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by igneo676 1573 days ago
It's entirely useless. Anyone who asks for an update can see it plainly on the repository. There will either be commits against the default branch, an open PR, or a branch with in-progress work.

In any other case (unclosed issue, missing changelog) the solution is to step up and help. Mention that you've replicated the issue, found the solution is up, and that the issue can be closed. Or contribute a changelog