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+# Swagger-Core Open Issues Analysis (2025)
+
+**Analysis Date:** 2026-02-03  
+**Total Open Issues Analyzed:** 92  
+**Date Range:** Since January 1, 2025
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+This analysis examines **92 OPEN issues** reported to the swagger-api/swagger-core repository since January 1, 2025. The issues have been categorized using three approaches, with a special **Combined Approach** that merges functional areas with priority levels:
+
+1. **By Issue Type** - Traditional categorization (Bug, Feature, Question, etc.)
+2. **By Functional Area** - Groups by technical domain for specialized team assignment
+3. **By Priority/Severity** - Prioritizes work based on impact and urgency
+4. **Combined: Functional Areas by Priority** ⭐ - Shows which functional areas have the highest priority issues
+
+---
+
+## How Priorities Are Determined
+
+Priority is calculated using a **weighted scoring system** that considers multiple factors:
+
+### Priority Scoring Methodology
+
+| Priority Level | Score | Criteria |
+|---------------|-------|----------|
+| **Critical** | 5 | • Regressions (stopped working, breaking changes)<br>• Issues with P0/P1 labels<br>• Keywords: "regression", "breaking change", "stopped working" |
+| **High** | 4 | • Exceptions and crashes<br>• All bugs (Bug label)<br>• Keywords: "exception", "crash", "nullpointer", "fails" |
+| **Medium** | 3 | • Standard issues without special markers<br>• General improvements |
+| **Low** | 2 | • Feature requests<br>• Enhancements |
+| **Low** | 1 | • Questions<br>• Documentation requests |
+
+**Average Priority Score** for each functional area is calculated as the mean of all issue scores in that area. This helps identify which functional areas need the most urgent attention.
+
+---
+
+## Approach 1: By Issue Type
+
+This approach groups issues by their type. **OPEN ISSUES ONLY.**
+
+### Summary Statistics
+
+**Bug:** 16 open
+**Feature:** 10 open
+**Question:** 5 open
+**Other:** 61 open
+
+
+### Detailed Breakdown
+
+#### Bug (16 open issues)
+
+- #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+- #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+- #5035: [Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger
+- #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+- #5017: [Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas
+- #5013: [Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1
+- #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+- #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+- #4993: [Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas
+- #4963: [Bug]: Primitive boxed type schemas used in @ApiResponse content schema implementations are incorrectly cast to string
+- #4960: [Bug]: SpecFilter skips the ApiResponse#$ref field
+- #4841: 2.2.27 &amp; 2.2.28: org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultMutationGuard$IllegalMutationException: Project#afterEvaluate(Action) on project &#39;:XX&#39; cannot be executed in the current context.
+- #4813: Upgrade to v2.2.27: Cannot change dependencies of dependency configuration &#39;&#39; after it has been included in dependency resolution
+- #4682: BUG properties of type Object do not have any type information when generating open api 3.1.0
+
+#### Feature (10 open issues)
+
+- #5045: [Feature]: Need since or reason field in @Hidden annotation
+- #5011: [Feature]: Drop commons-lang3 dependency and replace its usages with core Java
+- #4991: [Feature] Support Jackson 3.x release line
+- #4976: [Feature]: Reduce Boilerplate in swagger-core Models (Optional Lombok Support or Alternatives)
+- #4966: [Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies
+- #4951: [Feature]: support for runtime skip properties inside ModelConverter
+- #4840: [Feature] Mark type as deprecated if the class is `@Deprecated`
+- #4838: Empty default values are ignored
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+- #3323: Generic Response Types
+
+#### Question (5 open issues)
+
+- #5016: [Question]: Duplicate schema names don&#39;t throw but are overwritten
+- #5014: [Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array?
+- #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+- #4939: Integer enum Schema parsing can fail based upon locale
+- #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+
+#### Other (61 open issues)
+
+- #5027: &#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List
+- #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+- #4924: Ability to remove unused definitions from generated YML
+- #4923: Custom UUID wrapper class can&#39;t be used anymore after 2.2.28
+- #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+- #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+- #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+- #4906: java.lang.Object converted to json object (map) type
+- #4905: CustomResolver&#39;s Results get overwritten by default ModelResolver
+- #4904: java.lang.ClassCastException: class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.JsonSchema cannot be cast to class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ComposedSchema
+- #4903: jackson module not working in 2.2.30
+- #4887: Order of `required` properties
+- #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+- #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+- #4877: 2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory
+- #4864: generate OpenApi yml file with swagger-maven-plugin and with Java 17 #903
+- #4863: &#34;Override&#34; example value when extending a class
+- #4854: Bootstrapped servlet returns empty JSON as of 2.2.24
+- #4851: The example value of the request body in swagger has a &#34;string&#34; value
+- #4848: ModelResolver#resolve ignores TYPE_USE annotations on property types
+- ... and 41 more
+
+---
+
+## Approach 2: By Functional Area
+
+This approach groups issues by technical domain and functionality. **OPEN ISSUES ONLY.**
+
+### Summary Statistics (sorted by issue count)
+
+**Annotation Processing:** 63 open issues
+**Examples:** 34 open issues
+**Validation:** 25 open issues
+**Dependencies:** 21 open issues
+**Jakarta Migration:** 20 open issues
+**Jackson:** 17 open issues
+**Other:** 12 open issues
+**Polymorphic Types:** 11 open issues
+**Kotlin:** 3 open issues
+
+### Detailed Breakdown
+
+#### Annotation Processing (63 open issues)
+
+*Issues related to @Schema, @ArraySchema, @Hidden, and other annotations*
+
+🟢 #5045: [Feature]: Need since or reason field in @Hidden annotation
+🟠 #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+🟠 #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+🟠 #5017: [Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas
+🟠 #5016: [Question]: Duplicate schema names don&#39;t throw but are overwritten
+🟢 #5014: [Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array?
+🟠 #5013: [Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1
+🟠 #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+🟠 #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+🟠 #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+🟠 #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+🔴 #4993: [Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas
+🟢 #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+🟠 #4963: [Bug]: Primitive boxed type schemas used in @ApiResponse content schema implementations are incorrectly cast to string
+🟠 #4960: [Bug]: SpecFilter skips the ApiResponse#$ref field
+
+... and 48 more issues
+
+#### Examples (34 open issues)
+
+*Issues with example values and documentation generation*
+
+🟠 #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+🟡 #5027: &#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List
+🟠 #5017: [Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas
+🟢 #5014: [Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array?
+🟠 #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+🟠 #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+🟠 #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+🟢 #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+🟢 #4966: [Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies
+🟢 #4939: Integer enum Schema parsing can fail based upon locale
+🟠 #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+🟡 #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+🟠 #4923: Custom UUID wrapper class can&#39;t be used anymore after 2.2.28
+🔴 #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+🟡 #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+
+... and 19 more issues
+
+#### Validation (25 open issues)
+
+*Issues with validation annotations, required fields, and RequiredMode*
+
+🟠 #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+🟠 #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+🟠 #5035: [Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger
+🟡 #5027: &#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List
+🟠 #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+🟠 #4960: [Bug]: SpecFilter skips the ApiResponse#$ref field
+🟡 #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+🔴 #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+🔴 #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+🟡 #4887: Order of `required` properties
+🟡 #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+🟡 #4877: 2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory
+🟠 #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+🔴 #4841: 2.2.27 &amp; 2.2.28: org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultMutationGuard$IllegalMutationException: Project#afterEvaluate(Action) on project &#39;:XX&#39; cannot be executed in the current context.
+🟢 #4838: Empty default values are ignored
+
+... and 10 more issues
+
+#### Dependencies (21 open issues)
+
+*Issues with dependencies, Maven/Gradle plugins, and build processes*
+
+🔴 #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+🟠 #5013: [Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1
+🟠 #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+🟢 #5011: [Feature]: Drop commons-lang3 dependency and replace its usages with core Java
+🟠 #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+🟠 #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+🔴 #4993: [Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas
+🟢 #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+🟢 #4966: [Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies
+🟠 #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+🟡 #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+🟡 #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+🟡 #4864: generate OpenApi yml file with swagger-maven-plugin and with Java 17 #903
+🟡 #4846: Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code
+🟠 #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+
+... and 6 more issues
+
+#### Jakarta Migration (20 open issues)
+
+*Issues related to Jakarta namespace migration and Jakarta annotations*
+
+🟠 #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+🟠 #5035: [Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger
+🟠 #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+🟠 #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+🟠 #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+🟢 #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+🟠 #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+🟡 #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+🔴 #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+🟡 #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+🟠 #4903: jackson module not working in 2.2.30
+🟡 #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+🟡 #4877: 2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory
+🟡 #4846: Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code
+🟠 #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+
+... and 5 more issues
+
+#### Jackson (17 open issues)
+
+*Issues with Jackson annotations and serialization/deserialization*
+
+🔴 #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+🟠 #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+🔴 #4991: [Feature] Support Jackson 3.x release line
+🟠 #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+🟡 #4905: CustomResolver&#39;s Results get overwritten by default ModelResolver
+🟠 #4904: java.lang.ClassCastException: class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.JsonSchema cannot be cast to class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ComposedSchema
+🟠 #4903: jackson module not working in 2.2.30
+🟡 #4848: ModelResolver#resolve ignores TYPE_USE annotations on property types
+🟡 #4847: @Schema annotation on custom string type is ignored when using @JsonValue
+🟠 #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+🟠 #4819: Definition for parent interface not generated
+🟡 #4696: Using @JsonUnwrapped with @Schema(implementation = Something) does not unwrap
+🟠 #4682: BUG properties of type Object do not have any type information when generating open api 3.1.0
+🟡 #4506: Jackson @JsonFormat doesn&#39;t support Enum type
+🟡 #4156: Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object
+
+... and 2 more issues
+
+#### Other (12 open issues)
+
+🟠 #4976: [Feature]: Reduce Boilerplate in swagger-core Models (Optional Lombok Support or Alternatives)
+🟢 #4951: [Feature]: support for runtime skip properties inside ModelConverter
+🟡 #4924: Ability to remove unused definitions from generated YML
+🟠 #4906: java.lang.Object converted to json object (map) type
+🟡 #4843: OpenApi not generated when resourceClasses used
+🟡 #4837: Is it possible to convert from OAS 3.0 to OAS 3.1 using this lib?
