Code Health

Technical Debt

Systematic tracking, prioritization, and resolution of technical debt to maintain velocity and code health.

Debt Items

-12 this quarter

87%

Code Health

+3% MoM

240

Refactor Hours

This quarter

34d

Avg Age

-8d from Q3

Debt Registry

Centralized tracking of all technical debt items with categorization and ownership.

# Technical Debt Registry Schema

## Debt Item Structure
id: DEBT-001
title: "Legacy authentication module"
category: architecture
severity: high
impact:
  velocity: 15%    # Dev time overhead
  reliability: 5%  # Incident contribution
  security: 10%    # Risk exposure
  
created: 2024-09-15
owner: @auth-team
estimated_effort: 3 weeks
dependencies:
  - DEBT-003  # Session management
  - DEBT-007  # Token refresh logic

## Categories
- architecture    # System design issues
- code_quality    # Maintainability
- testing         # Test coverage gaps
- documentation   # Missing/outdated docs
- dependencies    # Outdated packages
- performance     # Optimization needs
- security        # Security hygiene

## Severity Levels
- critical  # Active incidents, security risks
- high      # Major velocity impact
- medium    # Moderate friction
- low       # Nice-to-have improvements

Current Debt Status

Legacy auth module rewrite

Auth TeamAge: 45dEffort: 3w

critical

Migrate to SQLAlchemy 2.0

Core APIAge: 32dEffort: 2w

high

Add integration tests for webhooks

IntegrationsAge: 28dEffort: 1w

high

Consolidate logging utilities

PlatformAge: 21dEffort: 3d

medium

Update Pydantic v1 → v2

Core APIAge: 18dEffort: 1w

medium

Remove deprecated endpoints

API TeamAge: 14dEffort: 2d

low

Sustainable Velocity

Strategic debt management keeps the codebase healthy and teams productive.

87% Code Health20% Time for Debt-12 Items This Quarter