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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev [Tool] ESLint plugin

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Code Quality [Package] Components [Type] Tracking Issue

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress General Interface

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[Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue Needs Dev [Package] Format library [Package] Rich text

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev [Feature] Meta Boxes CSS Styling

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Package] Element

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev [Tool] Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin

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[Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Tool] Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Copy [Block] More

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Build Tooling

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[Feature] Block API [Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev

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[Type] Bug [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Design Needs Dev [Block] Post Excerpt [Block] Read More

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Automated Testing Needs Dev

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Drag and Drop [Block] Columns

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[Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Tool] WP Scripts

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress GitHub Actions

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev REST API Interaction [Package] API fetch

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev [Tool] WP Scripts

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Dev [Package] Components

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Cover

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[Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Code Quality

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Navigation [Block] Submenu

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Build Tooling

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Buttons

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[Type] Task Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Build Tooling

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Package] API fetch

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[Type] Bug [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] History

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Connectors screen

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[Type] Bug [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Connectors screen

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Paste [Block] Embed

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Patterns [Feature] Pattern Directory

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Link Editing

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Global Styles

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Experimental

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Font Library

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Backwards Compatibility [Block] Image [Feature] Block Validation/Deprecation

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress CSS Styling

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Build Tooling

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Build Tooling

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Feature] Custom Editor Styles CSS Styling

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[Type] Bug [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] DataViews

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Design Feedback [Block] Paragraph [Block] Group [Type] Feature [Block] Post Excerpt [Feature] Design Tools [Block] Post Content

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AI Summary: This GitHub issue requests adding a `@since` tag to the `render_block_core_navigation_overlay_close` function. The specified version for this tag should be `7.0.0`, as the block is new and will be introduced in the next major release.

Complexity: 1/5
[Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Feature] Navigation Overlays

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[Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Interactivity API

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue Customization [Feature] Extensibility Global Styles [Feature] Colors

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Paragraph [Type] Feature [Feature] Design Tools [Feature] Typography

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Image

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Layout [Feature] Block Style Variations

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Navigation [Block] Submenu

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[Type] Enhancement [Feature] Blocks Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Cover

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Developer Experience [Block] Breadcrumbs

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Embed

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Needs Design Feedback [Block] Heading

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Block] Heading [Feature] Design Tools

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Block] Navigation

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Block] Query Loop

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Internationalization (i18n) [Block] Math

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Notes

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AI Summary: This GitHub issue proposes updating the icon used for the Math block within the Gutenberg editor. The specific details and rationale for this icon change are referenced in a linked comment within a related pull request.

Complexity: 1/5
Good First Issue Needs Design Feedback [Type] Iteration [Block] Math

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Tool] Create Block

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Package] Icons

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Iteration [Block] Math

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[Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Type] Tracking Issue Storybook

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[Feature] Block API [Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Status] In Progress

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Query Title

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Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Internationalization (i18n) [Type] Copy Needs Decision [Block] Post Featured Image

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AI Summary: The 'Add block' toolbar button for the Accordion block is incorrectly displayed in 'write mode' or 'contentOnly mode', despite being non-functional in these modes. The issue proposes hiding this button to improve the user experience and prevent confusion.

Complexity: 1/5
[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental) [Feature] Write mode

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[Type] Bug [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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AI Summary: This GitHub issue addresses a problem where an Accordion block's header text becomes uneditable when the Accordion is nested within a Group block that has `templateLock:contentOnly` applied. This also results in an unusual list view where only the accordion panel content is editable. The proposed solution is to add the `"role": "content"` attribute to the accordion header's `title` attribute to restore its editability.

Complexity: 3/5
[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress Internationalization (i18n) Collaborative Workflows

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AI Summary: The Accordion block header's toggle button text and icon display with an incorrect layout in Right-to-Left (RTL) languages, such as Arabic. This is due to an explicit `flex-direction: row-reverse` style, which overrides the natural flex behavior for RTL, causing the icon to be on the left instead of the right of the text. The proposed solution is to remove this specific CSS style to allow flexbox to handle RTL layouts correctly.

Complexity: 1/5
[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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AI Summary: This issue proposes removing several unnecessary fields from the `block.json` files for the experimental Accordion, Accordion Content, Accordion Header, and Accordion Panel blocks. The fields targeted for removal include `version`, `attributes.allowedBlocks`, and `supports.align`/`border`, as they are either redundant for core blocks, unused, not working, or non-existent.

Complexity: 1/5
Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Type] Code Quality [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Accordion (experimental)

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Package] Commands

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Good First Issue [Priority] Low [Type] Regression Mobile App - i.e. Android or iOS

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[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Package] Components

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[Type] Task Good First Issue [Status] In Progress

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[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Package] Core commands

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AI Summary: Fix a horizontal overflow issue in the WordPress Gutenberg editor's Post Panel caused by long parent page names. The solution requires adjusting the layout to allow line breaks for long parent page names, similar to how long slugs are handled.

Complexity: 3/5
[Type] Bug Good First Issue [Status] In Progress General Interface

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AI Summary: Improve the accessibility of the WordPress Gutenberg Comments Pagination block by changing its wrapper element from a `div` to a `nav` element and adding an `aria-label="Comments pagination"` attribute for better screen reader compatibility. This involves modifying the block's HTML output to match the existing accessibility standards set by the core `the_comments_pagination()` function and the Query Pagination block.

Complexity: 2/5
[Type] Enhancement [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Comments Pagination

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AI Summary: Update the Gutenberg documentation on block locking to reflect a recent feature addition that allows locking of inner blocks within a parent block. This involves reviewing existing documentation, confirming the feature's implementation, and adding clear instructions on how to use this functionality.

Complexity: 2/5
[Type] Developer Documentation Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Feature] Block Locking

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AI Summary: The task involves removing a trailing period from the command used to open the settings panel within the Gutenberg editor's command palette. This likely requires modifying the code responsible for generating or displaying the command in the palette.

Complexity: 2/5
Good First Issue [Type] Command Palette

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AI Summary: The task involves modifying the WordPress Gutenberg Custom Link block to reposition the ToolsPanel dropdown menu from its current right-side location in the sidebar to the left side. This will likely require utilizing the `useToolsPanelDropdownMenuProps` hook within the block's component to achieve the desired layout change.

Complexity: 3/5
[Type] Enhancement Good First Issue [Status] In Progress [Block] Navigation Link

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AI Summary: Re-enable three end-to-end (E2E) tests in the Gutenberg project that were temporarily skipped due to issues with the WordPress core settings REST API. The core issue is tracked in a separate ticket (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/41604). This involves locating the skipped tests, understanding why they were skipped, and verifying they pass after the core issue is resolved.

Complexity: 3/5
Good First Issue [Type] Automated Testing

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