---
title: Decisions
---

```js
import {API, POLL_HEAVY, apiFetch, pollDelay, waitForVisible} from "./components/config.js";
```

```js
// Fetch decisions + topics (for domain context) in parallel
const decState = (async function*() {
  let failures = 0;
  while (true) {
    let data = [], ok = false;
    try {
      const [rd, rt] = await Promise.all([
        apiFetch("/decisions/?limit=500"),
        apiFetch("/topics/"),
      ]);
      ok = rd.ok && rt.ok;
      if (ok) {
        const [decisions, topics] = await Promise.all([rd.json(), rt.json()]);
        const topicMap = Object.fromEntries(topics.map(t => [t.id, t]));
        data = decisions
          .map(d => ({
            ...d,
            domain:       topicMap[d.topic_id]?.domain_slug ?? null,
            topic_title:  topicMap[d.topic_id]?.title  ?? null,
          }))
          .sort((a, b) => {
            const rank = {escalated: 0, open: 1, resolved: 2, superseded: 3};
            const dr = (rank[a.status] ?? 9) - (rank[b.status] ?? 9);
            if (dr !== 0) return dr;
            // Resolved / superseded: most recently decided first
            if (a.status === "resolved" || a.status === "superseded") {
              if (a.decided_at && b.decided_at) return b.decided_at.localeCompare(a.decided_at);
              return a.decided_at ? -1 : 1;
            }
            // Open / escalated: soonest deadline first, then most recently created
            if (a.deadline && b.deadline) return a.deadline.localeCompare(b.deadline);
            if (a.deadline) return -1;
            if (b.deadline) return 1;
            return b.created_at.localeCompare(a.created_at);
          });
      }
    } catch {}
    failures = ok ? 0 : failures + 1;
    yield {data, ok, ts: new Date()};
    await waitForVisible(pollDelay({ok, base: POLL_HEAVY, failures}));
  }
})();
```

```js
const data = decState.data ?? [];
const _ok  = decState.ok   ?? false;
const _ts  = decState.ts;
```

```js
import {MultiSelect} from "./components/multiselect.js";

// Create filter form without displaying — shown below the chart via display(_filtersForm)
const _filtersForm = Inputs.form(
  {
    type:   MultiSelect(["pending", "made"],                             {label: "Type",   placeholder: "All types"}),
    status: MultiSelect(["open", "escalated", "resolved", "superseded"], {label: "Status", placeholder: "All statuses"}),
    search: Inputs.text({placeholder: "Search title…", style: "width:160px"}),
  },
  {
    template: ({type, status, search}) => html`<div class="filter-bar">
      ${type}${status}
      <div class="filter-text-input">${search}</div>
    </div>`,
  }
);
```

```js
const filters = Generators.input(_filtersForm);
```

```js
const filtered = data.filter(d =>
  (filters.type.length   === 0 || filters.type.includes(d.decision_type)) &&
  (filters.status.length === 0 || filters.status.includes(d.status)) &&
  (!filters.search || d.title.toLowerCase().includes(filters.search.toLowerCase()))
);

const escalated = filtered.filter(d => d.escalation_note && !["resolved", "superseded"].includes(d.status));

const STATUS_BORDER = {open: "steelblue", escalated: "#f59e0b", resolved: "#22c55e", superseded: "#aaa"};
const TYPE_CLASS    = {pending: "badge-pending", made: "badge-made"};

function fmtDate(iso) {
  return iso ? new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString(undefined, {day: "numeric", month: "short", year: "numeric"}) : null;
}
function isOverdue(iso) {
  return iso && new Date(iso) < new Date();
}
function fmtDuration(ms) {
  if (ms < 0) ms = 0;
  const h = 3_600_000, d = 86_400_000, w = 7 * d;
  if (ms < 2 * h) return `${Math.floor(ms / 60_000)}m`;
  if (ms < 2 * d) return `${Math.floor(ms / h)}h`;
  if (ms < 2 * w) return `${Math.floor(ms / d)}d`;
  if (ms < 8 * w) return `${Math.floor(ms / w)}w`;
  return `${Math.round(ms / (30.5 * d))}mo`; // 30.5 = avg days per month (365/12)
}
```

