vibed/nbd/.nbd/tickets/feb901.md

+++ title = "Split archive/closed: archive=done, closed=cancelled" priority = 6 status = "done" ticket_type = "bug" dependencies = [] +++

Problem

Currently nbd archive sets a ticket's status to closed. This conflates two distinct intents:

• A ticket that was completed and is being retired from the active list
• A ticket that will not be completed (e.g. cancelled, superseded, won't-fix)

Desired semantics

Status	Meaning	Resolved (unblocks deps)?	Visible in nbd list by default?
archived	Completed and soft-deleted from view	Yes	No
closed	Won't be completed (cancelled/won't-fix)	Yes (avoids deadlock)	No

Both statuses resolve dependencies, so a ticket depending on an archived or closed ticket becomes unblocked. This matches current behaviour for closed.

Changes required

src/ticket.rs

Add Archived variant to Status:

pub enum Status {
    #[default]
    Todo,
    InProgress,
    Done,
    Closed,
    Archived,  // new
}

Serialises as "archived".

src/main.rs

• parse_status: add "archived" => Ok(Status::Archived) arm and update error message
• cmd_archive: change ticket.status = Status::Closed → ticket.status = Status::Archived
• cmd_list: exclude Status::Archived alongside Done and Closed in the default filter path
• cmd_ready / cmd_next: treat Status::Archived as resolved (count it in done_ids)
• Update the Archive command docstring to say it sets status to archived not closed

src/display.rs

• status_str: add Status::Archived => "archived" arm

src/graph.rs

• status_str (internal helper): add Status::Archived => "archived" arm

README.md

• Update the Status table to show archived as a valid status
• Update nbd archive description to say it sets status to archived
• Update the note about archived vs closed semantics

CLAUDE.md

• Update CLI Interface block to include archived in valid status values
• Update nbd archive description

src/tests.rs / tests/integration.rs

• Update any test that checks status == "closed" after nbd archive → expect "archived" instead
• Add test: nbd archive <id> produces "archived" status
• Add test: a ticket with status=closed (manually set) is also excluded from list by default and treated as resolved

Migration concern

Existing tickets on disk that have status: "closed" set by previous nbd archive calls will retain closed status. This is acceptable — closed remains a valid status. Users who want to distinguish can nbd update <id> --status archived on historical tickets, or run nbd migrate once the schema is updated.

Validation

cargo fmt && cargo check && cargo clippy && cargo test
cargo run -- create --title "Test archive" --json | jq -r '.id' | xargs -I{} cargo run -- archive {} --json
# → status should be "archived"
cargo run -- create --title "Cancelled ticket" --json | jq -r '.id' | xargs -I{} cargo run -- update {} --status closed --json
# → status should be "closed"