| 2
|
#63361
|
Remove unnecessary semicolon form switch case in atomlib.php file
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
05/01/2025
|
| 3
|
#37705
|
Remove unnecessary parts of WP_HTTP which remain
|
|
HTTP API
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
06/04/2019
|
| 1
|
#62835
|
Remove title attributes from author link functions
|
joedolson*
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
10/28/2025
|
| 10
|
#44441
|
Remove the settings for image dimensions from Settings => Media
|
joedolson*
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
10/26/2022
|
| 2
|
#34553
|
Remove the default category concept
|
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 1
|
#50653
|
Remove the _doing_it_wrong from WP_Block_Patterns_Registry::unregister()
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
07/26/2020
|
|
|
#48470
|
Remove the Custom Header and Custom Background admin pages
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
10/30/2019
|
| 8
|
#59883
|
Remove support for HTML4 and XHTML
|
|
HTML API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/13/2025
|
| 5
|
#59811
|
Remove suggestion to add tags and categories
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
03/06/2025
|
| 1
|
#33741
|
Remove references to my-hacks.php and the hack_file option
|
jorbin
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
08/03/2017
|
| 1
|
#20974
|
Remove obsolete locale-specific files on upgrade
|
dd32
|
I18N
|
low
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
close
|
02/28/2024
|
| 5
|
#43028
|
Remove numbers before month in dropdown, it makes user confused when drowdown is not opened
|
|
Date/Time
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
06/22/2020
|
| 5
|
#48936
|
Remove mysql2date() usage from core
|
pbearne
|
Date/Time
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
05/06/2025
|
| 1
|
#63478
|
Remove leftover debug code from Box class
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/25/2025
|
| 17
|
#32067
|
Remove inline javascript from WP-Core to allow CSP protection
|
|
Security
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
feature request
|
|
10/21/2025
|
| 13
|
#51407
|
Remove inline event handlers and JavaScript URIs for Strict CSP-compatibility
|
adamsilverstein
|
Security
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
12/26/2023
|
| 6
|
#41711
|
Remove hAtom from core
|
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
close
|
09/25/2025
|
| 22
|
#24672
|
Remove final from WP_Post class
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/15/2025
|
|
|
#44284
|
Remove e.preventDefault(); code line from widgets.js file
|
|
Widgets
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
07/29/2019
|
| 1
|
#55523
|
Remove deprecation notice from get_the_excerpt
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
close
|
04/20/2022
|
|
|
#58723
|
Remove deprecated parameter tests in comments_link()
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
reporter-feedback
|
08/27/2023
|
| 2
|
#51317
|
Remove deprecated JavaScript i18n globals
|
|
Script Loader
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
early
|
05/25/2021
|
| 1
|
#34552
|
Remove default post format setting
|
|
Post Formats
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
04/24/2017
|
|
|
#35092
|
Remove crop check in wp_prepare_attachment_for_js() for sizes
|
joemcgill
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
reporter-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
|
|
#53033
|
Remove comments, ping, to_ping columns from posts table
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
04/15/2021
|
| 1
|
#60238
|
Remove comments completely option
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
01/12/2024
|
| 2
|
#64201
|
Remove comments column for Media list view
|
westonruter
|
Media
|
normal
|
trivial
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
11/07/2025
|
|
|
#64063
|
Remove bundled 1024-bit certificates from bundled root certificates
|
|
Security
|
normal
|
major
|
7.0
|
task (blessed)
|
early
|
10/17/2025
|
| 3
|
#37280
|
Remove boldness from update notices
|
Presskopp
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
11/14/2021
|
| 9
|
#33345
|
Remove blocking API requests for update checks
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
06/27/2025
|
|
|
#63880
|
Remove and rounding borders and minor improve login and dashboard page
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
08/26/2025
|
| 2
|
#50209
|
Remove all uploads between test methods
|
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
05/21/2020
|
|
|
#59620
|
Remove a query to /wp-json/wp/v2/users from the editor where there isn't a real need
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
10/13/2023
|
| 3
|
#62619
|
Remove `wp_kses_post()` filtering from admin notices
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
11/03/2025
|
| 5
|
#40362
|
Remove `blog-id-cache` cache group
|
johnjamesjacoby*
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.0
|
task (blessed)
|
dev-feedback
|
11/08/2025
|
| 4
|
#38203
|
Remove `absint` on object IDs in `delete_metadata`, etc
|
|
Options, Meta APIs
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
07/17/2025
|
|
|
#62067
|
Remove Unnecessary array_flip Function in VALID_TOP_LEVEL_KEYS Filter
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/18/2024
|
| 23
|
#22942
|
Remove Post by Email
|
chriscct7
|
Mail
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/24/2025
|
|
|
#56685
|
Remove LiveJournal from importer recommendations
|
|
Import
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
06/19/2025
|
| 5
|
#56362
|
Remove Link/Bookmark API form Core: Phase 2
|
desrosj
