Issue forms and needs-info: ask short bug reports for steps to reproduce (#2416)

* Triage bot: needs-info for short bug reports without steps

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TPWBBSRPfPYWgrrhbznewR

* Issue forms for bugs and feature requests; document needs-info

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TPWBBSRPfPYWgrrhbznewR

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Co-authored-by: jyviko <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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// `needs-info`: a short hand-written bug report without reproduction steps is asked for them once.
// The author's reply (or an edit that adds them) clears the label; the daily sweep closes what
// stays unanswered for INFO_DAYS. Reports filed from the app carry their command, settings and
// environment, so they are never asked. Used by .github/workflows/triage.yml.
'use strict';
const { ensureLabel, isMaintainer, labelNames, section } = require('./triage.js');
const LABEL = 'needs-info';
const LABEL_COLOR = 'd4c5f9';
const LABEL_DESCRIPTION = 'waiting on the reporter for reproduction steps';
const INFO_DAYS = 14;
const DAY = 24 * 3600 * 1000;
const MAX_TEXT = 20000;
function repoArgs(context) {
return { owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo };
}
// Sections only the app's own reports have.
function fromApp(body) {
return ['Settings and selection', 'Backtrace', 'Recent commands'].some((s) => section(body, s).trim());
}
// Requests and plans, which aren't reproduced. Crash reports carry the crash folder's contents.
const NOT_A_BUG = /^\s*\[(feat|feature|change|enhancement)|feature request|suggestion|\?\s*$|^\s*(tracker|refactor|support|add|allow|crash|how|why|request|missing)\b/i;
// The app's report title. A long report opens the browser without its body and is copied to
// the clipboard instead (crates/ui-egui/src/issue_report.rs, draft_url), so an empty one wasn't pasted.
const APP_TITLE = /^[A-Z][A-Z ]+:\s*(operation failed|unexpected result)\b|^Modeling: unexpected result/;
// A report this long describes what it saw; only short ones are asked.
const SHORT = 300;
const ATTACHMENT = /user-attachments\/|\.solidcraft\b|repro\.json|\.(step|stp|3mf|stl)\b/i;
const COMMAND = /["`][a-z_]+\.[a-z_][a-z_.]*["`]/;
const VERSION = /\b\d+\.\d+\.\d+\b|\b[0-9a-f]{7,40}\b/i;
// What a bug report lacks: [] when it can be reproduced.
function missing(title, body) {
const t = String(title || '');
const b = String(body || '').slice(0, MAX_TEXT).replace(/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g, '');
if (NOT_A_BUG.test(t) || fromApp(b) || b.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().length >= SHORT) return [];
const steps = `${section(b, 'Reproduction')}\n${section(b, 'Steps to reproduce')}`;
const reproducible =
steps.replace(/\s+/g, '').length >= 30 || ATTACHMENT.test(b) || COMMAND.test(b) || /^\s*1[.)]\s/m.test(b);
if (reproducible) return [];
if (APP_TITLE.test(t) && !b.trim()) return ['paste'];
const asks = ['steps'];
if (!VERSION.test(`${t}\n${b}`)) asks.push('version');
return asks;
}
function askBody(asks) {
if (asks.includes('paste')) {
return [
'Thanks for the report! It arrived empty: when a report is too long for the link, SolidCraft copies it to the clipboard instead.',
'Please paste it here (or use **Report an Issue** again and paste before submitting).',
'',
`If we don't hear back within ${INFO_DAYS} days this is closed; reopen it any time.`,
].join('\n');
}
const lines = ['Thanks for the report! To reproduce it we need a little more:'];
lines.push(
'- **Steps to reproduce**: what you clicked or typed, in order. For a problem on a particular design, ' +
'`solidcraft-cli script design.solidcraft --out repro.json` turns its history into a script; attach that, or the design.',
);
if (asks.includes('version')) lines.push('- **SolidCraft version** (Help → About) and your OS.');
lines.push(
'',
`Reply here or edit the issue and it goes back to the triage queue. If we don't hear back within ${INFO_DAYS} days it is closed; reopen it any time.`,
);
return lines.join('\n');
}
// What to ask the reporter of `issue`, or [] (maintainers' and bots' issues are never asked).
