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<a name="conversation-locking"></a>
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# Automatic conversation locking
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Closed issues and pull requests are locked automatically after 30 days of inactivity.
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## I want to comment on a locked conversation, what should I do?
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When an issue has been closed and inactive for over 30 days, the original context is likely outdated.
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If you encounter a similar or related issue in the current version, please open a new issue and
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provide up-to-date reproduction instructions.
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## Why lock conversations?
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Automatically locking closed, inactive issues guides people towards filing new issues with updated
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context rather than commenting on a "resolved" issue that contains out-of-date or unrelated
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information. As an example, someone may comment "I'm still having this issue", but without
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providing any of the additional information the team needs to investigate.
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<a name="feature-request"></a>
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# Feature request process
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To manage the requests we receive at scale, we introduced automation in our feature request
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management process. After we triage a ticket and we identify it as a feature request, it goes
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through several steps.
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## Manual review
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First, we manually review to verify if it aligns with any of the existing roadmap efforts. If it
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does, we prioritize it. Alternatively, we keep it open and our feature request bot initiates a
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voting process.
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## Voting phase
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To include the community in the feature request process, we open voting for 60 days. Anyone can cast
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a vote for the request with a thump-up (👍) reaction. If the feature request reaches 20 or more
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upvotes, we review it again manually. Alternatively, the bot closes the request.
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## Consideration phase
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If the feature request receives 20 or more votes, we verify if we can afford to maintain it and
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whether it aligns with the long-term vision of Angular. If the answers of both questions are yes,
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we prioritize the request, alternatively we close it.
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## Diagram
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<p align="center" width="100%">
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<img src="./images/feature-request-automation.png" alt="Feature Request Automation">
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</p>
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## What if I want to implement the feature to help the Angular team?
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Often implementing the feature as an separate package is a better option. Building an external
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package rather than including the functionality in Angular helps with:
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- Keeping the framework's runtime smaller and simpler
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- Makes the learning journey of developers getting started with Angular smoother
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- Reduces maintainers burden and the complexity of the source code
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