# Decisions

```js
import {withDocHelp}      from "./components/doc-overlay.js";
import {injectTocTop}     from "./components/toc-sidebar.js";
import {openActionConfirm} from "./components/action-confirm.js";

// ── KPI computation (uses full data, not filtered) ──────────────────────────
const _resolved5 = data
  .filter(d => d.decided_at && d.created_at)
  .sort((a, b) => b.decided_at.localeCompare(a.decided_at))
  .slice(0, 5);

const _meanResolveMs = _resolved5.length
  ? _resolved5.reduce((s, d) => s + (new Date(d.decided_at) - new Date(d.created_at)), 0) / _resolved5.length
  : null;

const _nowKpi    = new Date();
const _openDecs  = data.filter(d => d.status === "open" || d.status === "escalated");
const _openAges  = _openDecs.map(d => _nowKpi - new Date(d.created_at));
const _meanOpenMs = _openAges.length
  ? _openAges.reduce((s, a) => s + a, 0) / _openAges.length
  : null;

// Color: red = mean open > baseline; orange = any individual > baseline; black = all fine
let _openAgeColor = "inherit";
if (_meanOpenMs !== null && _meanResolveMs !== null) {
  if (_meanOpenMs > _meanResolveMs)              _openAgeColor = "#dc2626";
  else if (_openAges.some(a => a > _meanResolveMs)) _openAgeColor = "#d97706";
}

// ── Build the KPI infobox ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
const _kpiBox = html`<div class="kpi-infobox">
  <div class="kpi-infobox-title">Decision Health</div>
  ${_meanResolveMs !== null ? html`<div class="kpi-row">
    <span class="kpi-row-label">avg resolve</span>
    <div class="kpi-row-right">
      <div class="kpi-row-value">${fmtDuration(_meanResolveMs)}</div>
      <div class="kpi-row-sub">last&nbsp;${_resolved5.length}</div>
    </div>
  </div>` : ""}
  ${_meanOpenMs !== null ? html`<div class="kpi-row" style="--oc:${_openAgeColor}">
    <span class="kpi-row-label">avg open age</span>
    <div class="kpi-row-right">
      <div class="kpi-row-value kpi-colorable">${fmtDuration(_meanOpenMs)}</div>
      <div class="kpi-row-sub kpi-colorable">${_openDecs.length}&nbsp;open</div>
    </div>
  </div>` : html`<div class="kpi-row"><span class="kpi-row-label kpi-muted">no open decisions</span></div>`}
</div>`;

withDocHelp(_kpiBox, "/docs/decisions-kpi");

// ── Build live indicator ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
const _liveEl = html`<div class="live-indicator">
  <span style="color:${_ok ? 'var(--theme-foreground-focus)' : 'red'}">●</span>
  ${_ok
    ? `Live · updated ${_ts?.toLocaleTimeString()}`
    : html`<span style="color:red">Offline — run: <code>make api</code></span>`}
</div>`;
withDocHelp(_liveEl, "/docs/live-data");

const _h1 = document.querySelector("#observablehq-main h1");
if (_h1) { _h1.style.position = "relative"; withDocHelp(_h1, "/docs/decisions"); }
display(html`<p class="dim" style="margin-top:-0.25rem"><a href="/wsjf-triage">Daily WSJF triage</a> surfaces recurring decision and human-approval recommendations.</p>`);

// ── Inject into TOC sidebar: KPI first (prepend → bottom), live last (→ top) ─
const _toc = document.querySelector("#observablehq-toc");
if (_toc) {
  injectTocTop("decisions-kpi-box", _kpiBox);
  injectTocTop("live-indicator", _liveEl);
} else {
  display(html`<div style="float:right;width:215px;margin-left:1rem">${_liveEl}${_kpiBox}</div>`);
}
```