+🟡 #4789: Classes / enums with same name but different package replace each other
+🟡 #4404: Add support for more java.time objects
+🟡 #3577: [bug] Integer enum support
+🟠 #3025: openapi.json fails to take into account servlet context path, produces bad spec file
+🟡 #2961: Field with first letter lower case not recognized
+🟡 #2192: Field name is getting generated wrongly if field type is &#34;Boolean&#34; (wrapper class for boolean) instead of primitive &#34;boolean&#34; type
+
+#### Polymorphic Types (11 open issues)
+
+*Issues with oneOf, allOf, discriminators, and class hierarchies*
+
+🔴 #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+🟡 #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+🟠 #4819: Definition for parent interface not generated
+🟠 #4358: Incorrect mapping of sub-classes when nested as member of another sub-class
+🟡 #4352: Inconsistent behaviour for oneOf
+🟡 #4330: Missing oneOf sections for polymorphic schema
+🟡 #4156: Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object
+🟡 #3689: @ArraySchema is ignored in model property (array of abstract class)
+🟡 #3677: How to prevent oneOf() on supertypes leading to recursion in subtypes?
+🟡 #3567: Question: Is there a way to specify allowableValues dynamically?
+🟢 #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+
+#### Kotlin (3 open issues)
+
+*Kotlin-specific issues including inline classes and sealed classes*
+
+🟠 #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+🟡 #4506: Jackson @JsonFormat doesn&#39;t support Enum type
+🟡 #4156: Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object
+
+---
+
+## Approach 3: By Priority/Severity
+
+This approach prioritizes issues based on their impact and urgency. **OPEN ISSUES ONLY.**
+
+### Priority Levels
+
+**Critical:** 9 open issues
+**High:** 27 open issues
+**Medium:** 46 open issues
+**Low:** 10 open issues
+
+### Detailed Breakdown
+
+#### Critical Priority (9 open issues)
+
+- #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference [Bug]
+- #4993: [Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas [Bug]
+- #4991: [Feature] Support Jackson 3.x release line [Feature]
+- #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+- #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+- #4841: 2.2.27 &amp; 2.2.28: org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultMutationGuard$IllegalMutationException: Project#afterEvaluate(Action) on project &#39;:XX&#39; cannot be executed in the current context. [Bug, P1]
+- #4813: Upgrade to v2.2.27: Cannot change dependencies of dependency configuration &#39;&#39; after it has been included in dependency resolution [Bug, P1]
+- #4649: Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity
+- #4555: Could `@Schema(nullable = true)` work when outputting OpenAPI 3.1.0?
+
+#### High Priority (27 open issues)
+
+- #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl [Bug]
+- #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers [Bug]
+- #5035: [Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger [Bug]
+- #5017: [Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas [Bug]
+- #5016: [Question]: Duplicate schema names don&#39;t throw but are overwritten [Question]
+- #5013: [Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1 [Bug]
+- #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema [Bug]
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names [Bug]
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types [Bug]
+- #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly [Bug]
+- #4976: [Feature]: Reduce Boilerplate in swagger-core Models (Optional Lombok Support or Alternatives) [Feature]
+- #4963: [Bug]: Primitive boxed type schemas used in @ApiResponse content schema implementations are incorrectly cast to string [Bug]
+- #4960: [Bug]: SpecFilter skips the ApiResponse#$ref field [Bug]
+- #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34; [Question]
+- #4923: Custom UUID wrapper class can&#39;t be used anymore after 2.2.28
+- #4906: java.lang.Object converted to json object (map) type
+- #4904: java.lang.ClassCastException: class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.JsonSchema cannot be cast to class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ComposedSchema
+- #4903: jackson module not working in 2.2.30
+- #4854: Bootstrapped servlet returns empty JSON as of 2.2.24
+- #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+
+... and 7 more issues
+
+#### Medium Priority (46 open issues)
+
+- #5027: &#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List
+- #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+- #4924: Ability to remove unused definitions from generated YML
+- #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+- #4905: CustomResolver&#39;s Results get overwritten by default ModelResolver
+- #4887: Order of `required` properties
+- #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+- #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+- #4877: 2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory
+- #4864: generate OpenApi yml file with swagger-maven-plugin and with Java 17 #903
+- #4863: &#34;Override&#34; example value when extending a class
+- #4851: The example value of the request body in swagger has a &#34;string&#34; value
+- #4848: ModelResolver#resolve ignores TYPE_USE annotations on property types
+- #4847: @Schema annotation on custom string type is ignored when using @JsonValue
+- #4846: Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code
+- #4844: swagger-annotations: Add annotations to support x-enum-descriptions and x-enum-varnames
+- #4843: OpenApi not generated when resourceClasses used
+- #4840: [Feature] Mark type as deprecated if the class is `@Deprecated`
+- #4839: [Feature/Bug] Forbid mutliple `@ApiResponse` annotations with the same response code
+- #4837: Is it possible to convert from OAS 3.0 to OAS 3.1 using this lib?
+
+... and 26 more issues
+
+#### Low Priority (10 open issues)
+
+- #5045: [Feature]: Need since or reason field in @Hidden annotation [Feature]
+- #5014: [Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array? [Question]
+- #5011: [Feature]: Drop commons-lang3 dependency and replace its usages with core Java [Feature]
+- #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param [Question]
+- #4966: [Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies [Feature]
+- #4951: [Feature]: support for runtime skip properties inside ModelConverter [Feature]
+- #4939: Integer enum Schema parsing can fail based upon locale [Question]
+- #4838: Empty default values are ignored [Feature]
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping [Feature, Workaround available, P2, :thumbsup: Top Issue!]
+- #3323: Generic Response Types [Feature]
+
+---
+
+## ⭐ Combined Approach: Functional Areas by Priority
+
+This approach **combines Approach 2 and Approach 3** to show which functional areas have the highest priority issues. This helps answer: **"Which functional area should we focus on first?"**
+
+### Functional Areas Ranked by Average Priority Score
+
+The table below shows each functional area ranked by its average priority score, along with the distribution of issue priorities.
+
+| Rank | Functional Area | Total | Avg Score | Critical | High | Medium | Low | Priority Level |
+|------|----------------|-------|-----------|----------|------|--------|-----|----------------|
+| 1 | **Validation** | 25 | **3.64** | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 2 | **Jackson** | 17 | **3.59** | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 3 | **Dependencies** | 21 | **3.57** | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 4 | **Jakarta Migration** | 20 | **3.55** | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 5 | **Annotation Processing** | 63 | **3.33** | 5 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+| 6 | **Kotlin** | 3 | **3.33** | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+| 7 | **Polymorphic Types** | 11 | **3.27** | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+| 8 | **Examples** | 34 | **3.21** | 2 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+| 9 | **Other** | 12 | **3.17** | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+
+
+### Interpretation Guide
+
+- **Avg Score:** Higher scores (closer to 5.0) indicate more urgent issues
+- **Priority Level:** 
+  - 🔴 CRITICAL (4.0+): Immediate attention required
+  - 🟠 HIGH (3.5-3.9): Should be prioritized soon
+  - 🟡 MEDIUM (2.5-3.4): Standard priority
+  - 🟢 LOW (<2.5): Can be deferred
+
+### Key Insights from Combined Analysis
+
+**Top 3 Priority Areas:**
+
+1. **Validation** (Avg: 3.64)
+   - 25 open issues
+   - 5 critical, 9 high priority
+   - Critical issues: #4910, #4909, #4841, +2 more
+
+2. **Jackson** (Avg: 3.59)
+   - 17 open issues
+   - 2 critical, 7 high priority
+   - Critical issues: #5028, #4991
+
+3. **Dependencies** (Avg: 3.57)
+   - 21 open issues
+   - 5 critical, 7 high priority
+   - Critical issues: #5028, #4993, #4841, +2 more
+
+
+**Recommendation:** Focus development effort on the top-ranked functional areas, starting with their Critical and High priority issues.
+
+---
+
+## Detailed Priority Breakdown by Functional Area
+
+This section provides detailed listings of issues in each functional area, grouped by priority.
+
+### Validation
+**Total:** 25 | **Avg Score:** 3.64 | Critical: 5 | High: 9 | Medium: 8 | Low: 3
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (5 issues):**
+- #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+- #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+- #4841: 2.2.27 &amp; 2.2.28: org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultMutationGuard$IllegalMutationException: Project#afterEvaluate(Action) on project &#39;:XX&#39; cannot be executed in the current context.
+- #4649: Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity
+- #4555: Could `@Schema(nullable = true)` work when outputting OpenAPI 3.1.0?
+
+**🟠 High Priority (9 issues):**
+- #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+- #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+- #5035: [Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+- #4960: [Bug]: SpecFilter skips the ApiResponse#$ref field
+- #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+- #4819: Definition for parent interface not generated
+- #4763: Explicit schema type specified on `@Parameter` annotation is always ignored
+- #4689: BUG Unable to deserialize OpenAPI Parameter
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (8 issues):**
+- #5027: &#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List
+- #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+- #4887: Order of `required` properties
+- #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+- #4877: 2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory
+- #4753: @Schema field-level description ignored when using custom type with $ref #2723
+- #4711: @Schema is processed without enum when implementation and allowableValues exist at the same time
+- #3818: Maps that use enums as keys don&#39;t explicitly declare them in the resulting swagger def.
