ADR-0636: Tombstone: ADR number claimed from the allocator and never used¶
- Status: Deprecated
- Date: 2026-05-19
- Deciders: lusoris
- Tags:
tombstone,process
Context¶
ADR-0637 mentions an ADR-0636 stub: an agent claimed this number with scripts/adr/next-free.sh --claim and its work was left partly prepared.
Decision¶
No decision was recorded under this number and none is needed: the master CI repair that the claim was meant for is recorded in ADR-0637. The number is kept so it is never reused (ADR numbers are not reused).
This record was written on 2026-10-06 from the commits and ADRs named below, because the number is cited and no file existed. It records what happened; it decides nothing new.
Alternatives considered¶
| Option | Pros | Cons | Why not chosen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leave the citation unresolved | No new file | Readers of the citing ADR find nothing | Rejected by the maintainer in the ADR audit of 2026-10-06 |
| Rewrite the citing ADR | Points at the real record | Bodies of Accepted ADRs are frozen | The citing ADR gets an errata block instead |
Consequences¶
- Positive: the citation resolves and the history is reachable.
- Negative: one more short record.
- Neutral / follow-ups: none.
References¶
- ADR-0637 (fix 5 master CI failures)
- Source: the ADR audit of 2026-10-06, maintainer decision to file a short record for each cited number that had no file.