RFC-NNNN: Feature or change title

Field	Value
Status	Draft / In review / Accepted / Rejected
Author	@you
Created	YYYY-MM-DD
Review deadline	YYYY-MM-DD

Summary

Two to three sentences: what is proposed and why now.

Motivation

What problem does this solve? Who experiences the problem? What happens if we do nothing?

Goals

• Measurable goal one
• Measurable goal two

Non-goals

• Explicitly out of scope, to preempt scope creep

Proposal

Detailed design. Include diagrams where they help:

sequenceDiagram
    participant C as Client
    participant S as Server
    C->>S: request
    S-->>C: response

API / interface changes

interface NewAPI {
  method(input: Input): Promise<Output>;
}

Data model changes

Describe schema changes, migrations, backward compatibility.

Alternatives

What else was considered and why this won.

Security & privacy impact

What new data flows? What attack surface? Any compliance impact?

Rollout plan

1. Phase one – behind feature flag
2. Phase two – gradual rollout
3. Cleanup – remove flag, old path

Open questions

• Question still unresolved