Solutions · Maintenance
Clear the backlog nobody picks up
Upgrades, deprecations, flaky tests, and small refactors are well defined but easy to postpone. Put them on the board and let agents work through them while you review.
Good maintenance cards
Dependency upgrades
One package per card, with the changelog read and the checks run.
Flaky tests
Reproduce the flake, find the cause, and fix the test or the code.
Deprecations
Replace deprecated APIs across the codebase in reviewable steps.
Dead code
Remove what nothing uses, with evidence that nothing uses it.
Keep it reviewable
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Small cards
Split large migrations so each pull request is easy to read.
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Same checks
Maintenance work passes the same tests as feature work.
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Steady pace
The concurrency cap keeps agents from flooding you with pull requests.
Make maintenance routine
A few cards a day adds up.