Team leads now triage the full backlog

Team leads now revisit every eligible Task in the Team backlog, including older, deferred, and changed work. They prioritize the queue, check for duplicates, and give each Task an explicit next step. We built it because new Tasks kept pushing older and deferred work out of the lead's view.

Team leads work through the backlog in prioritized batches and resume where their previous review stopped. Older work stays in consideration even when new Tasks keep arriving.

Before deciding, the lead checks accessible Tasks for duplicates, related work, and regressions. It can then route a Task forward, defer it until a specific time, mark it blocked, or cancel it. A deferred Task keeps the lead’s explanation and returns for reconsideration at the chosen time.

When work moves forward, the lead recommends the Task status, priority, implementer, planner, reviewer, and other Task details together. Applying the recommendation records the final routing and Task details as one decision, so work cannot be left partially routed.

Approve the lead's routing without redoing the triage

When routing requires approval, the Inbox presents the lead’s explanation as read-only context, followed by the recommended triage decision and editable Task details. You can choose a different next step or change any supported Task field before applying it. The reconsideration time appears only when you choose to defer the Task.

Rejecting a recommendation returns the unchanged Task to the Team lead with your feedback. Teams allowed to route without approval apply the same complete decision directly.