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Default trail list to recent in-progress items with explicit author/status filters

This change updates `entire trail list` to stop returning an unbounded legacy table and instead show a bounded recent view (default 10 items) of repo-wide in-progress trails, while adding explicit composable `--author` and `--status` filtering (including clear-filter behavior) and removing the implicit `--all`-style listing mode.

entire trail list--author--status--limit

What Happened

  • This change updates `entire trail list` to stop returning an unbounded legacy table and instead show a bounded recent view (default 10 items) of repo-wide in-progress trails, while adding explicit composable `--author` and `--status` filtering (including clear-filter behavior) and removing the implicit `--all`-style listing mode.
  • This change updates `entire trail list` to stop returning an unbounded legacy table and instead show a bounded recent view (default 10 items) of repo-wide in-progress trails, while adding explicit composable `--author` and `--status` filtering (including clear-filter behavior) and removing the implicit `--all`-style listing mode.
  • 1 evidence item attached for review.

What is Different

Before

Scattered source updates, isolated context, and manual follow-up across multiple feeds.

Now

Introduces a new default listing behavior for trail discovery: bounded recent results, explicit filter composition by author/status, and a simplified branch-author-age output format, replacing the prior unbounded all-trails table flow.

Why Track This

Why It Matters

CLI operators and repo triage users now get a faster, less noisy view of active work by default, which reduces time spent finding current trails during debugging or incident coordination. The command now prioritizes recent in-progress items and requires explicit filter composition for broader searches, making results easier to control and reducing accidental broad scans in large repos. Watch for adoption friction in automation or power-user workflows that depended on the removed implicit full-list behavior, especially scripts assuming `--all` or default unfiltered visibility.

Impact

CLI operators and repo triage users now get a faster, less noisy view of active work by default, which reduces time spent finding current trails during debugging or incident coordination. The command now prioritizes recent in-progress items and requires explicit filter composition for broader searches, making results easier to control and reducing accidental broad scans in large repos. Watch for adoption friction in automation or power-user workflows that depended on the removed implicit full-list behavior, especially scripts assuming `--all` or default unfiltered visibility.

What To Watch Next

  • Watch whether entire trail list becomes a repeated pattern.
  • Track follow-up changes around AI IDE.
  • Compare future signals against this evidence trail.
  • Re-check risk flags: remove_all_flag_backward_compatibility, scripts_relying_on_unbounded_list.
Open Topic TimelineOpen Technical EventOpen Original Sourceremove_all_flag_backward_compatibility / scripts_relying_on_unbounded_list / default_filter_hides_closed_trails / filter_clear_semantics_misunderstood

Supporting Evidence

GITHUB PULL REQUESTHigh Trust

entireio/cli PR #1225: Improve trail list filters and output

The default `entire trail list` output is now: recent in-progress trails, limited to 10 by default, with author/status filters now composed explicitly and no longer relying on previous `--all` behavior.