifecycle | open |
| severity | minor |
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