## Labels

Each label in the repository has a description attached that describes what the label means.

There are 7 label categories in the repository:

- **Area labels**: These labels denote the general area of the project an issue or PR affects. These start with [`A-`][area].
- **Category labels**: These labels denote the type of issue or change being made, for example https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/C-bug or https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/C-enhancement. These start with [`C-`][category].
- **Difficulty labels**: These are reserved for the very easy or very hard issues. Any issue without one of these labels can be considered to be of "average difficulty". They start with [`D-`][difficulty].
- **Meta labels**: These start with [`M-`][meta] and convey meaning to the core contributors, usually about the release process.
- **Platform labels**: These describe the platform an issue is present on. They start with [`O-`][platform].
- **Priority labels**: These are reserved for issues that require more immediate attention (high priority and critical priority) and they start with [`P-`][priority].
- **Status labels**: These labels convey meaning to contributors about an issue or PR's status, e.g. whether they are blocked or need triage. They start with [`S-`][status].

### Status labels

For easier at-a-glance communication of the status of issues and PRs the following labels are available:

**Needs work**

- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-blocked
- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-needs-benchmark
- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-needs-design
- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-needs-investigation
- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-needs-rebase

**Closure reasons**

- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-duplicate
- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-wontfix

**Misc.**

- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-needs-triage
- https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels/S-controversial

[area]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=a-
[category]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=c-
[difficulty]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=d-
[meta]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=m-
[platform]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=o-
[priority]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=p-
[status]: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/labels?q=s-