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (3 issues):**
+- #4838: Empty default values are ignored
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+- #3323: Generic Response Types
+
+---
+
+### Jackson
+**Total:** 17 | **Avg Score:** 3.59 | Critical: 2 | High: 7 | Medium: 7 | Low: 1
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (2 issues):**
+- #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+- #4991: [Feature] Support Jackson 3.x release line
+
+**🟠 High Priority (7 issues):**
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+- #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+- #4904: java.lang.ClassCastException: class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.JsonSchema cannot be cast to class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ComposedSchema
+- #4903: jackson module not working in 2.2.30
+- #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+- #4819: Definition for parent interface not generated
+- #4682: BUG properties of type Object do not have any type information when generating open api 3.1.0
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (7 issues):**
+- #4905: CustomResolver&#39;s Results get overwritten by default ModelResolver
+- #4848: ModelResolver#resolve ignores TYPE_USE annotations on property types
+- #4847: @Schema annotation on custom string type is ignored when using @JsonValue
+- #4696: Using @JsonUnwrapped with @Schema(implementation = Something) does not unwrap
+- #4506: Jackson @JsonFormat doesn&#39;t support Enum type
+- #4156: Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object
+- #3677: How to prevent oneOf() on supertypes leading to recursion in subtypes?
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (1 issues):**
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+
+---
+
+### Dependencies
+**Total:** 21 | **Avg Score:** 3.57 | Critical: 5 | High: 7 | Medium: 5 | Low: 4
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (5 issues):**
+- #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+- #4993: [Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas
+- #4841: 2.2.27 &amp; 2.2.28: org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultMutationGuard$IllegalMutationException: Project#afterEvaluate(Action) on project &#39;:XX&#39; cannot be executed in the current context.
+- #4813: Upgrade to v2.2.27: Cannot change dependencies of dependency configuration &#39;&#39; after it has been included in dependency resolution
+- #4649: Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity
+
+**🟠 High Priority (7 issues):**
+- #5013: [Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1
+- #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+- #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+- #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+- #4763: Explicit schema type specified on `@Parameter` annotation is always ignored
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (5 issues):**
+- #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+- #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+- #4864: generate OpenApi yml file with swagger-maven-plugin and with Java 17 #903
+- #4846: Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code
+- #4824: Bill of material
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (4 issues):**
+- #5011: [Feature]: Drop commons-lang3 dependency and replace its usages with core Java
+- #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+- #4966: [Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+
+---
+
+### Jakarta Migration
+**Total:** 20 | **Avg Score:** 3.55 | Critical: 2 | High: 9 | Medium: 8 | Low: 1
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (2 issues):**
+- #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+- #4649: Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity
+
+**🟠 High Priority (9 issues):**
+- #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+- #5035: [Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+- #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+- #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+- #4903: jackson module not working in 2.2.30
+- #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+- #4763: Explicit schema type specified on `@Parameter` annotation is always ignored
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (8 issues):**
+- #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+- #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+- #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+- #4877: 2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory
+- #4846: Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code
+- #4824: Bill of material
+- #4753: @Schema field-level description ignored when using custom type with $ref #2723
+- #4711: @Schema is processed without enum when implementation and allowableValues exist at the same time
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (1 issues):**
+- #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+
+---
+
+### Annotation Processing
+**Total:** 63 | **Avg Score:** 3.33 | Critical: 5 | High: 19 | Medium: 33 | Low: 6
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (5 issues):**
+- #4993: [Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas
+- #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+- #4909: Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29
+- #4649: Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity
+- #4555: Could `@Schema(nullable = true)` work when outputting OpenAPI 3.1.0?
+
+**🟠 High Priority (19 issues):**
+- #5043: [Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl
+- #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+- #5017: [Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas
+- #5016: [Question]: Duplicate schema names don&#39;t throw but are overwritten
+- #5013: [Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1
+- #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+- #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+- #4963: [Bug]: Primitive boxed type schemas used in @ApiResponse content schema implementations are incorrectly cast to string
+- ... and 9 more
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (33 issues):**
+- #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+- #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+- #4905: CustomResolver&#39;s Results get overwritten by default ModelResolver
+- #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+- #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+- #4864: generate OpenApi yml file with swagger-maven-plugin and with Java 17 #903
+- #4863: &#34;Override&#34; example value when extending a class
+- #4851: The example value of the request body in swagger has a &#34;string&#34; value
+- #4848: ModelResolver#resolve ignores TYPE_USE annotations on property types
+- #4847: @Schema annotation on custom string type is ignored when using @JsonValue
+- ... and 23 more
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (6 issues):**
+- #5045: [Feature]: Need since or reason field in @Hidden annotation
+- #5014: [Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array?
+- #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+- #4838: Empty default values are ignored
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+- #3323: Generic Response Types
+
+---
+
+### Kotlin
+**Total:** 3 | **Avg Score:** 3.33 | Critical: 0 | High: 1 | Medium: 2 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (1 issues):**
+- #5007: [Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (2 issues):**
+- #4506: Jackson @JsonFormat doesn&#39;t support Enum type
+- #4156: Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object
+
+---
+
+### Polymorphic Types
+**Total:** 11 | **Avg Score:** 3.27 | Critical: 1 | High: 2 | Medium: 7 | Low: 1
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (1 issues):**
+- #5028: [Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference
+
+**🟠 High Priority (2 issues):**
+- #4819: Definition for parent interface not generated
+- #4358: Incorrect mapping of sub-classes when nested as member of another sub-class
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (7 issues):**
+- #4882: swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java
+- #4352: Inconsistent behaviour for oneOf
+- #4330: Missing oneOf sections for polymorphic schema
+- #4156: Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object
+- #3689: @ArraySchema is ignored in model property (array of abstract class)
+- #3677: How to prevent oneOf() on supertypes leading to recursion in subtypes?
+- #3567: Question: Is there a way to specify allowableValues dynamically?
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (1 issues):**
+- #3411: Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping
+
+---
+
+### Examples
+**Total:** 34 | **Avg Score:** 3.21 | Critical: 2 | High: 11 | Medium: 16 | Low: 5
+
+**🔴 Critical Priority (2 issues):**
+- #4910: Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.
+- #4649: Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity
+
+**🟠 High Priority (11 issues):**
+- #5036: [Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers
+- #5017: [Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas
+- #5012: [Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema
+- #5001: [Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types
+- #4999: [Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly
+- #4935: Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;
+- #4923: Custom UUID wrapper class can&#39;t be used anymore after 2.2.28
+- #4854: Bootstrapped servlet returns empty JSON as of 2.2.24
+- #4842: OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly
+- #4682: BUG properties of type Object do not have any type information when generating open api 3.1.0
+- ... and 1 more
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (16 issues):**
+- #5027: &#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List
+- #4928: Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping
+- #4908: defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file
+- #4886: Validation Meta annotations not working
+- #4863: &#34;Override&#34; example value when extending a class
+- #4851: The example value of the request body in swagger has a &#34;string&#34; value
+- #4846: Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code
+- #4844: swagger-annotations: Add annotations to support x-enum-descriptions and x-enum-varnames
+- #4840: [Feature] Mark type as deprecated if the class is `@Deprecated`
+- #4820: @Schema(example=&#34;1234&#34;, type=&#34;string&#34;) interpreted as integer
+- ... and 6 more
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (5 issues):**
+- #5014: [Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array?
+- #4984: [Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param
+- #4966: [Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies
+- #4939: Integer enum Schema parsing can fail based upon locale
+- #3323: Generic Response Types
+
+---
+
+### Other
+**Total:** 12 | **Avg Score:** 3.17 | Critical: 0 | High: 3 | Medium: 8 | Low: 1
+
+**🟠 High Priority (3 issues):**
+- #4976: [Feature]: Reduce Boilerplate in swagger-core Models (Optional Lombok Support or Alternatives)
+- #4906: java.lang.Object converted to json object (map) type
+- #3025: openapi.json fails to take into account servlet context path, produces bad spec file
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (8 issues):**
+- #4924: Ability to remove unused definitions from generated YML
+- #4843: OpenApi not generated when resourceClasses used
+- #4837: Is it possible to convert from OAS 3.0 to OAS 3.1 using this lib?
+- #4789: Classes / enums with same name but different package replace each other
+- #4404: Add support for more java.time objects
+- #3577: [bug] Integer enum support
+- #2961: Field with first letter lower case not recognized
+- #2192: Field name is getting generated wrongly if field type is &#34;Boolean&#34; (wrapper class for boolean) instead of primitive &#34;boolean&#34; type
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (1 issues):**
+- #4951: [Feature]: support for runtime skip properties inside ModelConverter
+
+---
+
+
+## Recommendations
+
+### Based on Combined Priority Analysis:
+
+1. **Immediate Focus (High Avg Score Areas):**
+   - Address Critical issues in Validation, Jackson, and Dependencies areas
+   - These areas have both high issue counts and high severity
+
+2. **Strategic Priorities:**
+   - **Validation:** 25 issues with 5 critical - needs architectural review
+   - **Jakarta Migration:** 20 issues, many high priority - complete migration effort
+   - **Annotation Processing:** 63 issues - highest volume, needs systematic cleanup
+
+3. **Approach:**
+   - Use the Combined Approach to select functional areas
+   - Within each area, tackle Critical issues first, then High priority
+   - Monitor average priority scores to track improvement
+
+### How to Use This Analysis:
+
+1. **For Planning:** Use the Combined Approach table to prioritize functional areas
+2. **For Assignment:** Assign team members to top-priority functional areas
+3. **For Sprints:** Pick top 2-3 areas, focus on Critical/High issues
+4. **For Tracking:** Re-run analysis monthly to see if priorities shift
+
+---
+
+## Conclusion
+
+The **Combined Approach** (Functional Areas by Priority) provides the best view for decision-making:
+
+- **What to work on:** Functional areas with highest average priority scores
+- **Within each area:** Start with Critical and High priority issues
+- **Track progress:** Monitor both issue count and average priority score
+
+**Current Focus Areas (based on combined analysis):**
+1. Validation (3.64 avg) - 5 critical issues
+2. Jackson (3.59 avg) - 2 critical issues  
+3. Dependencies (3.57 avg) - 5 critical issues
+
+All data is available in **ISSUES_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv** for further analysis.
+
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+# Open Issues Analysis for 2025
+
+This directory contains analysis of **OPEN GitHub issues** reported to the swagger-api/swagger-core repository since January 1, 2025.
+
+## Files
+
+### ISSUES_ANALYSIS_2025_OPEN.md ⭐ **NEW**
+A comprehensive markdown report containing:
+- Analysis of **92 OPEN issues only** (closed issues excluded)
+- **Four different categorization approaches** for grouping issues:
+  1. **By Issue Type** - Traditional categorization (Bug, Feature, Question, etc.)
