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@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ <h3>When will feature X be released?</h3>
   <a href="support.html">feedback</a> to us.
 </p>
 
+<h3>What is the status of issue X?</h3>
+<p>
+  All work on JaCoCo happens on a <a href="https://github.com/jacoco/jacoco/">public GitHub repository</a>.
+  We keep the issue tickets up to date and all discussions around an issue
+  happen exclusively here. If you can't see updates this means no one is working
+  on it.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Please don't ask about the status on issues. There is no additional information
+  than you can already see. Really. The maintainers reserve the right to delete
+  such comments which do not provide any value to the solution.
+</p>
+
 <h3>Does JaCoCo have a plug-in for [Eclipse|Netbeans|Whatever...]?</h3>
 <p>
   See <a href="integrations.html">this list</a> for current integrations with