## Resolution History

```js
const period = view(Inputs.radio(
  ["day", "week", "month", "quarter", "YTD", "year", "all"],
  {value: "month", label: "Period"}
));
```

```js
import * as Plot from "npm:@observablehq/plot";

function _getTs(d) { return new Date(d.decided_at ?? d.created_at); }

function _bucketKey(t, unit, start) {
  switch (unit) {
    case "hour":  return new Date(t.getFullYear(), t.getMonth(), t.getDate(), t.getHours()).getTime();
    case "day":   return new Date(t.getFullYear(), t.getMonth(), t.getDate()).getTime();
    case "week": {
      const w = Math.floor((t - start) / (7 * 864e5));
      return start.getTime() + w * 7 * 864e5;
    }
    case "month": return new Date(t.getFullYear(), t.getMonth(), 1).getTime();
  }
}

function _genBuckets(start, end, unit) {
  const bkts = [];
  let cur = new Date(start);
  while (cur <= end) {
    bkts.push(cur.getTime());
    if      (unit === "hour")  cur = new Date(cur.getTime() + 36e5);
    else if (unit === "day")   cur = new Date(cur.getTime() + 864e5);
    else if (unit === "week")  cur = new Date(cur.getTime() + 7 * 864e5);
    else if (unit === "month") cur = new Date(cur.getFullYear(), cur.getMonth() + 1, 1);
  }
  return bkts;
}

const _now = new Date();
const _y = _now.getFullYear(), _mo = _now.getMonth();

let _start, _unit, _tickFmt;
switch (period) {
  case "day":
    _start = new Date(_y, _mo, _now.getDate());
    _unit  = "hour";
    _tickFmt = d => `${String(d.getHours()).padStart(2, "0")}:00`;
    break;
  case "week": {
    const _7ago = new Date(_now - 7 * 864e5);
    _start = new Date(_7ago.getFullYear(), _7ago.getMonth(), _7ago.getDate());
    _unit  = "day";
    _tickFmt = d => d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {weekday: "short", month: "short", day: "numeric"});
    break;
  }
  case "month":
    _start = new Date(_y, _mo, 1);
    _unit  = "week";
    _tickFmt = d => `W/${d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {month: "short", day: "numeric"})}`;
    break;
  case "quarter":
    _start = new Date(_y, Math.floor(_mo / 3) * 3, 1);
    _unit  = "month";
    _tickFmt = d => d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {month: "short"});
    break;
  case "YTD":
    _start = new Date(_y, 0, 1);
    _unit  = "month";
    _tickFmt = d => d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {month: "short"});
    break;
  case "year": {
    const _ago = new Date(_now - 365 * 864e5);
    _start = new Date(_ago.getFullYear(), _ago.getMonth(), 1);
    _unit  = "month";
    _tickFmt = d => d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {month: "short", year: "2-digit"});
    break;
  }
  default: {
    const _minTs = filtered.length ? Math.min(...filtered.map(d => _getTs(d))) : _now.getTime();
    const _minD  = new Date(_minTs);
    _start = new Date(_minD.getFullYear(), _minD.getMonth(), 1);
    _unit  = "month";
    _tickFmt = d => d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {month: "short", year: "numeric"});
    break;
  }
}

const _inWindow = period === "all"
  ? [...filtered]
  : filtered.filter(d => { const t = _getTs(d); return t >= _start && t <= _now; });

const _bktKeys = _genBuckets(_start, _now, _unit);
const _cntMap  = new Map(_bktKeys.map(k => [k, 0]));
for (const d of _inWindow) {
  const key = _bucketKey(_getTs(d), _unit, _start);
  if (_cntMap.has(key)) _cntMap.set(key, (_cntMap.get(key) || 0) + 1);
}

let _cum = 0;
const _chartData = _bktKeys.map(k => {
  const delta = _cntMap.get(k) || 0;
  _cum += delta;
  return {date: new Date(k), count: _cum, delta};
});

if (_inWindow.length === 0) {
  display(html`<p class="dim">No decisions in this period.</p>`);
} else {
  const _plotEl = Plot.plot({
    x: {type: "time", tickFormat: _tickFmt, tickRotate: -30, label: null},
    y: {grid: true, label: "Cumulative decisions"},
    marks: [
      Plot.areaY(_chartData, {x: "date", y: "count", fill: "steelblue", fillOpacity: 0.15, curve: "step-after"}),
      Plot.lineY(_chartData, {x: "date", y: "count", stroke: "steelblue", strokeWidth: 2, curve: "step-after"}),
      Plot.dot(_chartData.filter(d => d.delta > 0), {
        x: "date", y: "count", fill: "steelblue", r: 4, tip: true,
        title: d => `${_tickFmt(d.date)}\n+${d.delta} → ${d.count} total`,
      }),
      Plot.ruleY([0]),
    ],
    marginBottom: 70,
    width: 700,
  });
  const _plotWrap = html`<div style="position:relative">${_plotEl}</div>`;
  withDocHelp(_plotWrap, "/docs/decisions-kpi");
  display(_plotWrap);
}
```