+  2. **By Functional Area** - Technical domain-based grouping
+  3. **By Priority/Severity** - Impact and urgency-based prioritization
+  4. **⭐ Combined: Functional Areas by Priority** - Merges approaches 2 and 3
+- Detailed priority determination methodology
+- Actionable recommendations based on combined analysis
+
+### ISSUES_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv ⭐ **NEW**
+A CSV file containing all **92 open issues** with the following columns:
+- Issue Number
+- Title
+- Type (Bug, Feature, Question, Other)
+- Functional Areas (semicolon-separated list)
+- Priority (Critical, High, Medium, Low)
+- **Priority Score** (1-5, used for calculating averages)
+- Labels
+- URL
+
+This CSV can be imported into Excel, Google Sheets, or other data analysis tools for custom filtering and visualization.
+
+## Summary Statistics (OPEN ISSUES ONLY)
+
+- **Total Open Issues:** 92
+- **Analysis Date:** February 3, 2026
+- **Date Range:** Since January 1, 2025
+
+### By Type
+- **Bugs:** 16 open
+- **Features:** 10 open
+- **Questions:** 5 open
+- **Other:** 61 open
+
+### By Priority
+- **Critical:** 9 open
+- **High:** 27 open
+- **Medium:** 46 open
+- **Low:** 10 open
+
+### Top Functional Areas (by priority)
+1. **Validation** - 25 issues (Avg Priority: 3.64)
+2. **Jackson** - 17 issues (Avg Priority: 3.59)
+3. **Dependencies** - 21 issues (Avg Priority: 3.57)
+4. **Jakarta Migration** - 20 issues (Avg Priority: 3.55)
+5. **Annotation Processing** - 63 issues (Avg Priority: 3.33)
+
+## How Priorities Are Determined
+
+### Priority Scoring System
+
+We use a **weighted scoring methodology** that analyzes issue content and labels:
+
+| Priority Level | Score | Criteria |
+|---------------|-------|----------|
+| **Critical** | 5 | Regressions, breaking changes, P0/P1 labels |
+| **High** | 4 | Exceptions, crashes, bugs |
+| **Medium** | 3 | Standard issues, general improvements |
+| **Low** | 2 | Feature requests, enhancements |
+| **Low** | 1 | Questions, documentation |
+
+**Average Priority Score** is calculated for each functional area to identify which areas need the most urgent attention.
+
+## ⭐ Combined Approach: The Best Way to Prioritize
+
+The **Combined Approach** merges functional areas (Approach 2) with priority levels (Approach 3) to answer:
+
+**"Which functional area should we focus on first?"**
+
+### How It Works
+
+1. Each issue is assigned to one or more functional areas
+2. Each issue receives a priority score (1-5)
+3. For each functional area, we calculate:
+   - Total issue count
+   - Count by priority level (Critical, High, Medium, Low)
+   - **Average priority score**
+4. Areas are ranked by average priority score
+
+### Example
+
+| Functional Area | Total | Avg Score | Critical | High | Medium | Low |
+|----------------|-------|-----------|----------|------|--------|-----|
+| Validation | 25 | **3.64** | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
+| Jackson | 17 | **3.59** | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
+
+**Interpretation:** Validation has more issues (25 vs 17) AND a higher average priority (3.64 vs 3.59), making it the top priority area.
+
+## How to Use
+
+### For Quick Triage
+Use the **Combined Approach** table in `ISSUES_ANALYSIS_2025_OPEN.md`:
+1. Find the functional area with the highest average priority score
+2. Within that area, tackle Critical issues first, then High
+3. Move to the next functional area when done
+
+### For Team Assignment
+1. Assign specialized team members to high-priority functional areas
+2. Examples:
+   - Annotation expert → Annotation Processing (63 issues, 3.33 avg)
+   - Jakarta expert → Jakarta Migration (20 issues, 3.55 avg)
+   - Jackson expert → Jackson (17 issues, 3.59 avg)
+
+### For Sprint Planning
+1. Choose top 2-3 functional areas by average priority score
+2. Pull Critical and High priority issues from those areas
+3. Plan capacity accordingly
+
+### For Custom Analysis
+Use **ISSUES_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv** to:
+- Create pivot tables by Priority + Functional Area
+- Filter to specific combinations (e.g., "Critical + Validation")
+- Generate charts showing priority distribution
+- Track trends over time (re-run monthly)
+
+## Recommendations
+
+Based on the combined priority analysis:
+
+### 🔴 Immediate Focus
+1. **Validation** (3.64 avg) - 5 critical issues need fixes
+2. **Jackson** (3.59 avg) - 2 critical issues
+3. **Dependencies** (3.57 avg) - 5 critical issues
+
+### 🟠 High Priority
+4. **Jakarta Migration** (3.55 avg) - Complete migration effort
+5. **Annotation Processing** (3.33 avg) - Highest volume (63 issues)
+
+### 🟡 Medium Priority
+6. **Kotlin**, **Polymorphic Types**, **Examples** - Address after above
+
+### Strategy
+- Focus on top-ranked areas first
+- Within each area, prioritize Critical → High → Medium → Low
+- Re-run analysis monthly to track improvement
+
+## Key Differences from Previous Analysis
+
+| Previous (All Issues) | New (Open Only) |
+|----------------------|-----------------|
+| 155 total issues | 92 open issues |
+| Included closed issues | Open issues only |
+| 3 approaches | 4 approaches (added Combined) |
+| Basic priority labels | Weighted priority scoring |
+| No priority methodology | Detailed scoring system |
+| Separate approaches | Combined Approach 2+3 |
+
+## Analysis Methodology
+
+1. **Data Collection:** GitHub API query for issues since 2025-01-01 with state=OPEN
+2. **Categorization:** Keyword matching on titles and bodies
+3. **Priority Scoring:** Multi-factor analysis (labels, keywords, issue type)
+4. **Calculation:** Average priority scores per functional area
+5. **Ranking:** Sort functional areas by average priority score
+
+For questions or updates, please open an issue in the repository.
diff --git a/ISSUES_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv b/ISSUES_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv
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+Issue Number,Title,Type,Functional Areas,Priority,Priority Score,Labels,URL
+5045,[Feature]: Need since or reason field in @Hidden annotation,Feature,Annotation Processing,Low,2,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5045
+5043,[Bug]: AnnotatedType equality in ModelConverterContextImpl,Bug,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5043
+5036,[Bug]: Example text is truncated when beginning with numbers,Bug,Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5036
+5035,[Bug]: Jakarta @Positive validation is not present in Swagger,Bug,Jakarta Migration; Validation,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5035
+5028,[Bug]: Polymorphic types don&#39;t include composite schema reference,Bug,Polymorphic Types; Jackson; Dependencies,Critical,5,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5028
+5027,"&#34;required&#34; property in Schema.java should be a Set (SortedSet for example), not a List",Other,Validation; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5027
+5017,[Bug]: OpenAPI 3.1: Enum used in @Schema#propertyNames removed when filtering unreferenced schemas,Bug,Annotation Processing; Examples,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5017
+5016,[Question]: Duplicate schema names don&#39;t throw but are overwritten,Question,Annotation Processing,High,4,Question,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5016
+5014,[Question]: How to specify @Schema.examples where each element is an array?,Question,Annotation Processing; Examples,Low,1,Question,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5014
+5013,[Bug]: @ArraysSchema applied on a stream property results in object type in OAS 3.1,Bug,Annotation Processing; Dependencies,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5013
+5012,[Bug]: The OAS 3.1 is missing information from the @ArraysSchema.arraySchema,Bug,Annotation Processing; Examples; Dependencies,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5012
+5011,[Feature]: Drop commons-lang3 dependency and replace its usages with core Java,Feature,Dependencies,Low,2,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5011
+5007,[Bug]: kotlin inline classes produce weird field names,Bug,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Jackson; Kotlin; Dependencies,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5007
+5001,[Bug]: Native support for Jakarta @Nullable annotation to generate proper OAS 3.1 nullable types,Bug,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples; Dependencies,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/5001
+4999,[Bug]: Example value starting with a number is parsed incorrectly,Bug,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Examples,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4999
+4993,[Bug]: Regression: class specified in @ArraySchema.schema.implementation not rendered in schemas,Bug,Annotation Processing; Dependencies,Critical,5,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4993
+4991,[Feature] Support Jackson 3.x release line,Feature,Jackson,Critical,5,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4991
+4984,[Question]: Duplicate records if Class and Operation both has @Path param,Question,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Examples; Dependencies,Low,1,Question,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4984
+4976,[Feature]: Reduce Boilerplate in swagger-core Models (Optional Lombok Support or Alternatives),Feature,Other,High,4,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4976
+4966,[Feature]: Provide a bom module for managing dependencies,Feature,Examples; Dependencies,Low,2,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4966
+4963,[Bug]: Primitive boxed type schemas used in @ApiResponse content schema implementations are incorrectly cast to string,Bug,Annotation Processing,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4963
+4960,[Bug]: SpecFilter skips the ApiResponse#$ref field,Bug,Annotation Processing; Validation,High,4,Bug,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4960
+4951,[Feature]: support for runtime skip properties inside ModelConverter,Feature,Other,Low,2,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4951
+4939,Integer enum Schema parsing can fail based upon locale,Question,Examples,Low,1,Question,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4939
+4935,Jackson dependency update results in &#34;java 8 date/time type java.time.LocalDateTime not supported by default&#34;,Question,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Examples; Jackson; Dependencies,High,4,Question,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4935
+4928,Lack of Friendly Support for Parameter Validation Grouping,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4928
+4924,Ability to remove unused definitions from generated YML,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4924
+4923,Custom UUID wrapper class can&#39;t be used anymore after 2.2.28,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4923
+4910,Create an annotation the add at controller level to summarize information regarding failed http responses.,Other,Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,Critical,5,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4910
+4909,Custom NotNull annotations stopped working between 2.2.28 and 2.2.29,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation,Critical,5,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4909
+4908,defaultValue attribute at enum object generate arbitrary json file,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Examples; Dependencies,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4908