async function asksFor(github, context, issue, cache) {
if (issue.state !== 'open' || issue.pull_request || issue.locked) return [];
const names = labelNames(issue);
if (names.includes(LABEL) || names.includes('enhancement')) return []; // the feature form labels its issues
const asks = missing(issue.title, issue.body);
if (!asks.length || !issue.user || issue.user.type === 'Bot') return [];
const login = issue.user.login;
if (!cache.has(login)) cache.set(login, await isMaintainer(github, context, login));
return cache.get(login) ? [] : asks;
}
async function ask(github, context, issue, asks) {
await ensureLabel(github, context, LABEL, LABEL_COLOR, LABEL_DESCRIPTION);
await github.rest.issues.addLabels({ ...repoArgs(context), issue_number: issue.number, labels: [LABEL] });
await github.rest.issues.createComment({ ...repoArgs(context), issue_number: issue.number, body: askBody(asks) });
}
// issues.opened.
async function handleOpened({ github, context }) {
const issue = context.payload.issue;
if (!issue) return false;
const asks = await asksFor(github, context, issue, new Map());
if (!asks.length) return false;
await ask(github, context, issue, asks);
return true;
}
// Workflow dispatch: the same ask over the open issues filed before the bot. With `dryRun` it
// changes nothing and returns what it would ask.
async function backfill({ github, context, dryRun = true }) {
const issues = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listForRepo, {
...repoArgs(context),
state: 'open',
per_page: 100,
});
const cache = new Map();
const plan = [];
for (const issue of issues) {
const asks = await asksFor(github, context, issue, cache);
if (!asks.length) continue;
plan.push({ number: issue.number, title: issue.title, asks });
if (!dryRun) await ask(github, context, issue, asks);
}
return plan;
}
async function clear(github, context, number) {
try {
await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({ ...repoArgs(context), issue_number: number, name: LABEL });
} catch (e) {
if (e.status !== 404) throw e;
}
}
// issue_comment.created / issues.edited: the reporter answered.
async function handleReply({ github, context }) {
const { issue, comment } = context.payload;
if (!issue || !labelNames(issue).includes(LABEL)) return false;
const author = issue.user && issue.user.login;
const actor = comment ? comment.user.login : context.payload.sender && context.payload.sender.login;
if (!author || actor !== author) return false;
if (!comment && missing(issue.title, issue.body).length) return false; // an edit that still lacks steps
await clear(github, context, issue.number);
return true;
}
// When the label was last added, from the timeline; the issue's update time if it can't be found.
async function labeledAt(github, context, issue) {
const events = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listEventsForTimeline, {
...repoArgs(context),
issue_number: issue.number,
per_page: 100,
});
let at = null;
for (const ev of events) if (ev.event === 'labeled' && ev.label && ev.label.name === LABEL) at = ev.created_at;
return new Date(at || issue.updated_at).getTime();
}
// The daily sweep: close what has waited INFO_DAYS for its reporter.
async function sweep({ github, context, now = Date.now() }) {
const issues = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listForRepo, {
...repoArgs(context),
state: 'open',
labels: LABEL,
per_page: 100,
});
const closed = [];
for (const issue of issues) {
if (issue.pull_request || issue.locked) continue;
if (now - (await labeledAt(github, context, issue)) < INFO_DAYS * DAY) continue;
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
...repoArgs(context),
issue_number: issue.number,
body: `Closing for now: we couldn't reproduce this without more detail. Reopen it with steps to reproduce and we'll pick it up.`,
});
await github.rest.issues.update({
...repoArgs(context),
issue_number: issue.number,
state: 'closed',
state_reason: 'not_planned',
});
closed.push(issue.number);
}
return closed;
}
module.exports = { LABEL, missing, handleOpened, handleReply, sweep, backfill };
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'use strict';
const test = require('node:test');
const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
const info = require('./needs-info.js');
const repo = { owner: 'tangency-labs', repo: 'solidcraft' };
const NOW = Date.parse('2026-10-18T12:00:00Z');
const DAY = 24 * 3600 * 1000;
const ago = (ms) => new Date(NOW - ms).toISOString();
