# Weekly Plan — Week of 2026-05-18 **Top Priority**: Ship Review: iOS: Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding - 2-5 days — overdue by 3 days, Alex is DRI, active Ship Review with open subtasks requiring resolution before merge window closes. --- ### Quadrants | Quadrant | This Week | Notes | |---|---|---| | Project | 70% | SR crunch — all hands on Ship Review subtasks + Design Review sign-off | | AOR | 15% | CI failing test overdue 26d; light independent bug queue | | Career | 10% | 1:1 with Dominik on Tuesday — prep agenda, raise Project Advisor & primary AOR | | Strategy | 5% | Feature ownership survey response if tagged | > Ship Review is the TP → Project bumped to 70%, explicitly at expense of AOR (15% vs 20% target). --- ### Shape **Mon 2026-05-18:** SR push — close remaining open subtasks - [Ship Review: iOS: Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding - 2-5 days](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214147157456478) - Open subtasks due May 15 (3 days overdue) — GJ7, GJ8, Remove pointer tasks, Try Visiting a Site: Background/Remove Browser Toolbar, Address Bar Toggle Selection: Revert Copy, Animated Assets - Costas green-lit merge for wrapped + QA-passed subtasks — identify which 3 are ready and mark complete - [O-L Weekly Meeting](https://app.asana.com/0/0/0) — today (from snapshot) - Set 1-Must: pick the single highest-value SR subtask to close today **Tue 2026-05-19:** 1:1 with Dominik + SR Design Review push - [Dominik :: Alex Regular 1:1 Agenda](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214742648120931) — 1:1 today (due May 19) - [Apple Weekly Team Meeting](https://app.asana.com/0/0/0) — Tue - [O-N Weekly Meeting](https://app.asana.com/0/0/0) — Tue - Career agenda items: Project Advisor status, primary AOR target, EP3 gap check - Review Alessandro's May 18 comment on SR — coordinate QA round and Design Review sign-off - Recovery buffer after 1:1 — no deep work immediately after **Wed 2026-05-20:** SR wrap-up or next TP kickoff - If SR merges by Wed → transition to next queued TP from `top_priority` section - Next TP candidate: [iOS: Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213551050320249) (due May 18, also top_priority) - If SR still open → continue subtask resolution + DRI async coordination - AOR: address CI failing test ([PR Check is failing on main](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214797526093576), overdue 3d) **Thu 2026-05-21:** AOR + Sprint Backlog gap day - Clear quick-actionable AOR items if SR merged - Address [PR Check is failing on main - testWhenTabWithConnectionLostError...](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213975496167929) — overdue 26 days, Apple CI - [macOS - Add Pixels: Downloads - Daily and Count](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213572720491214) — due May 22 tomorrow **Fri 2026-05-22:** Close loops + weekly review + 1:1 prep - macOS Weekly Maintenance DRI rotation task due today: [macOS Weekly Maintenance DRI - Alex](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214129023477449) - [macOS App Maintenance](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214837564647979) — due May 22 - [macOS - Add Pixels: Downloads - Daily and Count](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213572720491214) — due today - Write weekly review - No upcoming 1:1 next week (next Dominik 1:1 bi-weekly → around Jun 2, before his AFK Jun 1-3) --- ### Must-Not-Forget - [ ] **[Ship Review: iOS: Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding - 2-5 days](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214147157456478)** — assignee: Alex due 2026-05-15 (3 days overdue) — Alex is DRI; Costas has green-lit merge for 3 wrapped subtasks; Alessandro running another QA round today. Must identify which subtasks are done and mark complete to unlock merge window. - [ ] **[GJ7/ Fix address bar focus dismissing search suggestion dialog when "Search only" is selected](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214682678629766)** — assignee: Alex due 2026-05-15 — Open SR subtask blocking Ship Review completion. - [ ] **[GJ8/ Change "Duck.ai" to "Ask AI" on the toggle selection screen in onboarding only](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214683268207886)** — assignee: Alex due 2026-05-15 — Open SR subtask; copy change, likely quick. - [ ] **[macOS - Add Pixels: Downloads - Daily and Count (1-2 days)](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213572720491214)** — assignee: Alex due 2026-05-22 — Alex DRI for observability pixels; due Friday, no recent activity since May 15. - [ ] **[PR Check is failing on main - testWhenTabWithConnectionLostError...](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213975496167929)** — assignee: Alex due 2026-04-22 (26 days overdue) — Active CI failure in Alex's section; needs triage or close if no longer relevant. --- ### AOR Quick Wins This Week - **[Consider removing or reworking mac_malicious-site-protection_client-timeout](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1210855358441832)** overdue 298 days (due 2025-07-24) — Feature flag removal