--- ## Daily Brief β€” 2026-05-31 ### ✨ Morning On this day in 1859, the Great Bell of Westminster β€” Big Ben β€” first started chiming over London. It was hauled up the tower lying on its side because nobody had built a clock that big before and they weren't entirely sure it would fit upright. (It did. Mostly. The original bell cracked four months later.) 🌿 It's Sunday β€” step outside for 5 minutes before opening anything with a notification badge. **Today's anchor**: Sunday β€” no scheduled standing meetings. Weekly plan for Mon 6/1 β†’ Fri 6/5 is in place; today is prep/runway, not execution. New signals since Friday: 2 task changes (Disable back button subtask closed, Friday 1-Must completed), 0 new comments on my tasks. > Note: No daily brief for 2026-05-30 (Saturday). Carrying forward from Friday's state and the fresh weekly plan. ## Plan for Today 1. ⚑ Complete the [Desktop Browser Feature Owner Survey](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214940335721015) β€” 5-min anonymous, overdue 5d, zero ambiguity. Easiest single win in the backlog. 2. 🧠 Skim [Eduardo's SIGKILL defensive-weak-captures PR](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215224247451374) (AOR-secondary Crash Reporting) β€” comment only if pattern looks wrong; otherwise pass. 3. πŸ“‹ Sanity-check Monday's TP runway: confirm PR #5149 is still βœ… green and approved (one-click merge tomorrow AM), confirm PR #5145 CI is still πŸ”΄, confirm PR #5173 is still waiting on reviewer. 4. πŸͺͺ Confirm the Privacy Triage delegated to Jake Abel ([1214965405681675](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214965405681675), due 2026-05-21, 10d overdue) β€” this is the gate for the Demo tracker ON HOLD task due Fri 6/5. Draft a Monday-morning nudge so it's not the first thing you write at 9am. 5. πŸ§– If time: glance at "Try Visiting a Site: Background" acceptance criteria ([1214828145455342](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214828145455342), due Mon) before sleep β€” a 10-min read tonight saves 30 min of staring at it tomorrow. Anything beyond this is bonus β€” Sunday isn't for execution, it's for arriving at Monday with momentum. --- ### πŸ”΄ Urgent / Overdue **[OVERDUE] [DRI] β€” [PR: Make our macOS app Monterrey-only - 1-3d](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215150214975916)** Context: Due 2026-05-27 (4d overdue). Diego confirmed Jun 8 is Big Sur's last release; this is the Monterrey+ follow-up and a hard dependency on the next release train. Action: Block Wed AM per weekly plan β€” first AOR task after TP cluster clears. **[OVERDUE] [DRI / TP] β€” [Hide Free plan β€’ Upgrade in onboarding [0.5d]](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215009192158952)** Context: Due 2026-05-28 (3d overdue). PR #5149 has approval + βœ… green CI. Only remaining action is clicking merge. Action: Merge first thing Monday 6/1 β€” unblocks the rest of the Treatment B cluster. **[OVERDUE] [DRI / TP] β€” [Ship AI onboarding winner (Treatment B) [0.5d]](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215009192158955)** Context: Due 2026-05-28 (3d overdue). Parent / coordination task. Closes once subtasks ship. Action: Update status comment Monday after #5149 merges; close when remaining 3 subtasks land. **[OVERDUE] [DRI / TP] β€” [Hide "stop chat" button in the input box [0.5d]](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215009192158954)** Context: Due 2026-05-29 (2d overdue). PR #5173 βœ… CI, waiting on reviewer. Action: Monday β€” nudge reviewer in PR thread. **[OVERDUE] [DRI / AOR] β€” [Follow-up: add Inline Text Images to TypingTextAnimation](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214040804696193)** Context: Due 2026-05-28 (3d overdue). Draft PR #4663 exists with βœ… CI. Action: Promote PR out of draft + request review (this