Task: Implement Clear the stale block on the literate template task
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+#+blocked_on: +#+blocked_since: +#+created: 2026-10-09 +#+updated: 2026-10-09 +#+environment: eager_maxwell +#+todo: DISCOVERED BACKLOG STARTED BLOCKED | DONE ABANDONED
This page documents a task in the Clear the stale block on the literate template task story. It captures the goal, current status, acceptance, and any notes or results.
1. Goal
Take Split every codegen template org into commented literate blocks out of
BLOCKED, because the task it waits on is DONE.
2. Status
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| State | DONE |
| Parent story | Clear the stale block on the literate template task |
| Now | Nothing. |
| Waiting on | Nothing. |
| Next | Nothing. |
| Last touched | 2026-10-09 |
3. Acceptance
- The task is BACKLOG.
#+blocked_on:and#+blocked_since:are empty.- Its story row reads BACKLOG.
4. Plan
Hand-edit, because compass has no task unblock verb: the task's State moves
to BACKLOG in both the task file and its story's task row, the two header fields
are emptied, Last touched and #+updated: move to today, and Next is reworded
to name the dependency as DONE rather than as the thing being waited for. Now
stays as it was, because the pilot really was paused there.
5. Measurements
| What | Value | Command | Commit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the blocking task's state | DONE, Waiting on Nothing. | =grep '^ | State' …/task_fix-refdata-model-drift.org= | 621dc0a734 |
| days the block outlived its dependency | blocked 2026-07-29, dependency DONE 2026-07-30 | the two tasks' Status tables | 621dc0a734 |
6. Notes
The block was raised on 2026-07-29 and the refdata drift task closed the next day. Nothing has looked at the block since, because it was never flagged by anything except the merged-PR heuristic, and that heuristic cannot tell a stale block from a finished task. A block whose dependency is DONE is worth a check of its own; this is the only one in the sprint.
7. Test Scenarios
| Scenario | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
8. PRs
| PR | Title |
|---|---|
| #2938 | [agile] Clear the stale block on the literate template task |
9. Review
| Comment summary | File | Decision | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
10. Result
The task is BACKLOG with no dependency recorded, its story row agrees, and the audit lists it as an open task with a merged pilot PR rather than as a stale block.