function fake(world = {}) {
const calls = [];
const rec = (name) => async (args) => {
calls.push([name, args]);
return { data: {} };
};
const github = {
paginate: async (fn, args) => (await fn(args)).data,
rest: {
repos: {
getCollaboratorPermissionLevel: async ({ username }) => ({
data: { permission: (world.perms || {})[username] || 'none' },
}),
},
issues: {
getLabel: async () => ({ data: {} }),
createLabel: rec('createLabel'),
addLabels: rec('addLabels'),
removeLabel: rec('removeLabel'),
createComment: rec('comment'),
update: rec('update'),
listForRepo: async () => ({ data: world.issues || [] }),
listEventsForTimeline: async () => ({ data: world.timeline || [] }),
},
},
};
return { github, calls };
}
const find = (calls, n) => calls.find((c) => c[0] === n);
const labels = (names) => names.map((name) => ({ name }));
const long = 'x'.repeat(400);
test('missing: short reports without steps are asked, with the version when it is absent', () => {
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Loft does not work', 'The Loft operation is not working.'), ['steps', 'version']);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Loft does not work', 'Broken on 0.15.0.'), ['steps']);
});
test('missing: empty app reports are asked to paste the copied report', () => {
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('EXTRUDE: operation failed', ''), ['paste']);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Modeling: unexpected result', ' '), ['paste']);
});
test('missing: reproducible, long, app-filed and non-bug issues are left alone', () => {
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Loft fails', '## Reproduction\n1. sketch two circles\n2. loft them'), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Loft fails', 'see design.solidcraft attached'), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Loft fails', 'runs `solid.loft` and fails'), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Loft fails', long), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('FILLET: operation failed', '## Settings and selection\n[["solid.fillet"]]'), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Feature request: dark mode', 'please'), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('[FEAT] threads', 'please'), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('How do I draw a polygon?', ''), []);
assert.deepEqual(info.missing('Crash: SolidCraft 0.15.0 ended without a clean exit', ''), []);
});
const opened = (title, body, login = 'reporter') => ({
repo,
payload: { issue: { number: 4, state: 'open', title, body, labels: [], user: { login, type: 'User' } } },
});
test('an opened thin report is labelled and asked once', async () => {
const { github, calls } = fake();
assert.equal(await info.handleOpened({ github, context: opened('Loft broken', 'does not work') }), true);
assert.deepEqual(find(calls, 'addLabels')[1].labels, ['needs-info']);
const body = find(calls, 'comment')[1].body;
assert.match(body, /Steps to reproduce/);
assert.match(body, /SolidCraft version/);
assert.match(body, /14 days/);
});
test('an empty app report is asked to paste, a maintainer\'s note is never asked', async () => {
let w = fake();
await info.handleOpened({ github: w.github, context: opened('EXTRUDE: operation failed', '') });
assert.match(find(w.calls, 'comment')[1].body, /clipboard/);
w = fake({ perms: { carol: 'write' } });
assert.equal(await info.handleOpened({ github: w.github, context: opened('Loft broken', 'x', 'carol') }), false);
assert.equal(w.calls.length, 0);
});
const reply = (login, { comment = true, body = 'x', issueLabels = ['needs-info'] } = {}) => ({
repo,
payload: {
issue: { number: 4, title: 'Loft broken', body, labels: labels(issueLabels), user: { login: 'reporter' } },
...(comment ? { comment: { user: { login } } } : { sender: { login } }),
},
});
test('the reporter\'s comment clears needs-info; someone else\'s does not', async () => {
let w = fake();
assert.equal(await info.handleReply({ github: w.github, context: reply('reporter') }), true);
assert.equal(find(w.calls, 'removeLabel')[1].name, 'needs-info');
w = fake();
assert.equal(await info.handleReply({ github: w.github, context: reply('bystander') }), false);
w = fake();
assert.equal(await info.handleReply({ github: w.github, context: reply('reporter', { issueLabels: [] }) }), false);
assert.equal(w.calls.length, 0);
});
test('an edit clears needs-info only once the steps are there', async () => {
