describeIssue discards ListResult.Skipped, so an issue file that exists but is unparseable (broken frontmatter) makes abcd iss-N report 'not found in the issue ledger' — a diagnostic that misleads about a record physically present in a status dir. Surface the skip roster in the fault: 'iss-N present but unreadable at <path>: <parse error>'.

describeIssue discards ListResult.Skipped, so an issue file that exists but is unparseable (broken frontmatter) makes abcd iss-N report 'not found in the issue ledger' — a diagnostic that misleads about a record physically present in a status dir. Surface the skip roster in the fault: 'iss-N present but unreadable at <path>: <parse error>'.

Grounds

• pursued: abcd iss-N on a present but unparseable issue file names the file and the parse error; a broken-frontmatter issue that answers not found in the issue ledger would show it wrong