# How we closed 1,500 GitHub issues in one month

DevFeed: [How we closed 1,500 GitHub issues in one month](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-closed-1-500-github-issues-in-one-month-3148.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nextjs.org/blog/how-we-closed-1500-github-issues>)

Author: Marcos Hernanz

Published: 2026-09-04T04:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Next.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/next-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [GitHub Issues](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-issues.md>), [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [issue tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/issue-tracker.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [github-issues](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-issues.md>), [issue-tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue-tracker.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [sandbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandbox.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>)

## AI overview

The Next.js team describes using an AI research agent to help maintainers review an issue backlog, close outdated reports, and retain issues that still matter.

## Source excerpt

How the Next.js team used an agent to research old reports and work through the issue backlog.