+4906,java.lang.Object converted to json object (map) type,Other,Other,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4906
+4905,CustomResolver&#39;s Results get overwritten by default ModelResolver,Other,Annotation Processing; Jackson,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4905
+4904,java.lang.ClassCastException: class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.JsonSchema cannot be cast to class io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ComposedSchema,Other,Jackson,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4904
+4903,jackson module not working in 2.2.30,Other,Jakarta Migration; Jackson,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4903
+4887,Order of `required` properties,Other,Validation,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4887
+4886,Validation Meta annotations not working,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4886
+4882,swagger-maven-plugin: OPERATION annotation with multiple TAGS does not correctly generate openapi.json using inheritance in Java,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Dependencies,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4882
+4877,2.2.30 - @NotNull(jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull) assigned to a group should treat field as mandatory,Other,Jakarta Migration; Validation,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4877
+4864,generate OpenApi yml file with swagger-maven-plugin and with Java 17 #903,Other,Annotation Processing; Dependencies,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4864
+4863,&#34;Override&#34; example value when extending a class,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4863
+4854,Bootstrapped servlet returns empty JSON as of 2.2.24,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4854
+4851,The example value of the request body in swagger has a &#34;string&#34; value,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4851
+4848,ModelResolver#resolve ignores TYPE_USE annotations on property types,Other,Annotation Processing; Jackson,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4848
+4847,@Schema annotation on custom string type is ignored when using @JsonValue,Other,Annotation Processing; Jackson,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4847
+4846,Swagger adds extra line breaks in yaml generated from annotated code,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Examples; Dependencies,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4846
+4844,swagger-annotations: Add annotations to support x-enum-descriptions and x-enum-varnames,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4844
+4843,OpenApi not generated when resourceClasses used,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4843
+4842,OpenApi doc not beeing generated properly,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples; Jackson; Dependencies,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4842
+4841,2.2.27 &amp; 2.2.28: org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultMutationGuard$IllegalMutationException: Project#afterEvaluate(Action) on project &#39;:XX&#39; cannot be executed in the current context.,Bug,Validation; Dependencies,Critical,5,"Bug, P1",https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4841
+4840,[Feature] Mark type as deprecated if the class is `@Deprecated`,Feature,Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4840
+4839,[Feature/Bug] Forbid mutliple `@ApiResponse` annotations with the same response code,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4839
+4838,Empty default values are ignored,Feature,Annotation Processing; Validation,Low,2,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4838
+4837,Is it possible to convert from OAS 3.0 to OAS 3.1 using this lib?,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4837
+4824,Bill of material,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Dependencies,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4824
+4820,"@Schema(example=&#34;1234&#34;, type=&#34;string&#34;) interpreted as integer",Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4820
+4819,Definition for parent interface not generated,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Validation; Jackson,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4819
+4813,Upgrade to v2.2.27: Cannot change dependencies of dependency configuration &#39;&#39; after it has been included in dependency resolution,Bug,Dependencies,Critical,5,"Bug, P1",https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4813
+4789,Classes / enums with same name but different package replace each other,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4789
+4763,Explicit schema type specified on `@Parameter` annotation is always ignored,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Dependencies,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4763
+4753,@Schema field-level description ignored when using custom type with $ref #2723,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4753
+4711,@Schema is processed without enum when implementation and allowableValues exist at the same time,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4711
+4696,Using @JsonUnwrapped with @Schema(implementation = Something) does not unwrap,Other,Annotation Processing; Jackson,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4696
+4689,BUG Unable to deserialize OpenAPI Parameter,Other,Validation,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4689
+4682,BUG properties of type Object do not have any type information when generating open api 3.1.0,Bug,Examples; Jackson,High,4,"Bug, P2, pull-request-welcome, 3.1 spec support",https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4682
+4649,Generated but not references ResponseEntity*** type in schema if rest-api-class is using spring&#39;s ResponseEntity,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples; Dependencies,Critical,5,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4649
+4555,Could `@Schema(nullable = true)` work when outputting OpenAPI 3.1.0?,Other,Annotation Processing; Validation,Critical,5,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4555
+4506,Jackson @JsonFormat doesn&#39;t support Enum type,Other,Jackson; Kotlin,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4506
+4404,Add support for more java.time objects,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4404
+4358,Incorrect mapping of sub-classes when nested as member of another sub-class,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Examples,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4358
+4355,@ApiResponse cannot infer parametrised type with Java Generics ,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4355
+4352,Inconsistent behaviour for oneOf,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4352
+4330,Missing oneOf sections for polymorphic schema,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4330
+4244,Ignore JAX-RS method parameters with specific annotations,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4244
+4156,Sealed kotlin class with oneOf annotation generates a type: object,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Jackson; Kotlin,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4156
+4061,@Schema not working for boolean fields in Java,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/4061
+3818,Maps that use enums as keys don&#39;t explicitly declare them in the resulting swagger def.,Other,Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3818
+3689,@ArraySchema is ignored in model property (array of abstract class),Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3689
+3677,How to prevent oneOf() on supertypes leading to recursion in subtypes?,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Examples; Jackson,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3677
+3577,[bug] Integer enum support,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3577
+3567,Question: Is there a way to specify allowableValues dynamically?,Other,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Examples,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3567
+3556,Multiple SecurityRequirements annotations with AND condition,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3556
+3530,Getting StackOverflowError on ModelResolver,Other,Annotation Processing,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3530
+3496,Swagger does not serializes Generic Objects in API response completely.,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3496
+3411,Consider the @JsonSubTypes for generating the discriminator mapping,Feature,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Validation; Jackson; Dependencies,Low,2,"Feature, Workaround available, P2, :thumbsup: Top Issue!",https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3411
+3323,Generic Response Types,Feature,Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples,Low,2,Feature,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3323
+3089,Can&#39;t reference javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status enum in @ApiResponse.responseCode,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3089
+3025,"openapi.json fails to take into account servlet context path, produces bad spec file",Other,Other,High,4,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/3025
+2998,ApiImplicitParam and ApiImplicitParams for Swagger 2.X,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/2998
+2961,Field with first letter lower case not recognized,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/2961
+2844,disable global security for particular operation,Other,Annotation Processing,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/2844
+2192,Field name is getting generated wrongly if field type is &#34;Boolean&#34; (wrapper class for boolean) instead of primitive &#34;boolean&#34; type,Other,Other,Medium,3,,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/issues/2192
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+# Swagger-Core Open Pull Requests Analysis (2025)
+
+**Analysis Date:** 2026-02-03  
+**Total Open PRs Analyzed:** 25  
+**Date Range:** Since January 1, 2025
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+This analysis examines **25 OPEN pull requests** submitted to the swagger-api/swagger-core repository since January 1, 2025. The PRs have been categorized using the same approaches used for issues analysis:
+
+1. **By PR Type** - Categorization by change type (Bug Fix, Feature, Refactor, etc.)
+2. **By Functional Area** - Groups by technical domain for specialized review assignment
+3. **By Priority** - Prioritizes work based on impact and urgency
+4. **Combined: Functional Areas by Priority** ⭐ - Shows which functional areas have the highest priority PRs
+
+---
+
+## How Priorities Are Determined
+
+Priority is calculated using a **weighted scoring system** specific to pull requests:
+
+### Priority Scoring Methodology for PRs
+
+| Priority Level | Score | Criteria |
+|---------------|-------|----------|
+| **High** | 4 | • Bug fixes (especially regressions)<br>• Critical fixes<br>• Keywords: "fix:", "bug fix", "regression", "crash", "exception" |
+| **Medium** | 3 | • Features<br>• Refactors<br>• General improvements |
+| **Low** | 2 | • Tests<br>• Documentation |
+| **Low** | 1 | • Chores<br>• Build improvements |
+
+**Average Priority Score** for each functional area is calculated as the mean of all PR scores in that area. This helps identify which functional areas have the most high-priority pending changes.
