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+# issue-triage.yml — Automatic Forgejo issue status label transitions
+#
+# Copy to .forgejo/workflows/issue-triage.yml in any CF product repo.
+#
+# Transitions:
+#   PR opened/reopened → status:review on issues referenced in PR body
+#
+# Note: status:in-progress is handled by the pre-push hook in circuitforge-hooks,
+# which fires deterministically on the developer's machine when pushing a branch
+# named feat/N-*, fix/N-*, etc.
+#
+# Requires org-level secret: FORGEJO_TOKEN (read:issue + write:issue scopes)
+
+name: Issue Triage
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  label-review:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Mark referenced issues as status:review
+        env:
+          FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}
+          PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          SERVER: ${{ github.server_url }}
+        run: |
+          # Extract issue numbers from PR body — handles:
+          #   Closes: https://git.../issues/42
+          #   Closes #42, Fixes #42, Refs #42, #42
+          ISSUES=$(printf '%s' "$PR_BODY" \
+            | grep -oE '(Closes|Fixes|Refs|See)[[:space:]]*:?[[:space:]]*(#|.*/issues/)[0-9]+|#[0-9]+' \
+            | grep -oE '[0-9]+' \
+            | sort -u)
+
+          if [ -z "$ISSUES" ]; then
+            echo "No issue references found in PR body — nothing to label."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          API="${SERVER}/api/v1"
+
+          # Get the ID of the status:review label for this repo
+          LABEL_ID=$(curl -sf \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
+            "${API}/repos/${REPO}/labels?limit=50" \
+            | python3 -c "
+          import sys, json
+          labels = json.load(sys.stdin)
+          print(next((str(l['id']) for l in labels if l['name'] == 'status:review'), ''))
+          ")
+
+          if [ -z "$LABEL_ID" ]; then
+            echo "No 'status:review' label found in ${REPO} — skipping."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          for N in $ISSUES; do
+            HTTP=$(curl -sf -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d "{\"labels\":[${LABEL_ID}]}" \
+              "${API}/repos/${REPO}/issues/${N}/labels")
+            if [ "$HTTP" = "200" ] || [ "$HTTP" = "201" ]; then
+              echo "  OK   #${N} → status:review"
+            else
+              echo "  SKIP #${N} (HTTP ${HTTP} — may already be labeled or issue not found)"
+            fi
+          done