Issues

• Remove the infobase and infobase_nginx services

  Affects: ConfigurationAffects: DevelopersAffects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: DockerModule: InfogamiModule: Solr UpdaterPriority: 3State: BlockedType: Refactor/Clean-up
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14237 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 31, 2026

• Run Infobase writes in-process in web.py and FastAPI

  Affects: ConfigurationAffects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: InfogamiNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: PerformanceType: Refactor/Clean-up
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14236 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 31, 2026
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• Solr updater: read changes from the database instead of Infobase's write log

  Affects: DatabaseAffects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: Solr UpdaterNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: PerformanceType: Refactor/Clean-up
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14235 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 31, 2026
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• [Epic] Retire the Infobase service: Infobase becomes a library inside web.py and FastAPI

  Affects: DatabaseAffects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: InfogamiModule: Solr UpdaterNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: PerformanceType: Epic
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14234 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 31, 2026
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• Remove dead statsd metrics: ol.requests.* request hooks and ol.edits.bots.*

  Affects: ServerGood First IssueLead: @RayBBNeeds: ResponsePriority: 3Theme: MonitoringType: Refactor/Clean-up
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14230 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 30, 2026
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• Code review Phase 1: pre-model early-abort for prompt-injection/attack inputs (prerequisite for fork review)

  internetarchive/openlibrary#14211 · Filter by author openlibrary-bot opened on Oct 29, 2026

• Decision: should we auto-review community fork PRs, and how do we do it safely?

  internetarchive/openlibrary#14210 · Filter by author openlibrary-bot opened on Oct 29, 2026
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• Convert /verify_human to use FastAPI

  Lead: @RayBBType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14203 · Filter by author marley opened on Oct 29, 2026
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• Strip presentation, diff and tracking params from rel=canonical URLs

  Lead: @RayBBNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: SEOType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14195 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 29, 2026
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• Author pages should return 404 for ?page= numbers past the last page of works

  Lead: @RayBBModule: AuthorsNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: SEOType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14194 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 29, 2026
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• Return HTTP 403 (not 200) when a logged-out visitor opens an edit page

  Affects: ServerLead: @RayBBModule: PermissionsNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: SEOType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14193 · Filter by author RayBB opened on Oct 29, 2026
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• Reading log sorts: cache the shelf order and keep sorting when filtered

  Lead: @lokeshNeeds: ResponsePriority: 3Theme: PerformanceTheme: Reading LogType: Feature Request
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14179 · Filter by author lokesh opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Error Exporting Reading Log Locks "Want to Read" Shelf

  Lead: @mekarpelesNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: InvestigationNeeds: ResponseType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14164 · Filter by author Anas0473 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Author-merge table-of-contents normalization drops supported extended fields

  Lead: @cdriniModule: Table of ContentsPriority: 1
  Bug

  internetarchive/openlibrary#14147 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Greedy field binding serializes OR and its operand as the single term ORbar

  Lead: @cdriniModule: SolrNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: InvestigationNeeds: ResponsePriority: 2Theme: Search
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14146 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Invalid-language tests need their own language fixture instead of ambient context/cache

  Needs: Response
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14144 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Orphan editions: new_work asserts matching author counts for an existing edition and a fresh import record

  Affects: DataModule: AuthorsModule: ImportNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: Staff DecisionNeeds: TriageType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14143 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Uppercase ISBN and LCC search fields are not normalized before Solr queries

  Good First IssueModule: SolrNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: Search
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14142 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Question about quoted full-path values in edition_key search

  Module: SolrNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageTheme: SearchType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14141 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Publication parser returns an empty publisher after removing the unidentified-place marker

  Affects: DataGood First IssueModule: ImportNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: Triage
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14140 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Reading TocEntry.extra_fields changes subsequent to_dict output

  Affects: DataGood First IssueModule: Table of ContentsNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: TriageType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14139 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Coverstore Python schema generator omits the state columns used by current queries

  Needs: Response
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14137 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• TestModels.test_setup expects list registrations that models.setup no longer installs

  Good First IssueNeeds: LeadNeeds: TriageTheme: TestingType: Bug
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14136 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• Cover archival fails with IndexError when no pending covers exist

  Module: Cover ServiceNeeds: LeadNeeds: ResponseNeeds: Triage
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14134 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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• New covers are excluded from archival queries because status flags default to NULL

  Affects: DataModule: Cover ServiceNeeds: BreakdownNeeds: LeadNeeds: Triage
  internetarchive/openlibrary#14132 · Filter by author lucky20020327 opened on Oct 28, 2026
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