candidate; evaluate if still needed and remove or reschedule. - **[If a page fails to load and I try to reload it, the URL gets wrapped in JavaScript code](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1207267367762569)** overdue 26 days (due 2026-04-22) — macOS Feedback bug; quick_wins section. Reproduce and file or fix. - **[Feature flag: warnBeforeQuit](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1212444166689969)** overdue 24 days (due 2026-04-24) — If warnBeforeQuit shipped, close this flag registry task. Low effort check. - **[Remove or re-evaluate Warn Before Quit pixels](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1212808567112832)** overdue 18 days (due 2026-04-30) — Companion to above; check if pixels still live; close or reschedule. --- ### Sprint Backlog (pick 1–2 if time allows) - **[Assertion Failure Pixel Anomaly - 2025/09/15](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1211379705725021)** due 2025-09-17 — 243 days overdue in `planning`; needs status check or explicit close/defer. - **[macOS App Maintenance](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214837564647979)** due 2026-05-22 — macOS App Development project; due this Friday. Confirm scope and action. (+ multiple aged items >180 days in backlog — not listed) --- ### On Radar - **TD: DRI <> Project Advisor async for iOS Address onboarding** — Gary's comment May 16 suggests Alex should kick off Project Advisor role this week (Tuesday); Costas also +1'd. This is an opportunity to formally take on the Project Advisor role on this project — check with Gary's coverage plan since he's OOO May 19–30. - **O-G: Investigate drop in completed-onboarding counts** — Alessandro @mentioned someone in Alex's team today (May 18); may touch demo tracker onboarding work Alex shipped. Monitor. - **Feature ownership survey** — Ivy is collecting responses. Alex may be @tagged to confirm ownership of macOS features; respond if mentioned. - **[ON HOLD] iOS: Introduce a new screen for toggle with Search or Duck.ai** — top_priority but ON HOLD, due May 15 (3d overdue). Confirm hold status with Dominik at 1:1. --- ### Career Action This Week **Draft Part 1 of Project Advisor Readiness doc** — 30 min *Why this one*: Gary OOO May 19–30 creates a window to formalize Alex's Project Advisor role on the "iOS Address onboarding conflicts" project (gid 1214592851898717). Costas and Gary have already +1'd this in comments. First action: create a short Advisor Readiness doc per `career-notes.md` goal #1. Raise at today's 1:1 with Dominik. *Skipped*: - Primary AOR discussion → will raise at 1:1 (Dominik not OOO) — captured in Shape - Calibration follow-up (Christie) → raise at 1:1 as well - Assessment visibility → no active O-N/O-L Assessment identified needing comment this week - 1:1 career prep → done by preparing the above agenda items --- ### On Radar / Participation Needed - **[DRI <> Project Advisor async for iOS Address onboarding conflicts with unified input](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214592851898717)** Gary + Costas tagged Alex directly — Gary says Alex should kick off as Project Advisor Tuesday; Costas asked Alex to focus on items with less design/UX input this week. **Engage today / Tuesday.** - **[O-G: Investigate drop in completed-onboarding counts (cross-platform)](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214738867458457)** Alessandro commented today with AB1 question. This may relate to the demo tracker onboarding Alex worked on. **Monitor — engage if @mentioned.** --- ### Carried Forward from Last Week No weekly review file found for the week of 2026-05-11 to 2026-05-15 in briefs/weekly/ (last review: 2026-04-06). Carrying forward open items from snapshot: - **[Ship Review: iOS: Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding - 2-5 days](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214147157456478)** — Alex (DRI) Was top priority last week; still open with 3+ subtasks unresolved. → see TP section above. - **[PR Check is failing on main - testWhenTabWithConnectionLostError...](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213975496167929)** — Alex Active CI failure, 26 days overdue. Needs triage this week. - **[DRI <> Project Advisor async for Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213551072611261)** — Alex Inbox, no due date. Related to Ship Review TP. Check if this async needs an update. - **[PR #4668: Fix UTI mode onboarding dialog flow](https://github.com/duckduckgo/apple-browsers/pull/4668)** — Alex (DRI) CI ✅, review ⏳ waiting. Review stalled — ping reviewers if no movement by Wed. - **[PR #4663: [executor] Add inline image support to AnimatableTypingText](https://github.com/duckduckgo/apple-browsers/pull/4663)** — Alex (DRI, draft) CI ✅, review ⏳ waiting. Draft — promote to review-ready if SR subtask scope allows. - **[EP2 TD Calibration - Alex](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214121856485500)** — Alex No due date, inbox. Raise at 1:1 with Dominik — clarify if Christie's EP2→EP3 calibration was submitted. --- *Based on asana_context.md snapshot (2026-05-18 02:05 UTC) + DB state as of 2026-05-18 08:00*