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Use the official process

Note: When this official process was introduced, moderators were initially strongly discouraged from escalating older bugs and feature request questions which didn't fit the current quarter's priorities. However, that changed several months after introduction. Now, moderators can add status-review to any bug or feature-request question, regardless of age, at the moderator's discretion. However, questions which don't fit the topics for the current quarter are likely to be assigned a lower priority, but SE staff will at least be aware of them.

Use the official process.

Note: When this official process was introduced, moderators were initially strongly discouraged from escalating older posts which didn't fit the current quarter's priorities. However, that is no longer the case. Now, moderators can add status-review to any question, regardless of age, at the moderator's discretion. Questions which don't fit the topics for the current quarter are likely to be assigned a lower priority, but SE staff will at least be aware of them.

Note: There is an official process to get staff attention for some types of bug reports and feature requests. If the request you're trying to get attention for was filed recently (within the past month or so) and about any topic, or is about one of the topics listed for this month (if it's an older request), follow the instructions there to escalate it.

If your post is older and is not about one of the topic areas listed for the current month, or you requested escalation but it was declined, follow the tips below.

Use the official process

There's an official process to get staff attention for bug reports and feature requests. Follow the instructions there to escalate a question to staff attention.

Note: When this official process was introduced, moderators were initially strongly discouraged from escalating older bugs and feature request questions which didn't fit the current quarter's priorities. However, that changed several months after introduction. Now, moderators can add status-review to any bug or feature-request question, regardless of age, at the moderator's discretion. However, questions which don't fit the topics for the current quarter are likely to be assigned a lower priority, but SE staff will at least be aware of them.

If your flag requesting the addition of status-review was declined, then you can follow the tips below.

First of all, it's worth mentioning that an official response from the team is not guaranteed. However, there are a number of things you can do to increase the chances that a bug report or feature request (overall, "request") receives an official response, whether whether it's your own or someone else's. (An official response can range from completing the request to declining it or dismissing it as by design; this post outlines what you should do if it doesn't get any sort of response from the team.)

First of all, it's worth mentioning that an official response from the team is not guaranteed. However, there are a number of things you can do to increase the chances that a bug report or feature request (overall, "request") receives an official response, whether it's your own or someone else's. (An official response can range from completing the request to declining it or dismissing it as by design; this post outlines what you should do if it doesn't get any sort of response from the team.)