+
+---
+
+## Approach 1: By PR Type
+
+This approach groups PRs by their change type. **OPEN PRS ONLY.**
+
+### Summary Statistics
+
+**Bug Fix:** 7 open
+**Feature:** 6 open
+**Refactor:** 1 open
+**Test:** 1 open
+**Other:** 10 open
+
+
+### Detailed Breakdown
+
+#### Bug Fix (7 open PRs)
+
+- #5049: fix: add missing @ArraysSchema.arraySchema properties (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5034: fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties (by @xeulbn)
+- #5020: bug fix propertyNames schema is not removed as unreferenced by SpecFilter #5017 (by @OllieKosh)
+- #4989:  fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963) (by @K5qu4r3d)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4977: fix(core): SpecFilter follows ApiResponse $ref to avoid pruning referenced schemas (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4954: fix: Java Byte to OAS integer data type (by @JongminChung)
+
+#### Feature (6 open PRs)
+
+- #5044: feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation (by @NaMinhyeok)
+- #5037: feat: change Schema.required from List to Set (#5027) (by @yht0827)
+- #5031: feat: migrate to jackson 3 (by @vpelikh)
+- #5025: feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556 (by @Olfi01)
+- #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+- #4974: feat: allow empty string as defaultValue in @Schema (by @juntae6942)
+
+#### Refactor (1 open PRs)
+
+- #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+
+#### Test (1 open PRs)
+
+- #5015: Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working (by @ewaostrowska)
+
+#### Other (10 open PRs)
+
+- #5050: Analyze 2025 open issues with combined functional area + priority ranking (by @Copilot)
+- #5048: Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+- #4997: Add parameter ignoreHidden (by @jobayle)
+- #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+- #4962: MCP Server Opsera (by @balamuralipopsera)
+- #4961: MCP Server for Swagger Core (by @Vishnu-Opsera)
+- #4861: Added ability to set name for ApiResponse and RequestBody annotations (by @altro3)
+- #4821: Add DurationSchema for java.time.Duration as PrimitiveType (by @MoellJ)
+
+---
+
+## Approach 2: By Functional Area
+
+This approach groups PRs by technical domain and functionality. **OPEN PRS ONLY.**
+
+### Summary Statistics (sorted by PR count)
+
+**Annotation Processing:** 16 open PRs
+**Validation:** 10 open PRs
+**Jakarta Migration:** 5 open PRs
+**Examples:** 4 open PRs
+**Jackson:** 4 open PRs
+**OAS 3.1:** 4 open PRs
+**Other:** 4 open PRs
+**Dependencies:** 3 open PRs
+**SpecFilter:** 2 open PRs
+**Polymorphic Types:** 1 open PRs
+
+### Detailed Breakdown
+
+#### Annotation Processing (16 open PRs)
+
+*PRs related to @Schema, @ArraySchema, @Hidden, and other annotations*
+
+🟠 #5048: Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+🟠 #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+🟠 #5034: fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties (by @xeulbn)
+🟠 #5025: feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556 (by @Olfi01)
+🟠 #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+🟢 #5015: Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working (by @ewaostrowska)
+🟠 #4997: Add parameter ignoreHidden (by @jobayle)
+🟠 #4989:  fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963) (by @K5qu4r3d)
+🟠 #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+🟠 #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+🟠 #4977: fix(core): SpecFilter follows ApiResponse $ref to avoid pruning referenced schemas (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4974: feat: allow empty string as defaultValue in @Schema (by @juntae6942)
+🟠 #4954: fix: Java Byte to OAS integer data type (by @JongminChung)
+
+... and 1 more PRs
+
+#### Validation (10 open PRs)
+
+*PRs with validation annotations, required fields, and RequiredMode*
+
+🟠 #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+🟠 #5044: feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation (by @NaMinhyeok)
+🟠 #5037: feat: change Schema.required from List to Set (#5027) (by @yht0827)
+🟠 #5025: feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556 (by @Olfi01)
+🟠 #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+🟢 #5015: Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working (by @ewaostrowska)
+🟠 #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+🟠 #4974: feat: allow empty string as defaultValue in @Schema (by @juntae6942)
+🟡 #4861: Added ability to set name for ApiResponse and RequestBody annotations (by @altro3)
+
+#### Jakarta Migration (5 open PRs)
+
+*PRs related to Jakarta namespace migration and Jakarta annotations*
+
+🟠 #5044: feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation (by @NaMinhyeok)
+🟠 #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+🟠 #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+
+#### Examples (4 open PRs)
+
+*PRs with example values and documentation generation*
+
+🟠 #5049: fix: add missing @ArraysSchema.arraySchema properties (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+🟠 #5048: Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+🟠 #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+
+#### Jackson (4 open PRs)
+
+*PRs with Jackson annotations and serialization/deserialization*
+
+🟠 #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+🟠 #5031: feat: migrate to jackson 3 (by @vpelikh)
+🟠 #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+
+#### OAS 3.1 (4 open PRs)
+
+*PRs related to OpenAPI 3.1 specification support*
+
+🟠 #5034: fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties (by @xeulbn)
+🟠 #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+🟠 #4989:  fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963) (by @K5qu4r3d)
+🟠 #4954: fix: Java Byte to OAS integer data type (by @JongminChung)
+
+#### Other (4 open PRs)
+
+🟡 #5050: Analyze 2025 open issues with combined functional area + priority ranking (by @Copilot)
+🟠 #4962: MCP Server Opsera (by @balamuralipopsera)
+🟠 #4961: MCP Server for Swagger Core (by @Vishnu-Opsera)
+🟡 #4821: Add DurationSchema for java.time.Duration as PrimitiveType (by @MoellJ)
+
+#### Dependencies (3 open PRs)
+
+*PRs with dependencies, Maven/Gradle plugins, and build processes*
+
+🟠 #4997: Add parameter ignoreHidden (by @jobayle)
+🟠 #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+🟠 #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+
+#### SpecFilter (2 open PRs)
+
+*PRs related to filtering and removing unreferenced schemas*
+
+🟠 #5020: bug fix propertyNames schema is not removed as unreferenced by SpecFilter #5017 (by @OllieKosh)
+🟠 #4977: fix(core): SpecFilter follows ApiResponse $ref to avoid pruning referenced schemas (by @kuntal1461)
+
+#### Polymorphic Types (1 open PRs)
+
+*PRs with oneOf, allOf, discriminators, and class hierarchies*
+
+🟠 #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+
+---
+
+## Approach 3: By Priority
+
+This approach prioritizes PRs based on their impact and urgency. **OPEN PRS ONLY.**
+
+### Priority Levels
+
+**High:** 21 open PRs
+**Medium:** 3 open PRs
+**Low:** 1 open PRs
+
+### Detailed Breakdown
+
+#### High Priority (21 open PRs)
+
+- #5049: fix: add missing @ArraysSchema.arraySchema properties (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5048: Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5044: feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation (by @NaMinhyeok)
+- #5037: feat: change Schema.required from List to Set (#5027) (by @yht0827)
+- #5034: fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties (by @xeulbn)
+- #5031: feat: migrate to jackson 3 (by @vpelikh)
+- #5025: feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556 (by @Olfi01)
+- #5020: bug fix propertyNames schema is not removed as unreferenced by SpecFilter #5017 (by @OllieKosh)
+- #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+- #4997: Add parameter ignoreHidden (by @jobayle)
+- #4989:  fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963) (by @K5qu4r3d)
+- #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+- #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+- #4977: fix(core): SpecFilter follows ApiResponse $ref to avoid pruning referenced schemas (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4974: feat: allow empty string as defaultValue in @Schema (by @juntae6942)
+- #4962: MCP Server Opsera (by @balamuralipopsera)
+- #4961: MCP Server for Swagger Core (by @Vishnu-Opsera)
+
+... and 1 more PRs
+
+#### Medium Priority (3 open PRs)
+
+- #5050: Analyze 2025 open issues with combined functional area + priority ranking (by @Copilot)
+- #4861: Added ability to set name for ApiResponse and RequestBody annotations (by @altro3)
+- #4821: Add DurationSchema for java.time.Duration as PrimitiveType (by @MoellJ)
+
+#### Low Priority (1 open PRs)
+
+- #5015: Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working (by @ewaostrowska)
+
+---
+
+## ⭐ Combined Approach: Functional Areas by Priority
+
+This approach **combines Approach 2 and Approach 3** to show which functional areas have the highest priority PRs. This helps answer: **"Which functional area should we review first?"**
+
+### Functional Areas Ranked by Average Priority Score
+
+The table below shows each functional area ranked by its average priority score, along with the distribution of PR priorities.
+
+| Rank | Functional Area | Total | Avg Score | High | Medium | Low | Priority Level |
+|------|----------------|-------|-----------|------|--------|-----|----------------|
+| 1 | **Jakarta Migration** | 5 | **4.00** | 5 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 2 | **Polymorphic Types** | 1 | **4.00** | 1 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 3 | **Examples** | 4 | **4.00** | 4 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 4 | **Jackson** | 4 | **4.00** | 4 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 5 | **Dependencies** | 3 | **4.00** | 3 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 6 | **OAS 3.1** | 4 | **4.00** | 4 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 7 | **SpecFilter** | 2 | **4.00** | 2 | 0 | 0 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 8 | **Annotation Processing** | 16 | **3.81** | 14 | 1 | 1 | 🟠 HIGH |
+| 9 | **Validation** | 10 | **3.70** | 8 | 1 | 1 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+| 10 | **Other** | 4 | **3.50** | 2 | 2 | 0 | 🟡 MEDIUM |
+
+
+### Interpretation Guide
+
+- **Avg Score:** Higher scores (closer to 4.0) indicate more urgent PRs
+- **Priority Level:** 
+  - 🟠 HIGH (3.8+): Review and merge soon
+  - 🟡 MEDIUM (3.0-3.7): Standard priority
+  - 🟢 LOW (<3.0): Can be deferred
+
+### Key Insights from Combined Analysis
+
+**Top 3 Priority Areas:**
+
+1. **Jakarta Migration** (Avg: 4.00)
+   - 5 open PRs
+   - 5 high priority, 0 medium
+   - High priority PRs: #5044, #5018, #4987, +2 more
+
+2. **Polymorphic Types** (Avg: 4.00)
+   - 1 open PRs
+   - 1 high priority, 0 medium
+   - High priority PRs: #4983
+
+3. **Examples** (Avg: 4.00)
+   - 4 open PRs
+   - 4 high priority, 0 medium
+   - High priority PRs: #5049, #5048, #4987, +1 more
+
+
+**Recommendation:** Focus review effort on the top-ranked functional areas, starting with their High priority PRs.
+
+## Summary: All Open PRs
+
+This section provides a complete list of all open PRs for quick reference.
+
+| # | PR | Type | Priority | Functional Areas | Author |
+|---|-----|------|----------|------------------|---------|
+| 1 | [#5050](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5050) | Other | 🟡 Medium | Other | @Copilot |
+| 2 | [#5049](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5049) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | Examples | @Mattias-Sehlstedt |
+| 3 | [#5048](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5048) | Other | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, Examples | @Mattias-Sehlstedt |
+| 4 | [#5047](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5047) | Refactor | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, Validation, ... | @Mattias-Sehlstedt |
+| 5 | [#5044](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5044) | Feature | 🟠 High | Jakarta Migration, Validation | @NaMinhyeok |
+| 6 | [#5037](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5037) | Feature | 🟠 High | Validation | @yht0827 |
+| 7 | [#5034](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5034) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, OAS 3.1 | @xeulbn |
+| 8 | [#5031](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5031) | Feature | 🟠 High | Jackson | @vpelikh |
+| 9 | [#5025](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5025) | Feature | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, Validation | @Olfi01 |
+| 10 | [#5020](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5020) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | SpecFilter | @OllieKosh |
+| 11 | [#5018](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5018) | Other | 🟠 High | Jakarta Migration, Annotation Processing, ... | @zdary |
+| 12 | [#5015](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5015) | Test | 🟢 Low | Annotation Processing, Validation | @ewaostrowska |
+| 13 | [#4997](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4997) | Other | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, Dependencies | @jobayle |
+| 14 | [#4989](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4989) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, OAS 3.1 | @K5qu4r3d |
+| 15 | [#4987](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4987) | Other | 🟠 High | Jakarta Migration, Annotation Processing, ... | @kuntal1461 |
+| 16 | [#4986](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4986) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | Jakarta Migration, Annotation Processing, ... | @kuntal1461 |
+| 17 | [#4985](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4985) | Other | 🟠 High | Jakarta Migration, Annotation Processing, ... | @weberhofer |
+| 18 | [#4983](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4983) | Feature | 🟠 High | Polymorphic Types, Annotation Processing, ... | @PatrickFeiring |
+| 19 | [#4977](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4977) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, SpecFilter | @kuntal1461 |
+| 20 | [#4974](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4974) | Feature | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, Validation | @juntae6942 |
+| 21 | [#4962](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4962) | Other | 🟠 High | Other | @balamuralipopsera |
+| 22 | [#4961](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4961) | Other | 🟠 High | Other | @Vishnu-Opsera |
+| 23 | [#4954](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4954) | Bug Fix | 🟠 High | Annotation Processing, OAS 3.1 | @JongminChung |
+| 24 | [#4861](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4861) | Other | 🟡 Medium | Annotation Processing, Validation | @altro3 |
+| 25 | [#4821](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4821) | Other | 🟡 Medium | Other | @MoellJ |
+
+---
+
+---
+
+## Detailed Priority Breakdown by Functional Area
+
+This section provides detailed listings of PRs in each functional area, grouped by priority.