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
04/27/2023
|
|
|
#36765
|
Remove Legacy Code from pingback_ping
|
|
Pings/Trackbacks
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
needs-unit-tests
|
06/04/2019
|
| 3
|
#27180
|
Remove Hidden Widget UI
|
|
Widgets
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/05/2019
|
| 1
|
#56878
|
Remove Desktopserver references from the docs
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
WordPress.org
|
defect (bug)
|
|
03/20/2024
|
| 10
|
#10970
|
Remove 'siteurl' setting from options-general.php
|
|
Permalinks
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
02/13/2023
|
|
|
#55534
|
Remaining image files after deleting them
|
|
General
|
normal
|
critical
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
04/05/2022
|
|
|
#35450
|
Relocate user's primary_blog setting to user profile
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/05/2019
|
| 2
|
#45001
|
Relocate Admin Alerts to a new Alert Icon
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
01/06/2020
|
|
|
#23709
|
Relax wildcard restrictions for populate_network() when installing in subdomain mode
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
|
#63065
|
Reject nonce if presented as array
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
03/06/2025
|
| 2
|
#39076
|
Reinstate Vimeo support for external header videos
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
08/04/2021
|
|
|
#63916
|
Reinstall page advises users to delete their previous database
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
09/04/2025
|
| 1
|
#49510
|
Regular expression metacharacters in category and tag base lead rewrite rules to fail.
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
02/25/2020
|
| 2
|
#48531
|
Regression: styling of most form elements is uneven or off-center
|
audrasjb*
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
|
07/21/2020
|
| 2
|
#63325
|
Regression in saving posts with Block Editor in 6.8
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
11/03/2025
|
| 1
|
#62734
|
Regression in custom CSS loading order for `wp_enqueue_global_styles()`
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
12/23/2024
|
|
|
#27239
|
Registration email not sent (multisite subdirectory)
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/05/2019
|
| 3
|
#35995
|
Registering taxonomies for attachment mime types
|
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 19
|
#29118
|
Registering rewrite rules is hard, so let's introduce remove_rewrite_rule.
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
08/14/2024
|
| 5
|
#55895
|
Register custom post statuses
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
09/22/2025
|
| 3
|
#35842
|
Register Post Type function label default
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
|
|
#35204
|
Refresh HiDPI support
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
03/14/2023
|
| 4
|
#62064
|
Refresh Authorize Application page UI
|
|
Application Passwords
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
07/09/2025
|
|
|
#52480
|
Refine the display of the comment approval notification opt-in confirmation message
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/02/2024
|
|
|
#40774
|
Refine error message when embedding invalid Video (URL)
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/15/2025
|
|
|
#56250
|
ReferenceErrors encountered when running QUnit tests
|
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
08/07/2023
|
| 2
|
#48224
|
Refactor paginate_links and add 4 new functions (paginate_array and format_paginate_link)
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
10/05/2019
|
| 3
|
#44067
|
Refactor get_avatar and related functions to make Gravatar a Hook instead of a Default
|
|
Privacy
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
02/13/2019
|
| 1
|
#36916
|
Refactor EditAttachments frame to work outside Media Library admin page
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
reporter-feedback
|
06/21/2025
|
| 3
|
#57459
|
Reexamine the usefulness of file size meta for images
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
01/21/2023
|
|
|
#60674
|
Reducing WordPress archive weight
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
03/02/2024
|
| 4
|
#53170
|
Reduce the transient size of WordPress Events and News feeds
|
|
Widgets
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
02/23/2024
|
| 17
|
#33704
|
Reduce reliance on wp_is_mobile()
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
close
|
06/04/2025
|
| 1
|
#57157
|
Reduce external resources for wp-login.php
|
rajinsharwar
|
Login and Registration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
changes-requested
|
02/26/2025
|
| 3
|
#56248
|
Reduce code duplication in tests that upload file as attachment
|
SergeyBiryukov
|
Media
|
normal
|
minor
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
02/07/2023
|
| 4
|
#33735
|
Reduce Duplication and Improve Comment Notification Email Functions
|
SergeyBiryukov
|
Comments
|
low
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
01/27/2021
|
|
|
#43249
|
Redirection issue with Japanese characters in query string on static front page
|
|
Canonical
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
02/09/2018
|
| 4
|
#40252
|
Redirection during activation
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
|
03/04/2025
|
| 1
|
#44847
|
Redirect old date-based permalinks on structure changes
|
|
Permalinks
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
needs-unit-tests
|
01/08/2019
|
| 2
|
#39679
|
Redirect loop on attachment pages
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
09/03/2018
|
| 2
|
#52376
|
Redirect loop occurs in taxonomy archive with URL-encoded slug.