## Filter & List

```js
const _filterWrap = html`<div style="position:relative;padding-right:2rem">${_filtersForm}</div>`;
withDocHelp(_filterWrap, "/docs/decisions-kpi");
display(_filterWrap);
```

```js
const _nowCards = new Date();

if (filtered.length === 0) {
  display(html`<p class="dim">No decisions match the current filter.</p>`);
} else {
  display(html`<div class="dec-list">${filtered.map(d => {
    const border  = STATUS_BORDER[d.status] ?? "#ccc";
    const _desc = d.description || "";
    const _rat  = d.rationale || "";
    const _primary = _desc || _rat;
    const snippet = _primary.slice(0, 200);
    // Expandable when text is truncated, or when both fields exist (the
    // collapsed view only shows one of them).
    const _needsExpand = _primary.length > 200 || (_desc && _rat && _desc !== _rat);
    const due     = fmtDate(d.deadline);
    const decided = fmtDate(d.decided_at);
    const overdue = isOverdue(d.deadline);

    const _isOpen  = d.status === "open" || d.status === "escalated";
    const _ageMs   = d.decided_at
      ? new Date(d.decided_at) - new Date(d.created_at)
      : _nowCards - new Date(d.created_at);
    const _ageText = d.decided_at ? `took ${fmtDuration(_ageMs)}` : `open ${fmtDuration(_ageMs)}`;
    const _ageWarn = _isOpen && _meanResolveMs !== null && _ageMs > _meanResolveMs;

    function onResolve() {
      openActionConfirm({
        title:        "Resolve Decision",
        entityTitle:  d.title,
        label:        "Rationale",
        placeholder:  "Why is this resolved, and what was decided?",
        confirmLabel: "Resolve",
        onConfirm: async (rationale) => {
          const res = await fetch(`${API}/decisions/${d.id}/resolve`, {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
            body: JSON.stringify({rationale, decided_by: "human"}),
          });
          if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`API error ${res.status}`);
        },
      });
    }

    return html`<div class="dec-item" style="border-left-color:${border}">
      <div class="dec-item-header">
        <span class="dec-badge ${TYPE_CLASS[d.decision_type] ?? ''}">${d.decision_type}</span>
        <span class="dec-badge dec-badge-status dec-badge-${d.status}">
          ${d.status === "escalated" ? "⚠ " : ""}${d.status}
        </span>
        ${d.domain        ? html`<span class="dec-context">${d.domain}</span>` : ""}
        ${due ? html`<span class="dec-due ${overdue ? 'dec-overdue' : ''}">
          ${overdue ? "⚠ overdue" : "due"} ${due}
        </span>` : ""}
        <span class="dec-age ${_ageWarn ? 'dec-age-warn' : ''}">${_ageText}</span>
        <span class="dec-date">${fmtDate(d.created_at)}</span>
        ${_isOpen ? html`<button class="dec-resolve-btn" onclick=${onResolve}>Resolve</button>` : ""}
      </div>
      <div class="dec-title">${d.title}</div>
      ${_primary ? (_needsExpand
        ? html`<details class="dec-expand">
            <summary>
              <span class="dec-snippet dec-snippet-collapsed">${snippet}${_primary.length > 200 ? "…" : ""}</span>
              <span class="dec-more"></span>
            </summary>
            <div class="dec-fulltext">
              ${_desc ? html`<div class="dec-fulltext-section"><div class="dec-fulltext-label">Description</div><div class="dec-snippet">${_desc}</div></div>` : ""}
              ${_rat  ? html`<div class="dec-fulltext-section"><div class="dec-fulltext-label">Rationale</div><div class="dec-snippet">${_rat}</div></div>` : ""}
            </div>
          </details>`
        : html`<div class="dec-snippet">${_primary}</div>`) : ""}
      ${d.decided_by ? html`<div class="dec-resolved-by">✓ ${d.decided_by}${decided ? " · " + decided : ""}</div>` : ""}
      ${d.escalation_note && !["resolved", "superseded"].includes(d.status) ? html`<div class="dec-escalation-note">${d.escalation_note}</div>` : ""}
    </div>`;
  })}</div>`);
}
```

```js
if (escalated.length > 0) {
  display(html`<div class="escalation-box">
    <strong>⚠ ${escalated.length} escalated decision${escalated.length > 1 ? "s" : ""} require human approval before any action is taken (constitution §4).</strong>
    <ul>${escalated.map(d => html`<li><b>${d.title}</b>: ${d.escalation_note}</li>`)}</ul>
  </div>`);
}
```

