Triage

The Process

DevTools issues are triaged as time allows throughout the week, and during a dedicated triage meeting that occurs weekly. During the triage meeting, new and existing issues are categorized, prioritized, and / or commented on to provide updates or gather clarification.

The DevTools discord channel is also scrubbed for any recent user questions / concerns that require a response.

DevTools Issues

Queue: https://github.com/flutter/devtools/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+-label%3AP0%2CP1%2CP2%2CP3

For each issue, perform all of these tasks that apply:

Label/project the issue:

  • Add labels for its proper category or categories ( “Inspector page”, “debugger page”, “bug”, etc.)
  • Add label “waiting for customer response” if you requested more details from reporter
  • Add label “fix it friday” if the issue should be fixed and looks easy to fix
  • Add label “good first issue” if the issue looks like an easy starter bug for a new contributor

Prioritize the issue.

Follow the prioritization rubric here.

If the issue requires specific expertise, tag a product area owner (see below) in a comment and ask them to take a look. If the issue is actively being worked on or if it needs immediate / almost-immediate attention (P0, P1), assign the issue to a product area owner.

Here are some suggested owners by product area:

  • Flutter Inspector: @elliette
  • Performance: @kenzieschmoll
  • CPU Profiler: @kenzieschmoll or @bkonyi
  • Memory: @kenzieschmoll or @bkonyi
  • Network: @elliette or @bkonyi
  • Logging: @elliette or @bkonyi
  • VM Tools: @bkonyi
  • Debugger: @elliette
  • DevTools extensions: @kenzieschmoll
  • Tooling integrations with VS Code: @DanTup
  • Tooling integrations with IntelliJ or Android Studio: @helin24 or @jwren

For anything else that requires immediate attention but does not fit into one of the above areas, please tag @kenzieschmoll or @elliette.

Related Flutter Issues

flutter/flutter issues relating to DevTools: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22d%3A+devtools%22+++no%3Amilestone+

Ping the hackers-devtools discord channel about issues marked “severe: …” or “P0”.