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4 Circular Dependencies Detect and break dependency cycles

Circular Dependencies Recovery

This runbook helps you detect and break circular dependency cycles in your issues.

Symptoms

  • "circular dependency detected" errors
  • bd blocked shows unexpected results
  • Issues that should be ready appear blocked

Diagnosis

# Check for blocked issues
bd blocked

# View dependencies for a specific issue
bd show <issue-id>

# List all dependencies
bd dep tree

Solution

Step 1: Identify the cycle

bd blocked --verbose

Step 2: Map the dependency chain

bd show <issue-a>
bd show <issue-b>
# Follow the chain until you return to <issue-a>

Step 3: Determine which dependency to remove Consider: Which dependency is least critical to the workflow?

Step 4: Remove the problematic dependency

bd dep remove <dependent-issue> <blocking-issue>

Step 5: Verify the cycle is broken

bd blocked
bd ready

Prevention

  • Think "X needs Y" not "X before Y" when adding dependencies
  • Use bd blocked after adding dependencies to check for cycles
  • Keep dependency chains shallow when possible