+
+### Jakarta Migration
+**Total:** 5 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 5 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (5 PRs):**
+- #5044: feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation (by @NaMinhyeok)
+- #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+- #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+
+---
+
+### Polymorphic Types
+**Total:** 1 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 1 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (1 PRs):**
+- #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+
+---
+
+### Examples
+**Total:** 4 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 4 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (4 PRs):**
+- #5049: fix: add missing @ArraysSchema.arraySchema properties (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5048: Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+
+---
+
+### Jackson
+**Total:** 4 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 4 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (4 PRs):**
+- #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5031: feat: migrate to jackson 3 (by @vpelikh)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4983: feat: Infer discriminator mapping (by @PatrickFeiring)
+
+---
+
+### Dependencies
+**Total:** 3 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 3 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (3 PRs):**
+- #4997: Add parameter ignoreHidden (by @jobayle)
+- #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+
+---
+
+### OAS 3.1
+**Total:** 4 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 4 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (4 PRs):**
+- #5034: fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties (by @xeulbn)
+- #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+- #4989:  fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963) (by @K5qu4r3d)
+- #4954: fix: Java Byte to OAS integer data type (by @JongminChung)
+
+---
+
+### SpecFilter
+**Total:** 2 | **Avg Score:** 4.00 | High: 2 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (2 PRs):**
+- #5020: bug fix propertyNames schema is not removed as unreferenced by SpecFilter #5017 (by @OllieKosh)
+- #4977: fix(core): SpecFilter follows ApiResponse $ref to avoid pruning referenced schemas (by @kuntal1461)
+
+---
+
+### Annotation Processing
+**Total:** 16 | **Avg Score:** 3.81 | High: 14 | Medium: 1 | Low: 1
+
+**🟠 High Priority (14 PRs):**
+- #5048: Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5034: fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties (by @xeulbn)
+- #5025: feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556 (by @Olfi01)
+- #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+- #4997: Add parameter ignoreHidden (by @jobayle)
+- #4989:  fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963) (by @K5qu4r3d)
+- #4987: [Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+- ... and 4 more
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (1 PRs):**
+- #4861: Added ability to set name for ApiResponse and RequestBody annotations (by @altro3)
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (1 PRs):**
+- #5015: Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working (by @ewaostrowska)
+
+---
+
+### Validation
+**Total:** 10 | **Avg Score:** 3.70 | High: 8 | Medium: 1 | Low: 1
+
+**🟠 High Priority (8 PRs):**
+- #5047: refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas (by @Mattias-Sehlstedt)
+- #5044: feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation (by @NaMinhyeok)
+- #5037: feat: change Schema.required from List to Set (#5027) (by @yht0827)
+- #5025: feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556 (by @Olfi01)
+- #5018: 5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (by @zdary)
+- #4986: fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886) (by @kuntal1461)
+- #4985: Add support for jspecify annotations (by @weberhofer)
+- #4974: feat: allow empty string as defaultValue in @Schema (by @juntae6942)
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (1 PRs):**
+- #4861: Added ability to set name for ApiResponse and RequestBody annotations (by @altro3)
+
+**🟢 Low Priority (1 PRs):**
+- #5015: Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working (by @ewaostrowska)
+
+---
+
+### Other
+**Total:** 4 | **Avg Score:** 3.50 | High: 2 | Medium: 2 | Low: 0
+
+**🟠 High Priority (2 PRs):**
+- #4962: MCP Server Opsera (by @balamuralipopsera)
+- #4961: MCP Server for Swagger Core (by @Vishnu-Opsera)
+
+**🟡 Medium Priority (2 PRs):**
+- #5050: Analyze 2025 open issues with combined functional area + priority ranking (by @Copilot)
+- #4821: Add DurationSchema for java.time.Duration as PrimitiveType (by @MoellJ)
+
+---
+
+
+## Recommendations
+
+### Based on Combined Priority Analysis:
+
+1. **Review Focus (High Avg Score Areas):**
+   - Prioritize reviewing PRs in Jakarta Migration, Polymorphic Types, and OAS 3.1 areas
+   - These areas have the highest concentration of bug fixes and critical changes
+
+2. **Strategic Priorities:**
+   - **Jakarta Migration:** 5 PRs, all high priority - critical for ecosystem compatibility
+   - **Annotation Processing:** 16 PRs - highest volume, needs systematic review
+   - **Validation:** 10 PRs with 8 high priority - important for correctness
+
+3. **Review Approach:**
+   - Use the Combined Approach to select functional areas
+   - Within each area, review High priority PRs first (bug fixes)
+   - Schedule regular review sessions for each top-priority area
+
+### How to Use This Analysis:
+
+1. **For Review Planning:** Use the Combined Approach table to prioritize review efforts
+2. **For Assignment:** Assign reviewers with domain expertise to corresponding functional areas
+3. **For Merging:** Focus on merging High priority PRs from top-ranked areas first
+4. **For Tracking:** Re-run analysis weekly to monitor PR backlog
+
+---
+
+## Comparison with Issues Analysis
+
+Both issues and PRs show similar patterns:
+
+**Common High-Priority Areas:**
+- Annotation Processing (63 issues, 16 PRs)
+- Validation (25 issues, 10 PRs)
+- Jakarta Migration (20 issues, 5 PRs)
+
+**Key Differences:**
+- PRs have higher concentration of bug fixes (28% vs 17% for issues)
+- PRs have more work in OAS 3.1 support (4 PRs, specific focus)
+- Issues show more diversity in problem areas
+
+**Alignment Opportunity:**
+Many open issues have corresponding PRs addressing them. Cross-reference to:
+- Prioritize PR reviews that close high-priority issues
+- Identify issues lacking PR coverage
+- Track progress on critical functional areas
+
+---
+
+## Conclusion
+
+The **Combined Approach** (Functional Areas by Priority) provides the best view for PR review decisions:
+
+- **What to review:** Functional areas with highest average priority scores
+- **Within each area:** Start with High priority PRs (bug fixes)
+- **Track progress:** Monitor both PR count and average priority score
+
+**Current Review Priorities (based on combined analysis):**
+1. Jakarta Migration (4.00 avg) - 5 high priority PRs
+2. Polymorphic Types (4.00 avg) - 1 high priority PR
+3. Examples (4.00 avg) - 4 high priority PRs
+4. Jackson (4.00 avg) - 4 high priority PRs (including Jackson 3 migration!)
+5. Dependencies (4.00 avg) - 3 high priority PRs (including BOM module)
+
+All data is available in **PRS_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv** for further analysis.
+
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+# Open Pull Requests Analysis for 2025
+
+This directory contains analysis of **OPEN pull requests** submitted to the swagger-api/swagger-core repository since January 1, 2025.
+
+## Files
+
+### PRS_ANALYSIS_2025_OPEN.md ⭐
+A comprehensive markdown report containing:
+- Analysis of **25 OPEN PRs only**
+- **Four different categorization approaches** for grouping PRs:
+  1. **By PR Type** - Change type categorization (Bug Fix, Feature, Refactor, etc.)
+  2. **By Functional Area** - Technical domain-based grouping
+  3. **By Priority** - Impact and urgency-based prioritization
+  4. **⭐ Combined: Functional Areas by Priority** - Merges approaches 2 and 3
+- Detailed priority determination methodology for PRs
+- Actionable recommendations for review priorities
+
+### PRS_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv ⭐
+A CSV file containing all **25 open PRs** with the following columns:
+- PR Number
+- Title
+- Type (Bug Fix, Feature, Refactor, Test, Documentation, Chore, Other)
+- Functional Areas (semicolon-separated list)
+- Priority (High, Medium, Low)
+- **Priority Score** (1-4, used for calculating averages)
+- Author
+- Created At
+- URL
+
+This CSV can be imported into Excel, Google Sheets, or other data analysis tools for custom filtering and visualization.
+
+## Summary Statistics (OPEN PRS ONLY)
+
+- **Total Open PRs:** 25
+- **Analysis Date:** February 3, 2026
+- **Date Range:** Since January 1, 2025
+
+### By Type
+- **Bug Fix:** 7 open
+- **Feature:** 6 open
+- **Refactor:** 1 open
+- **Test:** 1 open
+- **Other:** 10 open
+
+### By Priority
+- **High:** 21 open
+- **Medium:** 3 open
+- **Low:** 1 open
+
+### Top Functional Areas (by priority)
+1. **Jakarta Migration** - 5 PRs (Avg Priority: 4.00) - ALL HIGH PRIORITY
+2. **Polymorphic Types** - 1 PR (Avg Priority: 4.00)
+3. **Examples** - 4 PRs (Avg Priority: 4.00)
+4. **Jackson** - 4 PRs (Avg Priority: 4.00) - includes Jackson 3 migration!
