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Affects: OperationsAffects the IA DevOps folksAffects the IA DevOps folks

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Status: Open.

#10394 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on Jan 28, 2025

Book (Usefulness + Demand) Scores

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Type: EpicA feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]A feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]

Status: Open.

#11954 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on Feb 27, 2026

Participation Score

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Type: EpicA feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]A feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]

Status: Open.

#11955 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on Feb 27, 2026

Retention Score

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Type: EpicA feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]A feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]

Status: Open.

#11956 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on Feb 27, 2026

2026 Baseline Metrics

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Needs: Staff / InternalReviewed a PR but don't have merge powers? Use this.Reviewed a PR but don't have merge powers? Use this.

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Theme: AnalyticsRegarding metrics, stats, and analyticsRegarding metrics, stats, and analytics

Type: Feature RequestIssue describes a feature or enhancement we'd like to implement. [managed]Issue describes a feature or enhancement we'd like to implement. [managed]

Status: Open.

#11714 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· mekarpeles opened on Jan 20, 2026

P1: Adding a regression test that checks for duplicate headers; cc @RayBB

Lead: @cdriniIssues overseen by Drini (Staff: Team Lead & Solr, Library Explorer, i18n) [managed]Issues overseen by Drini (Staff: Team Lead & Solr, Library Explorer, i18n) [managed]

Needs: ResponseIssues which require feedback from leadIssues which require feedback from lead

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Status: Open.

#12033 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· mekarpeles opened on Mar 6, 2026

Mitigate bot/DDOS on expensive endpoints via signed cookie human verification challenge

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Status: Open (in progress).

internetarchive/openlibrarynumber 11807

#11807 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· Copilot opened on Feb 3, 2026

Tag-backed Subject Pages not rendering

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Module: Carousels

Needs: ResponseIssues which require feedback from leadIssues which require feedback from lead

Priority: 3Issues that we can consider at our leisure. [managed]Issues that we can consider at our leisure. [managed]

Theme: Book TagsIssues related to community book tagsIssues related to community book tags

Theme: Subjects

Status: Open.

Bug

#11878 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· mekarpeles opened on Feb 17, 2026

Error caching loans requests

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Module: MemcacheIssues related to the configuration or use of the Memcache subsystem. [managed]Issues related to the configuration or use of the Memcache subsystem. [managed]

Needs: BreakdownThis big issue needs a checklist or subissues to describe a breakdown of work. [managed]This big issue needs a checklist or subissues to describe a breakdown of work. [managed]

Priority: 1Do this week, receiving emails, time sensitive, . [managed]Do this week, receiving emails, time sensitive, . [managed]

Theme: PerformanceIssues related to UI or Server performance. [managed]Issues related to UI or Server performance. [managed]

Type: BugSomething isn't working. [managed]Something isn't working. [managed]

Status: Open.

Bug

#12070 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on Mar 11, 2026

Preserve selected edition when moving books between reading shelves

Lead: @cdriniIssues overseen by Drini (Staff: Team Lead & Solr, Library Explorer, i18n) [managed]Issues overseen by Drini (Staff: Team Lead & Solr, Library Explorer, i18n) [managed]

Metric: RetentionSurface the value we have and give patrons reason(s) to stick aroundSurface the value we have and give patrons reason(s) to stick around

Type: BugSomething isn't working. [managed]Something isn't working. [managed]

Status: Open.

Bug

#9221 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on May 5, 2024

Sitemaps not transferring from ol-home0 to ol-www0

Affects: Admin/MaintenanceIssues relating to support scripts, bots, cron jobs and admin web pages. [managed]Issues relating to support scripts, bots, cron jobs and admin web pages. [managed]

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Needs: BreakdownThis big issue needs a checklist or subissues to describe a breakdown of work. [managed]This big issue needs a checklist or subissues to describe a breakdown of work. [managed]

Needs: Staff / InternalReviewed a PR but don't have merge powers? Use this.Reviewed a PR but don't have merge powers? Use this.

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Type: BugSomething isn't working. [managed]Something isn't working. [managed]

Status: Open.

#11661 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· mekarpeles opened on Jan 5, 2026

Inquiry: Importing ITAN Global Publishing Catalog to Open Library

Lead: @mekarpelesIssues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]Issues overseen by Mek (Staff: Program Lead) [managed]

Module: ImportIssues related to the configuration or use of importbot and other bulk import systems. [managed]Issues related to the configuration or use of importbot and other bulk import systems. [managed]

Needs: Community DiscussionThis issue is to be brought up in the next community call. [managed]This issue is to be brought up in the next community call. [managed]

Priority: 3Issues that we can consider at our leisure. [managed]Issues that we can consider at our leisure. [managed]

Type: QuestionThis issue doesn't require code. A question needs an answer. [managed]This issue doesn't require code. A question needs an answer. [managed]

Status: Open.

#12091 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· Mopelolascribe opened on Mar 13, 2026

Update Locate Button to navigate to Book Page section

Lead: @cdriniIssues overseen by Drini (Staff: Team Lead & Solr, Library Explorer, i18n) [managed]Issues overseen by Drini (Staff: Team Lead & Solr, Library Explorer, i18n) [managed]

Needs: Designs

Needs: ResponseIssues which require feedback from leadIssues which require feedback from lead

Priority: 2Important, as time permits. [managed]Important, as time permits. [managed]

Type: Feature RequestIssue describes a feature or enhancement we'd like to implement. [managed]Issue describes a feature or enhancement we'd like to implement. [managed]

Status: Open.

#12105 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· mekarpeles opened on Mar 16, 2026

Update production postgres from 9.3 -> 18

1-off tasks

Affects: Admin/MaintenanceIssues relating to support scripts, bots, cron jobs and admin web pages. [managed]Issues relating to support scripts, bots, cron jobs and admin web pages. [managed]

Affects: Database

Lead: @jimchampIssues overseen by Jim (Front-end Lead, BookNotes) [managed]Issues overseen by Jim (Front-end Lead, BookNotes) [managed]

Needs: Staff / InternalReviewed a PR but don't have merge powers? Use this.Reviewed a PR but don't have merge powers? Use this.

Priority: 1Do this week, receiving emails, time sensitive, . [managed]Do this week, receiving emails, time sensitive, . [managed]

Theme: PerformanceIssues related to UI or Server performance. [managed]Issues related to UI or Server performance. [managed]

Type: EpicA feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]A feature or refactor that is big enough to require subissues. [managed]

Status: Open.

#5675 In internetarchive/openlibrary;

· cdrini opened on Sep 20, 2021