Issue & PR Labels on Fedora Forge

Last review: 2026-07-13

The Fedora Mindshare Committee uses a shared set of labels across all repositories in the Fedora Forge "mindshare" organization. These labels are defined at the organization level and are inherited by every repository.

Labels that share a prefix (e.g., scope/) are exclusive: only one label from that group can be applied to an issue at a time. This prevents conflicting states like an issue being both state/approved and state/blocked.

Charter area (charter/)

These labels identify which pillar of the Fedora Mindshare Committee charter an issue or pull request supports. Not every issue needs a charter label. Apply one when the issue targets how the Committee works on, plans, or budgets within a charter area. Individual event requests and funding proposals do not need a charter label.

Label Description

charter/events

Regional Event Support: process, planning, and budgeting for events

charter/recognition

Recognition Service: contributor recognition programs and awards

charter/ambassadorship

Digital Ambassadorship: online community engagement and outreach

Needs (needs/)

These labels indicate what an issue is waiting on before it can move forward.

Label Description

needs/event report

An event request that needs a published event report before closing as complete

needs/reporter feedback

Additional feedback or information from the reporter is needed to advance

needs/vote

A vote is required from Fedora Mindshare Committee members in order to advance

Scope (scope/)

These labels describe the nature of the request.

Label Description

scope/bug

Something is not working

scope/improvement

Repeating or improving something that already exists

scope/new

Something brand new that has not been done before

State (state/)

These labels track the current status of an issue.

Label Description

state/approved

Approved by the Fedora Mindshare Committee

state/blocked

Cannot move forward: blocked by feedback, other tickets, or external dependencies

state/duplicate

This issue or pull request already exists

state/invalid

This does not seem right

state/wontfix

This will not be worked on

Team (team/)

These labels identify which Fedora team is most relevant to an issue.

Label Description

team/advocates

Fedora Advocates

team/ambassadors

Fedora Ambassadors

team/commops

Fedora Community Operations (CommOps)

team/council

Fedora Council

team/design

Fedora Design Team

team/docs

Fedora Documentation Team

team/g11n

Fedora Globalization Team (Localization and Internationalization)

team/marketing

Fedora Marketing Team

team/mindshare

Fedora Mindshare Committee itself

team/websites-apps

Fedora Websites & Apps Team

Other

These labels are not exclusive and can be combined with any of the above.

Label Description

good first issue

Good for newcomers who want to get involved

help wanted

Needs help or feedback from the wider Fedora community