week as part of AOR Quick Wins block). **[OVERDUE] [AOR OWNER] β€” [PR Check is failing on main](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214797526093576)** (16d overdue) and **[PR Check is failing on main - testWhenTabWithConnectionLostError...](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213975496167929)** (39d overdue) Context: Two Apple-CI failing-tests tasks. Weekly plan slots Wed 6/3 for investigation β€” may share root cause. Action: No action today; queued for Wed 6/3. **πŸ“¦ Backlog cluster (informational, not urgent)** Several inbox/planning tasks are stale >30d but live in low-urgency lanes: [Pinned tab opens link in background tab](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214038885921128) (30d), [Text selection in the address bar](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214071796247142) (30d), [Review Overdue Tasks Summary - 22 Tasks (Jan 2026)](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1212881948512860) (124d). Touch only if TP/AOR slots clear. --- ### 🟠 Needs Action Today **Ship Reviews (DRI)** β€” None blocking on Alex today. All Treatment B blockers are PR-merge/review mechanics, not approvals. **Tech Designs (Reviewer / Author)** β€” None requiring action today. **PR Reviews** β€” 6 review requests + 5 mentions queued in GitHub (see asana_context.md `GitHub β€” Needs Attention`). **Batch on Tuesday after TP block** β€” not Sunday. **PFRs** β€” None active. **Incidents** β€” None open. **Quick AOR skim (non-blocking)** β€” Eduardo Pinto's SIGKILL defensive-weak-captures PR ([1215224247451374](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1215224247451374)). 10-min read; comment only if pattern looks wrong. --- ### 🟑 Delegated β€” Follow Up Needed **[OVERDUE] [DELEGATOR] β€” [Privacy Triage: Apple - iOS: Demo tracker blocking after chat in onboarding](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1214965405681675)** β€” Jake Abel Context: Due 2026-05-21 (10d overdue). This is the gate for the [Demo tracker ON HOLD parent](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1213551050320249), your Fri 6/5 deliverable. Action: Monday AM β€” DM/comment to Jake: "Hey Jake β€” privacy triage on this is the unblock for our Fri ship; can you take a look this week, or flag if you need anything from me to move it?" **[STALLED] [DELEGATOR] β€” [PR: C-S-S Fix site copy/cut/paste/text selection restrictions](https://app.asana.com/0/0/1207521936429896)** Context: 75d since last activity. Snapshot found no matching GitHub PR. Action: Either close the Asana task or re-verify the PR still exists. Low priority; clear during AOR Quick Wins. No "⚠️ GitHub match: MERGED" rows in the delegated PR correlation β€” nothing forgotten-to-close. The remaining 100+ delegated tasks are long-tail backlog (>30d, no due dates, mostly Watched/Backlog projects). Not surfaced individually. --- ### πŸ”΅ Rhythms **TP**: Ship AI onboarding winner cluster (4 subtasks, all in `top_priority` section). Last modified 2026-05-29. **Not stale.** Next TP Thread check: TP not yet close to completion β€” PR #5149 awaiting merge, 3 sibling subtasks still open. **No Next TP Thread needed yet.** **1:1 with Dominik**: Skipped this week β€” Dominik OOO Mon–Wed LDX3 '26, Thu–Fri Public Holiday. Next 1:1 window ~Jun 9. Career time redirected to Project Advisor doc Part 1, blocked for Thu 6/4. **Upcoming this week**: - Standing meetings: **O-L Weekly Mon 6/1**, **Apple Weekly Tue 6/2**, **O-N Weekly Wed 6/3**. - **AFK prep**: Partly AFK for WWDC'26 starts Jun 8 (8 days away). No in-flight items scheduled to land during that window β€” but if any of this week's deliverables slip past Fri 6/5, they collide with AFK. Watch the Demo tracker (Fri 6/5) and Address Bar Toggle Assets (Thu 6/4). - No active rotation. No performance review deadline within 7 days.