Best possible solution:

Keep the merged JSON-preserving main implementation and close this stale, conflicting duplicate branch.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Yes for the historical bug: v2026.6.10 source shows workboard list only filtered by status while the tool and slash-command paths hid archived cards. Current main no longer reproduces the failure because the text-output filter is already implemented.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

No, not as a branch to merge now. The general CLI-layer fix was right, but this branch filters JSON output too and current main already has the better tests-and-docs-backed implementation.

Security review:

Security review cleared: The diff only changes Workboard CLI filtering and adjacent unit tests; it adds no dependency, workflow, secret, package-resolution, install, or code-execution surface.

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

What I checked:

• Current main source implements the behavior: Current main adds --include-archived to workboard list and filters archived cards only for non-JSON text output, preserving the full-card JSON contract. (extensions/workboard/src/cli.ts:133, d1b917120a47)
• Current main tests cover text filtering and JSON preservation: The CLI tests cover hiding archived cards from text output by default, showing them with --include-archived, and preserving archived cards in default JSON output. (extensions/workboard/src/cli.test.ts:109, d1b917120a47)
• Current main docs document the accepted compatibility contract: The Workboard CLI docs document --include-archived, state that compact text hides archived cards by default, and state that JSON output keeps the full list including archived cards. Public docs: docs/cli/workboard.md. (docs/cli/workboard.md:57, d1b917120a47)
• Fix provenance: Merged PR fix(workboard): hide archived cards in CLI list by default #94562 landed the Workboard CLI archived-card fix as commit d15e89a on 2026-06-24. (extensions/workboard/src/cli.ts:128, d15e89a83e61)
• Release provenance: GitHub release comparison shows v2026.6.11-beta.1 is ahead of d15e89a with behind_by=0, while the v2026.6.10 tag still shows the old unfiltered CLI handler. (d15e89a83e61)
• PR branch is stale and less compatible than main: This PR filters before writeCards, so it would also filter default --json output, unlike the merged main implementation that preserves archived cards in JSON for automation. (extensions/workboard/src/cli.ts:146, f51bd0c0b931)

Likely related people:

• steipete: Merged PR metadata and local history show this account introduced the Workboard CLI, slash command, tests, and docs surfaces involved in the archived-card list behavior. (role: introduced Workboard CLI feature; confidence: high; commits: ed46e62bcc5d, 61031d1b1cec; files: extensions/workboard/src/cli.ts, extensions/workboard/src/command.ts, extensions/workboard/src/tools.ts)
• ZengWen-DT: This account authored the merged canonical PR that added the JSON-preserving Workboard CLI archived-card fix now present on current main. (role: canonical fix author; confidence: high; commits: 06fe3bab81db, d15e89a83e61; files: extensions/workboard/src/cli.ts, extensions/workboard/src/cli.test.ts, docs/cli/workboard.md)
• vincentkoc: The merged canonical PR discussion records this account landing the squash commit that fixed the Workboard CLI archived-card behavior. (role: merger of canonical fix; confidence: medium; commits: d15e89a83e61; files: extensions/workboard/src/cli.ts, extensions/workboard/src/cli.test.ts, docs/cli/workboard.md)

Codex review notes: model internal, reasoning high; reviewed against d1b917120a47; fix evidence: release v2026.6.11-beta.1, commit d15e89a83e61.