[daily issues] Daily Issues Report - 2026-03-23

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Daily analysis covered the latest 1000 issues in github/gh-aw and identified 7 dominant themes from TF-IDF + K-means clustering. Repository issue volume is currently weighted toward recently created issues (all 1000 analyzed issues were created within 30 days), with 12.3% open and 87.7% closed.

Activity peaked on 2026-03-19 for openings (83) and 2026-03-18 for closures (87). The most common themes are operational workflow automation and planning/execution artifacts, with clear concentration in a few high-volume clusters.

Current triage signals are mixed: stale open issues are at zero, but there are 35 unlabeled issues and 679 unassigned issues, which suggests ongoing throughput but weak ownership assignment coverage.

Full Report Details

Issue Activity Trends

Chart generated at: /tmp/gh-aw/python/charts/issue_activity_trends.png (workflow chart artifact)

Observed pattern: high day-to-day activity with a recent 7-day average of 59.86 opened/day and 53.71 closed/day. Opened and closed trends both accelerated sharply in the latest window, with closure rates staying close to intake.

Issue Clusters by Theme

Chart generated at: /tmp/gh-aw/python/charts/issue_clusters.png (workflow chart artifact)

Cluster distribution is top-heavy, led by Github Aw Gh (434 issues), followed by Pkg Plan Aw (126), Smoke Copilot Smoke Github (123), and Claude Smoke Claude Smoke (100). This indicates issue traffic is mostly concentrated in automation/workflow execution themes.

Cluster Details

Cluster	Theme	Issue Count	Sample Issues
1	Github Aw Gh	434	#22277, #22282, #22350
2	Pkg Plan Aw	126	#22294, #22167, #22112
3	Smoke Copilot Smoke Github	123	#22352, #22324, #22343
4	Claude Smoke Claude Smoke	100	#22344, #22325, #22304
5	Github Agent Failure	94	#21864, #21797, #22332
6	Contribution Contribution Check Check	76	#22320, #22353, #22293
7	Cross Repo Cross Repo Pr	47	#22130, #22270, #22269

Key Metrics

Volume Metrics

• Total Issues Analyzed (issues_analyzed): 1000 (Scope: last 1000 issues)
• Open Issues (open_issues): 123 (12.3%)
• Closed Issues (closed_issues): 877 (87.7%)

Time-Based Metrics

• Issues Opened (Last 7 Days) (issues_opened_7d): 487
• Issues Opened (Last 30 Days) (issues_opened_30d): 1000
• Average Time to Close: 16.23 hours (0.68 days)

Triage Metrics

• Issues Without Labels (issues_without_labels): 35
• Issues Without Assignees (issues_without_assignees): 679
• Stale Issues (30+ days) (stale_issues): 0

Top Labels

Label	Issue Count
automation	367
testing	304
cookie	245
community	128
agentic-workflows	125
ai-generated	78
contribution-report	76
plan	72
ai-inspected	58
bug	57

Most Active Authors

Author	Issues Created
@app/github-actions	797
@dsyme	36
@johnwilliams-12	13
@lpcox	12
@strawgate	12
@mnkiefer	11
@samuelkahessay	10
@arezero	7
@Mossaka	6
@microsasa	6

Issues Needing Attention

Stale Issues (No Activity 30+ Days)

• None in the analyzed dataset.

Unlabeled Issues

• Feedback: default footers a bit large #22340: Feedback: default footers a bit large
• Make "Custom AWF Configuration" and " Custom MCP Gateway Configuration" internal-only, remove from docs #22307: Make "Custom AWF Configuration" and " Custom MCP Gateway Configuration" internal-only, remove from docs
• Completely and thoroughly review and deep-clean .github/aw/*.md #22312: Completely and thoroughly review and deep-clean .github/aw/*.md
• Rename tools.github.repos to tools.github.allowed-repos #22308: Rename tools.github.repos to tools.github.allowed-repos
• Angle-bracket redaction too strong in code and issue titles #22004: Angle-bracket redaction too strong in code and issue titles

Recommendations

1. Add automatic assignee routing for high-volume automation-generated issues to reduce the 679 unassigned backlog.
2. Add default labeling rules for repeated cluster patterns to drive issues_without_labels toward zero.
3. Track opened-vs-closed delta weekly and alert when 7-day opened MA materially exceeds closed MA.

References:

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• expires on Mar 26, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC

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