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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Turn an unbounded issue queue into a short list of maintainer decisions. Three p
   - **"ні" (declined)** → post the drafted decline comment (with ache salvage where one underlies it) and close as not planned.
   - A conditional answer ("так, але тільки як настройка", "ні в такому вигляді, але X — так") is folded into the posted comment verbatim in spirit — the maintainer's condition becomes the recorded scope.
 
-**Existing PR first.** Before any verdict that sends an issue toward implementation (FIX-READY, an `accepted` feature), find out whether someone already has the fix in flight: `gh pr list --search "<issue-number> OR <error string> OR <title terms>" --state open`, plus the issue's own timeline (linked PRs, "opened a PR" comments — the reporter's fix is easy to miss when the PR body says `fixes #N` and the issue thread stays silent). An open PR moves the issue out of the fix backlog and into the PR queue: the ready action is a verdict on that PR (apply the `pr-review` skill), never a parallel in-house fix. A contributor who reported a bug and fixed it the same day, then watched a duplicate patch land on top, is owed a public apology and a changelog credit; the check costs one command.
+**Existing PR first.** Before any verdict that sends an issue toward implementation (FIX-READY, an `accepted` feature), find out whether someone already has the fix in flight: `gh pr list --search "<issue-number> OR <error string> OR <title terms>" --state open`, plus the issue's own timeline (linked PRs, "opened a PR" comments — the reporter's fix is easy to miss when the PR body says `fixes #N` and the issue thread stays silent). The same check gates every close: an issue with an open PR against it is never closed as stale or silently-fixed — the PR is the activity, and its review decides the issue's fate. An open PR moves the issue out of the fix backlog and into the PR queue: the ready action is a verdict on that PR (apply the `pr-review` skill), never a parallel in-house fix. A contributor who reported a bug and fixed it the same day, then watched a duplicate patch land on top, is owed a public apology and a changelog credit; the check costs one command.
 
 ## Phase 1 — Mechanical sweep