Labels

Labels used to determine issue kind.

- bugs, that need to be fixed. Assigned when something is not working as it was expected.
kind/cleanup - issues created in order to enhance code quality without changing application functionality.
kind/documentation - documentation, that need to be improved or updated.
kind/failing-test - blocker of CI jobs, that should be fixed as soon as posible.
kind/feature - new features, that could be added to the application.

Priority

Labels used to prioritize issues.

priority/critical-urgent - critical issue, that must be resolved as soon as possible. Someone must be working on it. It can be broken build, crucial security issue or bug causing application crashes.
priority/important-soon - important issue, that needs to be resolved before next release. It can be important feature or a bug, which is visible for users.
priority/important-longterm - important issue, but it may need multiple releases to complete.
priority/backlog - issue, that will be resolved after issues with higher priority. It can be minor enhancement, which is not required at the moment.
priority/awaiting-more-evidence - lowest priority issue, possibly useful information, but not yet enough support to actually get it done.

- issues actively being worked on by a contributor.
lifecycle/frozen - issues should not be auto-closed due to staleness.
lifecycle/rotten - issues that has aged beyond stale and will be auto-closed.
lifecycle/stale - issues has remained open with no activity and has become stale.

Size

Labels used to describe an issue size.

size/XS
size/S
size/L
size/XL
size/XXL

Labels used to determine if creator of pull request has signed the CNCF CLA. It has to be signed before change can be merged. Assigned automatically by @k8s-ci-robot.

Other

Other labels used for issues and pull requests.

area/dependency - pull requests created by bot. This label is assigned automatically.
help wanted - rather low priority issues, where any contributions are more than welcomed.
good first issue - issues good for contributor onboarding.
missing details - issues with missing details, that cannot be reproduced.
do-not-merge/hold - pull requests, that should wait to merge temporarily.
do-not-merge/work-in-progress - assigned automatically to pull requests with WIP in their title.
triage/duplicate - duplicates, that should be closed and linked with original issues.
triage/needs-information - issue needs more information in order to work on it.
triage/unresolved - issue that can not or will not be resolved.