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It's not possible to pursue development of the issue because of problems. Issues that are permanently blocked should be tagged with "Dead."

Fix it!!! Highest priority issues which are preventing other work from being done.

Fixing the issue is really hard and requires an investment. The exact causes are unknown, require additional profiling, or a major restructure of the codebase.

A permanently blocked issue. It might come back to life, but ... it's not likely.

Issues which are currently in a state of planning and preparation, where requirements are being discussed and specifications being written.

Fixing the issue is easy, probably an afternoon project.

This is important, do it now!

Fixing the issue provides a moderate challenge. Clear your schedule for the next couple of hours, you've got this!

Big picture discussions, clarificiations, and direction. “Where do we want to go?” rather than, “How do we get there?”

Issues that are currently in the planning stage

Issues that will be tackled at some future point (probably in a month)

The first time you attempt to do something, you'll get it wrong, so build a prototype first. (Another way of saying we might not know how to do this.)

Issue is a duplicate of another issue and adds nothing (or very little) that is new

Low priority development item. Represents a nice to have which we might get too (eventually).

Issue which should be moved into development using a normal process.

Describe how something should be done so that when you start, you don't make a mess

Currently being worked on, expect updates soon ...

The feature has been implemented and is waiting to be reviewed or otherwise just hanging out. (Another way of saying, almost done.)

The issue is currently in staging and requires review, or has appeared as part of quality assurance and needs to be addressed.

The issue has been implemented, prepared, and packaged. It is currently waiting on the results of testing (unit, integration, functional, or production) before being closed. Basically, really almost done (for real).