Assign an issue to someone

Assign issue 4821 to Marco and put Priya in the assignees as watcher; include a note that Marco should pick this up by Wednesday and Priya will validate the fix. Verify Marco is available by checking his open PRs first to avoid conflicts.

Before I assign this to someone, make it easy for the team lead to approve: surface each candidate’s current PRs and on-call status, show how long the fix will likely take, and flag risks that would require a different owner or an escalation to Slack #infra.

Issue 4821 needs an owner. Marco has recent context but has three open PRs; Lina is on-call this week. I am worried assigning Marco will block him and delay triage, but assigning Lina might interrupt incident handling. Given these constraints, who should I assign now and what note should I add to manage expectations?

Across the last two sprints I keep assigning bugs to whoever last touched the file, and they often have five open PRs. That pattern creates delays and resentment. What specific habit or lightweight checklist should I adopt so I pick an owner who can actually deliver within the sprint?