Add 'deferred' as a valid issue status for issues that are deliberately
put on ice - not blocked by dependencies, just postponed for later.
Changes:
- Add StatusDeferred constant and update IsValid() validation
- Add DeferredIssues to Statistics struct with counting in both SQLite
and memory storage
- Add 'bd defer' command to set status to deferred
- Add 'bd undefer' command to restore status to open
- Update help text across list, search, count, dep, stale, and config
- Update MCP server models and tools to accept deferred status
- Add deferred to blocker status checks (schema, cache, ready, compact)
- Add StatusDeferred to public API exports (beads.go, internal/beads)
- Add snowflake styling for deferred in dep tree and graph views
Semantics:
- deferred vs blocked: deferred is a choice, blocked is forced
- deferred vs closed: deferred will be revisited, closed is done
- Deferred issues excluded from 'bd ready' (already works since
default filter only includes open/in_progress)
- Deferred issues still block dependents (they are not done!)
- Deferred issues visible in 'bd list' and 'bd stale'
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Implements a new 'bd count' command that provides efficient issue counting
with filtering and grouping capabilities.
Features:
- Basic count: Returns total count of issues matching filters
- All filtering options from 'bd list' (status, priority, type, assignee, labels, dates, etc.)
- Grouping via --by-* flags: status, priority, type, assignee, label
- JSON output support for both simple and grouped counts
- Both daemon and direct mode support
Implementation:
- Added OpCount operation and CountArgs to RPC protocol
- Added Count() method to RPC client
- Implemented handleCount() server-side handler with optimized bulk label fetching
- Created cmd/bd/count.go with full CLI implementation
Performance optimization:
- Pre-fetches all labels in a single query when using --by-label to avoid N+1 queries
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