New issues overwhelm accepted/prioritized work queue

5/10 Medium

New issues automatically bubble to the top of the issues list, constantly distracting maintainers from focused work on accepted issues. Current label-based filtering is ineffective because accepted issues drop to page 2 when new issues accumulate.

GitHub
Category
dx
Workaround
partial
Freshness
persistent
Scope
single_lib
Upstream
open
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
team
Maintainer
slow

Sources

Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with GitHub for developers in 2025?”4/5/2026

Users are opening new issues every day, and these issues automatically bubble to the top of the issues list by default... Almost every day I go to the issues list intending to work on something specific and then get sidetracked because I see 3-4 new issues at the top of the list.

Created: 4/5/2026Updated: 4/5/2026