<style>
/* ── Live indicator ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.live-indicator {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: gray;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0.55rem 1.8rem 0.55rem 0.7rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
}

.kpi-row {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  padding: 0.3rem 0;
}
.kpi-row + .kpi-row {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--theme-foreground-faint, #eee);
}
.kpi-row-label {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--theme-foreground-muted, #666);
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.kpi-muted { color: var(--theme-foreground-faint, #aaa); font-style: italic; }
.kpi-row-right { text-align: right; }
.kpi-row-value {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
  line-height: 1.1;
  color: var(--theme-foreground, #111);
}
.kpi-colorable { color: var(--oc, inherit); }
.kpi-row-sub {
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  color: var(--theme-foreground-faint, #aaa);
  line-height: 1.2;
}

/* ── Utility ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dim { color: gray; font-style: italic; }


/* ── Decision list ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dec-list { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.5rem; }
.dec-item { border-left: 3px solid #ccc; border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0; background: var(--theme-background-alt); padding: 0.65rem 0.9rem; }
.dec-item-header { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 0.4rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; font-size: 0.75rem; }
.dec-badge { display: inline-block; padding: 0.1rem 0.45rem; border-radius: 10px; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em; }
.badge-pending { background: #fef3c7; color: #92400e; }
.badge-made    { background: #e0e7ff; color: #3730a3; }
.dec-badge-status { font-weight: 500; text-transform: capitalize; }
.dec-badge-open       { background: #dbeafe; color: #1e40af; }
.dec-badge-escalated  { background: #fef3c7; color: #92400e; }
.dec-badge-resolved   { background: #dcfce7; color: #166534; }
.dec-badge-superseded { background: #f3f4f6; color: #6b7280; }
.dec-context { color: var(--theme-foreground-muted); }
.dec-due { color: steelblue; }
.dec-overdue { color: #dc2626; font-weight: 600; }
.dec-date { color: var(--theme-foreground-faint); margin-left: auto; }
.dec-age { font-size: 0.72rem; color: var(--theme-foreground-faint, #aaa); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
.dec-age-warn { color: #d97706; font-weight: 600; }
.dec-title { font-weight: 600; font-size: 0.95rem; margin-bottom: 0.2rem; }
.dec-snippet { font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--theme-foreground-muted); line-height: 1.45; white-space: pre-wrap; }
.dec-resolved-by { font-size: 0.78rem; color: #22c55e; margin-top: 0.3rem; }

/* ── Expandable full text ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dec-expand summary { list-style: none; cursor: pointer; }
.dec-expand summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.dec-expand[open] .dec-snippet-collapsed { display: none; }
.dec-more::after { content: "Show full text ▾"; }
.dec-expand[open] .dec-more::after { content: "Show less ▴"; }
.dec-more { display: inline-block; margin-left: 0.35rem; font-size: 0.72rem; font-weight: 600; color: steelblue; white-space: nowrap; }
.dec-more:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.dec-expand[open] .dec-more { display: block; margin: 0.15rem 0 0.35rem; }
.dec-fulltext-section + .dec-fulltext-section { margin-top: 0.5rem; }
.dec-fulltext-label { font-size: 0.65rem; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--theme-foreground-faint, #aaa); margin-bottom: 0.1rem; }
.dec-escalation-note { font-size: 0.78rem; color: #b45309; margin-top: 0.3rem; background: #fef3c7; border-radius: 4px; padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem; }

/* ── Resolve button ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dec-resolve-btn { margin-left: auto; padding: 0.15rem 0.6rem; border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid #22c55e; background: #f0fdf4; color: #166534; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; }
.dec-resolve-btn:hover { background: #dcfce7; }

/* ── Escalation warning ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.escalation-box { background: #fff3cd; border: 2px solid orange; border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; }
</style>