|
|
Canonical
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
01/29/2021
|
|
|
#54010
|
Redirect from /sitemap.xml to /wp-sitemap.xml needs to be 301 and not 302
|
|
Sitemaps
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
03/01/2022
|
| 1
|
#27019
|
Redirect by page slug does not work in permalink structure /%category%/%postname%/
|
|
Permalinks
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
|
#57508
|
Redirect after clicking reset password link does not return to original users table display page position
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
01/31/2023
|
| 21
|
#4328
|
Redirect Old Slugs feature needs to redirect slugs for pages, not just posts, and redirect old permalink structure
|
SergeyBiryukov
|
Canonical
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
01/25/2022
|
|
|
#21234
|
Recursive directory creation & get_calendar() for custom post types
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 3
|
#48399
|
Recovery mode can stick the admin in a bad state
|
|
Site Health
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
11/21/2019
|
| 1
|
#47050
|
Recovery Email - Keep consistent newline spacing around ###CAUSE### mergetag
|
|
Site Health
|
normal
|
minor
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
05/08/2021
|
| 6
|
#40330
|
Reconsider the usage of infinite scrolling across the admin
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
task (blessed)
|
|
05/08/2021
|
| 4
|
#45252
|
Reconsider the `context` argument in REST API calls
|
|
REST API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
11/21/2019
|
| 4
|
#51419
|
Reconsider the UX impact of up/down arrows on meta boxes
|
sarahricker
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
|
07/09/2024
|
| 3
|
#50575
|
Reconsider some admin scheme colors.
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
08/21/2020
|
| 3
|
#64015
|
Reconsider removal of import map polyfill
|
|
Script Loader
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
10/01/2025
|
| 6
|
#22889
|
Reconsider no-JS ?replytocom= links
|
SergeyBiryukov*
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
03/03/2023
|
| 7
|
#59519
|
Reconsider including Google branding and product in WordPress core (Google Fonts)
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
10/05/2023
|
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#24251
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Reconsider SVG inclusion to get_allowed_mime_types
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Upload
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normal
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normal
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Awaiting Review
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enhancement
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dev-feedback
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08/08/2025
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| 3
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#41001
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Recently Active Plugins Option does not reset when you delete a plugin.
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Plugins
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normal
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normal
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Awaiting Review
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defect (bug)
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close
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02/26/2022
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#52881
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Recent posts widget: "Number of posts to show" option is ignored when on category pages
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Widgets
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normal
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normal
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Awaiting Review
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defect (bug)
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reporter-feedback
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03/22/2021
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#22261
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Recent comments widget makes additional queries when pagination is enabled
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Comments
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normal
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normal
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defect (bug)
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06/04/2019
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#63914
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Reassess the need for the external-http tests
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Build/Test Tools
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normal
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normal
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Awaiting Review
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task (blessed)
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has-patch
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09/03/2025
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| 6
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#62954
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Reassess the best way to store, hash, and check post passwords
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Posts, Post Types
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normal
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normal
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Awaiting Review
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enhancement
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dev-feedback
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09/07/2025
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