actions/labels-reconcile/labels-reconcile.sh

@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ offsite|CFD3D7|Issue deliverable is a PR in another repository — claim clock p
 needs-ruling|D4C5F9|A human decision is pending — question, options and a recommendation are in the comment
 attention|D93F0B|A demand is parked here for the assignee: pick up the thread, ack by removing this label
 release|0E8A16|Release flow and version/packaging work
-needs-triage|FBCA04|Did not come through triage — owes normalization into work or a reasoned refusal
+needs-triage|FBCA04|Did not come through triage — owes normalization or conversion to a discussion
 ready|0E8A16|Triaged, spec complete, unblocked — a builder can start now and succeed
 claimed|1D76DB|A builder owns it: assignee set, draft PR expected shortly
 post-merge|006B75|Refs-linked PR merged; post-merge criteria remain and triage owns completion
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ epic|5319E7|Organizes other issues via a dependency-ordered task list — builde
 EOF
 }
 
-retired_label_names() { # the GitHub defaults LABELS.md retires — a `question` belongs in a proposal, not a work issue
+retired_label_names() { # the GitHub defaults LABELS.md retires — a `question` is a discussion
   # One registry, kept beside core_label_rows() for the same reason those rows
   # are not in labels.conf: a rule that must hold in every governed repo
   # cannot live in a per-repo file. The six names match LABELS.md exactly.

changelog.d/265.md

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-### Fixed
-
-- The `needs-triage` label now directs untriaged issues toward work normalization or a reasoned refusal instead of an unavailable discussion path (#265).

test/labels.test.sh

@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@ attention_row='attention|D93F0B|A demand is parked here for the assignee: pick u
 check "attention core row is emitted once, byte-exact" 0 "1" bash -c \
   'source "$1"; core_label_rows | grep -cxF "$2"' _ \
   "$ROOT/actions/labels-reconcile/labels-reconcile.sh" "$attention_row"
-needs_triage_row='needs-triage|FBCA04|Did not come through triage — owes normalization into work or a reasoned refusal'
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # expansion belongs to the nested bash
-check "needs-triage core row is emitted once, byte-exact" 0 "1" bash -c \
-  'source "$1"; core_label_rows | grep -cxF "$2"' _ \
-  "$ROOT/actions/labels-reconcile/labels-reconcile.sh" "$needs_triage_row"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # expansion belongs to the nested bash
-check "core label rows carry no stale discussion path" 1 "" bash -c \
-  'source "$1"; core_label_rows | grep -i discussion' _ \
-  "$ROOT/actions/labels-reconcile/labels-reconcile.sh"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016 # fields are intentionally split in the nested shell
 check "attention description survives label field splitting" 0 \
   "A demand is parked here for the assignee: pick up the thread, ack by removing this label" \