---
title: Technical Debt
---
```js
const API = "http://127.0.0.1:8000";
const POLL = 15_000;
```
```js
const tdState = (async function*() {
while (true) {
let data = [], ok = false;
try {
const [rt, rw, rto] = await Promise.all([
fetch(`${API}/technical-debt/`),
fetch(`${API}/workstreams/`),
fetch(`${API}/topics/`),
]);
ok = rt.ok && rw.ok && rto.ok;
if (ok) {
const [tdList, wsList, topicList] = await Promise.all([rt.json(), rw.json(), rto.json()]);
const topicMap = Object.fromEntries(topicList.map(t => [t.id, t]));
const wsMap = Object.fromEntries(wsList.map(w => [w.id, {
...w, domain: topicMap[w.topic_id]?.domain_slug ?? "unknown",
}]));
data = tdList.map(t => ({
...t,
workstream_title: wsMap[t.workstream_id]?.title ?? null,
})).sort((a, b) => {
const sv = {critical: 0, high: 1, medium: 2, low: 3};
const st = {open: 0, in_progress: 1, deferred: 2, resolved: 3, wont_fix: 4};
const sd = (st[a.status] ?? 9) - (st[b.status] ?? 9);
return sd !== 0 ? sd : (sv[a.severity] ?? 9) - (sv[b.severity] ?? 9);
});
}
} catch {}
yield {data, ok, ts: new Date()};
await new Promise(res => setTimeout(res, POLL));
}
})();
```
```js
const data = tdState.data ?? [];
const _ok = tdState.ok ?? false;
const _ts = tdState.ts;
```
```js
import {MultiSelect} from "./components/multiselect.js";
const STATUSES = ["open", "in_progress", "resolved", "deferred", "wont_fix"];
const SEVERITIES = ["critical", "high", "medium", "low"];
const _domainsResp = await fetch(`${API}/domains/?status=active`).catch(() => null);
const DOMAINS = _domainsResp?.ok
? (await _domainsResp.json()).map(d => d.slug)
: ["custodian", "railiance", "markitect", "coulomb_social", "personhood", "foerster_capabilities"];
const DEBT_TYPES = ["design", "implementation", "test", "docs", "dependencies", "performance", "security", "other"];
const _filtersForm = Inputs.form(
{
status: MultiSelect(STATUSES, {label: "Status", placeholder: "All statuses"}),
severity: MultiSelect(SEVERITIES, {label: "Severity", placeholder: "All severities"}),
domain: MultiSelect(DOMAINS, {label: "Domain", placeholder: "All domains"}),
debt_type: MultiSelect(DEBT_TYPES, {label: "Type", placeholder: "All types"}),
},
{
template: ({status, severity, domain, debt_type}) => html`
${status}${severity}${domain}${debt_type}
`,
}
);
```
```js
const filters = Generators.input(_filtersForm);
```
```js
const filtered = data.filter(t =>
(filters.status.length === 0 || filters.status.includes(t.status)) &&
(filters.severity.length === 0 || filters.severity.includes(t.severity)) &&
(filters.domain.length === 0 || filters.domain.includes(t.domain)) &&
(filters.debt_type.length === 0 || filters.debt_type.includes(t.debt_type))
);
```
# Technical Debt
```js
import {injectTocTop} from "./components/toc-sidebar.js";
import {withDocHelp} from "./components/doc-overlay.js";
import {openEntityModal} from "./components/entity-modal.js";
// ── KPI sidebar ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
const _open = data.filter(t => t.status === "open" || t.status === "in_progress");
const _critical = data.filter(t => t.severity === "critical" && t.status === "open");
const _high = data.filter(t => t.severity === "high" && t.status === "open");
const _resolved = data.filter(t => t.status === "resolved");
const _total = data.filter(t => t.status !== "wont_fix").length;
const _resolvedPct = _total > 0 ? Math.round(_resolved.length / _total * 100) : 0;
const _kpiBox = html`
Tech Debt
resolved
${_resolved.length}
${_resolvedPct}% of total
`;
// ── Live indicator ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
const _liveEl = html`
●
${_ok
? `Live · updated ${_ts?.toLocaleTimeString()}`
: html`Offline — run: make api`}
`;
withDocHelp(_liveEl, "/docs/live-data");
injectTocTop("td-kpi-box", _kpiBox);
injectTocTop("live-indicator", _liveEl);
const _h1 = document.querySelector("#observablehq-main h1");
if (_h1) _h1.style.position = "relative";
```
## By Type & Severity
```js
import * as Plot from "npm:@observablehq/plot";
const SEVERITY_COLOR = {critical: "#dc2626", high: "#ea580c", medium: "#3b82f6", low: "#94a3b8"};
const TYPE_COLOR = {
design: "#8b5cf6", implementation: "#3b82f6", test: "#f59e0b",
docs: "#10b981", dependencies: "#6366f1", performance: "#ec4899",
security: "#dc2626", other: "#94a3b8",
};
const bySeverity = SEVERITIES
.map(s => ({severity: s, count: filtered.filter(t => t.severity === s && t.status !== "resolved" && t.status !== "wont_fix").length}))
.filter(d => d.count > 0);
const byType = DEBT_TYPES
.map(t => ({type: t, count: filtered.filter(d => d.debt_type === t).length}))
.filter(d => d.count > 0);
if (filtered.length === 0) {
display(html`No technical debt items match the current filter.
`);
} else {
display(html`
${bySeverity.length > 0 ? Plot.plot({
marks: [
Plot.barX(bySeverity, {y: "severity", x: "count", fill: d => SEVERITY_COLOR[d.severity] ?? "#94a3b8", tip: true}),
Plot.ruleX([0]),
],
marginLeft: 80, width: 300, title: "Open by severity",
}) : ""}
${byType.length > 0 ? Plot.plot({
marks: [
Plot.barX(byType, {y: "type", x: "count", fill: d => TYPE_COLOR[d.type] ?? "#94a3b8", tip: true}),
Plot.ruleX([0]),
],
marginLeft: 110, width: 360, title: "By type",
}) : ""}
`);
}
```
## Critical & High
```js
const _urgent = filtered.filter(t => (t.severity === "critical" || t.severity === "high") && t.status === "open");
if (_urgent.length === 0) {
display(html`No critical or high severity open items in current filter. ✓
`);
} else {
display(html`${_urgent.map(t => html`
openEntityModal(t, "td")}
title="Click to view full details">
${t.title}
${t.description ? html`
${t.description.slice(0, 220)}${t.description.length > 220 ? " …" : ""}
` : ""}
${t.location ? html`
${t.location}
` : ""}
`)}
${filtered.length} items shown.
`);
display(html`${filtered.map(t => html`
openEntityModal(t, "td")}
title="Click to view full details">
${t.title}
${t.description ? html`
${t.description.slice(0, 220)}${t.description.length > 220 ? " …" : ""}
` : ""}
${t.location ? html`
${t.location}
` : ""}
`)}