---
name: "Tech debt"
about: "Track cleanup, refactoring, risk reduction, or deferred engineering work"
title: "[Debt] "
labels:
  - type/debt
  - status/triage
  - module/core
---

## Current Cost

What does this make harder, riskier, slower, or more fragile?

## Desired Shape

What should the code, tests, or architecture look like afterwards?

## Constraints

What behavior, compatibility, or module boundary must be preserved?

## Verification Target

Focused checks that should pass:
