Issues

• Explorer writer corrupts integer display settings (numDecimalPlaces 1 → "1.0"), crashing CO₂ explorer views

  priority 3 - low
  owid/etl#6948 · Filter by author pabloarosado opened on Oct 2, 2026
  1

• Old step files: CLAUDE.md and /update-dataset disagree, and the cleanup relies on remembering

  priority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#6941 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Oct 1, 2026

• Shut down the OWID MCP server (mcp.owid.io) on 28 October 2026

  maintenanceopspriority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#6921 · Filter by author Marigold opened on Sep 30, 2026

• Skills: possible overlaps, and names to align with skills-private

  maintenancepriority 3 - low
  owid/etl#6870 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Sep 11, 2026
  2

• chart-sync always warns "Pending Chart Update Not Synced" for ETL-authored charts

  priority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#6805 · Filter by author pabloarosado opened on Sep 2, 2026

• Chart sync leaves dangling map.columnSlug on ETL-authored charts

  priority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#6803 · Filter by author pabloarosado opened on Sep 2, 2026
  1

• Excel (.xlsx) download format for download packages — evidence and recommendation

  enhancementpriority 3 - low
  owid/etl#6781 · Filter by author Marigold opened on Sep 1, 2026

• Update and adapt the owid_energy step and the energy_data repos

  priority 1 - high
  owid/etl#6668 · Filter by author pabloarosado opened on Aug 13, 2026
  6

• metadata: fix inconsistent uses of description_snapshot

  metadatapriority 3 - low
  owid/etl#6610 · Filter by author pabloarosado opened on Aug 5, 2026

• tracking: remove/replace explorers superseded by MDIMs

  priority 2 - mediumtracking
  owid/etl#6514 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Jul 24, 2026
  4

• Migrate global-health explorer into ETL as an MDIM

  priority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#6513 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Jul 24, 2026
  1

• redirects: natural-disasters explorer views → MDIM views (prep for explorer removal)

  priority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#6167 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on May 27, 2026
  5

  

• tracking: Bringing charts and mdims closer together in etl and grapher

  needs discussiontracking
  owid/etl#6069 · Filter by author pabloarosado opened on May 11, 2026

• tracking: Migrate Explorers into MDIMs

  priority 2 - mediumtracking
  owid/etl#6014 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on May 1, 2026
  2

• tracking: integrate MDIMs and charts

  needs discussiontracking
  owid/etl#5986 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Apr 28, 2026
  5

• Finish active Source to Origin metadata migration

  priority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#5979 · Filter by author Marigold opened on Apr 27, 2026
  1

• Metadata propagation: context-bound fields (grapher_config, presentation Jinja) leak into non-dimensional downstream variables

  correctnessneeds discussionpriority 3 - low
  owid/etl#5931 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Apr 15, 2026
  1

• Modernize Streamlit usage: migrate to native query param binding

  priority 3 - low
  owid/etl#5817 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Mar 23, 2026

• Detect and merge duplicate charts

  priority 3 - low
  owid/etl#5751 · Filter by author Marigold opened on Mar 5, 2026
  1

• owid-catalog: post v1.0.0 roadmap

  tracking
  owid/etl#5711 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Feb 24, 2026

• MDIMs: Ensure Collection.group_views works with a list of groups

  priority 3 - low
  owid/etl#5666 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Feb 12, 2026

• MDIMs: Review current implementation & improve based on usage

  collectionstracking
  owid/etl#5664 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Feb 12, 2026

• MDIMs: Support ScatterPlot creation with Collection.group_views out of the box

  collectionspriority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#5663 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Feb 12, 2026

• MDIMs: Define view config based on its indicator's metadata

  collectionspriority 2 - medium
  owid/etl#5662 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Feb 12, 2026

• MDIMs: Extend definitions.common_views logic to views created after paths.create_collection

  collectionspriority 3 - low
  owid/etl#5661 · Filter by author lucasrodes opened on Feb 12, 2026