let w = fake();
assert.equal(await info.handleReply({ github: w.github, context: reply('reporter', { comment: false, body: 'still broken' }) }), false);
w = fake();
const fixed = reply('reporter', { comment: false, body: '## Reproduction\n1. sketch a circle\n2. loft it to a point' });
assert.equal(await info.handleReply({ github: w.github, context: fixed }), true);
});
test('the sweep closes what waited 14 days, and keeps younger ones', async () => {
const issue = { number: 4, locked: false, updated_at: ago(30 * DAY), labels: labels(['needs-info']) };
const labeled = (at) => ({ event: 'labeled', label: { name: 'needs-info' }, created_at: at });
let w = fake({ issues: [issue], timeline: [labeled(ago(15 * DAY))] });
assert.deepEqual(await info.sweep({ github: w.github, context: { repo }, now: NOW }), [4]);
assert.deepEqual(find(w.calls, 'update')[1], { ...repo, issue_number: 4, state: 'closed', state_reason: 'not_planned' });
w = fake({ issues: [issue], timeline: [labeled(ago(20 * DAY)), labeled(ago(3 * DAY))] });
assert.deepEqual(await info.sweep({ github: w.github, context: { repo }, now: NOW }), []);
assert.equal(w.calls.length, 0);
});
test('backfill asks open thin reports once, and the dry run writes nothing', async () => {
const issues = [
{ number: 1, state: 'open', title: 'Loft broken', body: 'nope', labels: [], user: { login: 'a', type: 'User' } },
{ number: 2, state: 'open', title: 'Loft broken', body: 'nope', labels: labels(['needs-info']), user: { login: 'a' } },
{ number: 3, state: 'open', title: 'x', body: 'nope', labels: [], pull_request: {}, user: { login: 'a' } },
];
let w = fake({ issues });
const plan = await info.backfill({ github: w.github, context: { repo }, dryRun: true });
assert.deepEqual(plan.map((p) => p.number), [1]);
assert.equal(w.calls.length, 0);
w = fake({ issues });
await info.backfill({ github: w.github, context: { repo }, dryRun: false });
assert.equal(find(w.calls, 'addLabels')[1].issue_number, 1);
});
test('an issue from the feature form is never asked for steps', async () => {
const { github, calls } = fake();
const ctx = opened('Dark mode', '### What are you trying to do\nwork at night');
ctx.payload.issue.labels = labels(['enhancement']);
assert.equal(await info.handleOpened({ github, context: ctx }), false);
assert.equal(calls.length, 0);
});
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return { owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo };
}
// The text under a `## <name>` heading, up to the next heading.
// The text under a `## <name>` heading (`###` in issue forms), up to the next heading.
function section(body, name) {
const lines = body.split('\n');
const start = lines.findIndex((l) => new RegExp(`^##\\s*${name}\\s*$`, 'i').test(l.trim()));
const start = lines.findIndex((l) => new RegExp(`^#{2,3}\\s*${name}\\s*$`, 'i').test(l.trim()));
if (start < 0) return '';
const rest = lines.slice(start + 1);
const end = rest.findIndex((l) => /^##\s/.test(l));
const end = rest.findIndex((l) => /^#{2,3}\s/.test(l));
return (end < 0 ? rest : rest.slice(0, end)).join('\n');
}
@@ -129,18 +129,13 @@ function classifyPaths(paths) {
return [...labels].sort();
}
async function ensureNeedsTriage(github, context) {
async function ensureLabel(github, context, name, color, description) {
try {
await github.rest.issues.getLabel({ ...repoArgs(context), name: NEEDS_TRIAGE });
await github.rest.issues.getLabel({ ...repoArgs(context), name });
} catch (e) {
if (e.status !== 404) throw e;
try {
await github.rest.issues.createLabel({
...repoArgs(context),
name: NEEDS_TRIAGE,
color: NEEDS_TRIAGE_COLOR,
description: NEEDS_TRIAGE_DESCRIPTION,
});
await github.rest.issues.createLabel({ ...repoArgs(context), name, color, description });
} catch (e2) {
if (e2.status !== 422) throw e2; // created meanwhile
}
@@ -171,7 +166,9 @@ async function proposal(github, context, item) {
async function apply(github, context, number, labels) {
if (!labels.length) return;
if (labels.includes(NEEDS_TRIAGE)) await ensureNeedsTriage(github, context);
if (labels.includes(NEEDS_TRIAGE)) {
await ensureLabel(github, context, NEEDS_TRIAGE, NEEDS_TRIAGE_COLOR, NEEDS_TRIAGE_DESCRIPTION);
}
await github.rest.issues.addLabels({ ...repoArgs(context), issue_number: number, labels });
}
@@ -296,6 +293,10 @@ module.exports = {
NEEDS_TRIAGE,
classifyIssue,
classifyPaths,
ensureLabel,
isMaintainer,
labelNames,
section,
parseTriage,
handleOpened,
handleLabeled,