ECO-DAT-DATA-014 — Stale feature flags accumulating¶

Category: Data (DAT)
Family: Data (DATA)
Layer: Data
Tier: 2
Severity: note
Tags: feature-flags
Legacy ID: ECO-DATA-014

Summary¶

Feature flags left indefinitely add complexity and runtime overhead.

Stale flags increase cognitive load and sometimes runtime branching costs.

{
  "confidence": 0.5,
  "notes": "Mostly complexity-driven waste.",
  "type": "cpu"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "org"
  ],
  "method": "hybrid"
}

{
  "guidance": "Set expiration dates and cleanup workflows.",
  "tradeoffs": "Requires discipline."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "data"
  ]
}