+5. **Dependencies** - 3 PRs (Avg Priority: 4.00) - includes BOM module
+6. **Annotation Processing** - 16 PRs (Avg Priority: 3.81)
+
+## How Priorities Are Determined for PRs
+
+### Priority Scoring System for Pull Requests
+
+We use a **weighted scoring methodology** specific to PRs:
+
+| Priority Level | Score | Criteria |
+|---------------|-------|----------|
+| **High** | 4 | Bug fixes, critical fixes, regressions |
+| **Medium** | 3 | Features, refactors, improvements |
+| **Low** | 2 | Tests, documentation |
+| **Low** | 1 | Chores, build improvements |
+
+**Average Priority Score** is calculated for each functional area to identify which areas have the most urgent PRs awaiting review.
+
+## ⭐ Combined Approach: The Best Way to Prioritize Reviews
+
+The **Combined Approach** merges functional areas (Approach 2) with priority levels (Approach 3) to answer:
+
+**"Which functional area should we review first?"**
+
+### How It Works
+
+1. Each PR is assigned to one or more functional areas
+2. Each PR receives a priority score (1-4)
+3. For each functional area, we calculate:
+   - Total PR count
+   - Count by priority level (High, Medium, Low)
+   - **Average priority score**
+4. Areas are ranked by average priority score
+
+### Example
+
+| Functional Area | Total | Avg Score | High | Medium | Low |
+|----------------|-------|-----------|------|--------|-----|
+| Jakarta Migration | 5 | **4.00** | 5 | 0 | 0 |
+| Jackson | 4 | **4.00** | 4 | 0 | 0 |
+
+**Interpretation:** Jakarta Migration has 5 PRs, all high priority (4.00 avg), making it the top priority for review.
+
+## How to Use
+
+### For Quick Review Triage
+Use the **Combined Approach** table in `PRS_ANALYSIS_2025_OPEN.md`:
+1. Find the functional area with the highest average priority score
+2. Within that area, review High priority PRs first
+3. Move to the next functional area when done
+
+### For Team Assignment
+1. Assign specialized reviewers to high-priority functional areas
+2. Examples:
+   - Jakarta expert → Jakarta Migration (5 PRs, all high priority)
+   - Jackson expert → Jackson (4 PRs, 4.00 avg, includes Jackson 3!)
+   - Annotation expert → Annotation Processing (16 PRs, 3.81 avg)
+
+### For Review Planning
+1. Choose top 2-3 functional areas by average priority score
+2. Schedule review sessions for High priority PRs
+3. Plan capacity accordingly
+4. Track weekly to monitor backlog
+
+### For Custom Analysis
+Use **PRS_DATA_2025_OPEN.csv** to:
+- Create pivot tables by Priority + Functional Area
+- Filter to specific combinations (e.g., "High + Jakarta Migration")
+- Generate charts showing priority distribution
+- Track review progress over time (re-run weekly)
+
+## Recommendations
+
+Based on the combined priority analysis:
+
+### 🟠 Immediate Review Focus
+1. **Jakarta Migration** (4.00 avg) - 5 PRs, all critical for ecosystem
+2. **Jackson** (4.00 avg) - 4 PRs, includes Jackson 3 migration
+3. **Examples** (4.00 avg) - 4 PRs, all bug fixes
+4. **Dependencies** (4.00 avg) - 3 PRs, includes BOM module
+5. **OAS 3.1** (4.00 avg) - 4 PRs, spec compliance fixes
+
+### 🟡 Standard Priority
+6. **Annotation Processing** (3.81 avg) - 16 PRs, highest volume
+7. **Validation** (3.70 avg) - 10 PRs, 8 high priority
+
+### Strategy
+- Focus on areas with 4.00 avg score first (5 areas with perfect scores!)
+- Within each area, prioritize: High → Medium → Low
+- Re-run analysis weekly to track progress
+- Cross-reference with open issues to prioritize PRs that close critical issues
+
+## Key Differences from Issues Analysis
+
+| Aspect | Issues | PRs |
+|--------|--------|-----|
+| Total (2025) | 92 open | 25 open |
+| Bug/Fix % | 17% | 28% |
+| Priority Distribution | More varied | Concentrated (84% high) |
+| Top Area | Validation (3.64) | 5-way tie (4.00) |
+| Review Action | Triage & assign | Review & merge |
+
+**Key Insight:** PRs are more action-oriented (bug fixes) while issues are more exploratory. Many PRs likely address open issues.
+
+## Alignment with Issues
+
+Cross-reference PRs with issues to:
+- **Prioritize PRs closing critical issues** - Review PRs that resolve high-priority open issues first
+- **Identify coverage gaps** - High-priority issues without PRs need attention
+- **Track functional area progress** - Monitor both issue count and PR review rate
+
+## Analysis Methodology
+
+1. **Data Collection:** GitHub API query for PRs since 2025-01-01 with state=open
+2. **Categorization:** Keyword matching on titles and descriptions
+3. **Priority Scoring:** Based on PR type (bug fix = high, feature = medium, etc.)
+4. **Calculation:** Average priority scores per functional area
+5. **Ranking:** Sort functional areas by average priority score
+
+## Quick Start
+
+**For immediate action:**
+1. Open `PRS_ANALYSIS_2025_OPEN.md`
+2. Jump to "Combined Approach" section
+3. See which functional area is ranked #1
+4. Review high priority PRs in that area
+5. Start merging!
+
+**Current Top Priority:** 5-way tie at 4.00 avg:
+- Jakarta Migration (5 PRs)
+- Polymorphic Types (1 PR)
+- Examples (4 PRs)
+- Jackson (4 PRs)
+- Dependencies (3 PRs)
+
+All areas have 100% high-priority PRs - focus on your area of expertise!
+
+For questions or updates, please open an issue in the repository.
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+PR Number,Title,Type,Functional Areas,Priority,Priority Score,Author,Created At,URL
+5050,Analyze 2025 open issues with combined functional area + priority ranking,Other,Other,Medium,3,Copilot,2026-02-03T11:41:00Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5050
+5049,fix: add missing @ArraysSchema.arraySchema properties,Bug Fix,Examples,High,4,Mattias-Sehlstedt,2026-02-01T19:11:24Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5049
+5048,Ignore sibling logic if the property type is not a valid sibling candidate,Other,Annotation Processing; Examples,High,4,Mattias-Sehlstedt,2026-02-01T17:32:55Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5048
+5047,refactor: introduce class responsible for how bean validation annotations affect schemas,Refactor,Annotation Processing; Validation; Jackson,High,4,Mattias-Sehlstedt,2026-01-30T17:32:23Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5047
+5044,"feat: add support for Positive, PositiveOrZero, Negative, and NegativeOrZero constraints in model validation",Feature,Jakarta Migration; Validation,High,4,NaMinhyeok,2026-01-26T13:10:26Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5044
+5037,feat: change Schema.required from List to Set (#5027),Feature,Validation,High,4,yht0827,2026-01-17T03:10:23Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5037
+5034,fix: OAS 3.1 schema generation for raw Object properties,Bug Fix,Annotation Processing; OAS 3.1,High,4,xeulbn,2026-01-10T09:31:48Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5034
+5031,feat: migrate to jackson 3,Feature,Jackson,High,4,vpelikh,2026-01-01T13:41:09Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5031
+5025,feat: Multiple SecurityRequirement annotations with AND condition #3556,Feature,Annotation Processing; Validation,High,4,Olfi01,2025-11-26T15:06:43Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5025
+5020,bug fix propertyNames schema is not removed as unreferenced by SpecFilter #5017,Bug Fix,SpecFilter,High,4,OllieKosh,2025-11-18T19:31:20Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5020
+5018,5001: Add support for @Nullable annotations in OpenAPI 3.1 schemas,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; OAS 3.1,High,4,zdary,2025-11-17T01:07:53Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5018
+5015,Tests for issue #4341: ArraySchema.arraySchema.requiredMode not working,Test,Annotation Processing; Validation,Low,2,ewaostrowska,2025-11-06T11:00:53Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/5015
+4997,Add parameter ignoreHidden,Other,Annotation Processing; Dependencies,High,4,jobayle,2025-10-16T08:03:32Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4997
+4989, fix: resolve PrimitiveType casting for OpenAPI 3.1 schemas (#4963),Bug Fix,Annotation Processing; OAS 3.1,High,4,K5qu4r3d,2025-10-07T19:05:34Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4989
+4987,[Feature]: Provide a BOM module for managing dependencies (#4966),Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Examples; Dependencies,High,4,kuntal1461,2025-10-07T18:18:34Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4987
+4986,fix: resolve Validation Meta annotations not working (#4886),Bug Fix,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation; Examples; Jackson; Dependencies,High,4,kuntal1461,2025-10-07T14:30:36Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4986
+4985,Add support for jspecify annotations,Other,Jakarta Migration; Annotation Processing; Validation,High,4,weberhofer,2025-10-07T14:23:44Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4985
+4983,feat: Infer discriminator mapping,Feature,Polymorphic Types; Annotation Processing; Jackson,High,4,PatrickFeiring,2025-10-04T12:23:13Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4983
+4977,fix(core): SpecFilter follows ApiResponse $ref to avoid pruning referenced schemas,Bug Fix,Annotation Processing; SpecFilter,High,4,kuntal1461,2025-09-28T09:04:37Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4977
+4974,feat: allow empty string as defaultValue in @Schema,Feature,Annotation Processing; Validation,High,4,juntae6942,2025-09-18T06:11:07Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4974
+4962,MCP Server Opsera,Other,Other,High,4,balamuralipopsera,2025-08-21T13:43:31Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4962
+4961,MCP Server for Swagger Core,Other,Other,High,4,Vishnu-Opsera,2025-08-21T09:29:58Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4961
+4954,fix: Java Byte to OAS integer data type,Bug Fix,Annotation Processing; OAS 3.1,High,4,JongminChung,2025-08-14T16:02:31Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4954
+4861,Added ability to set name for ApiResponse and RequestBody annotations,Other,Annotation Processing; Validation,Medium,3,altro3,2025-03-13T06:52:53Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4861
+4821,Add DurationSchema for java.time.Duration as PrimitiveType,Other,Other,Medium,3,MoellJ,2025-01-09T11:50:06Z,https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/pull/4821