Fix fetching issue error handling, improve its errors, validate tracking issues, fix errors in goals

crates/rust-project-goals-cli/src/rfc.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use rust_project_goals::{
         labels::GhLabel,
     },
     goal::{self, GoalDocument, GoalPlan, ParsedOwners},
-    spanned::{self, Context, Error, Result},
+    spanned::{self, Context, Error, Result, Spanned},
     team::{get_person_data, TeamName},
 };
 
@@ -301,7 +301,15 @@ fn initialize_issues<'doc>(
                 Some(issue.clone())
             } else {
                 // If not, load its information from the repository by number.
-                Some(fetch_issue(repository, tracking_issue.number)?)
+                let existing_issue =
+                    fetch_issue(repository, tracking_issue.number).map_err(|e| {
+                        e.wrap_str(Spanned::here(format!(
+                            "error while fetching declared tracking issue {} for goal {}",
+                            tracking_issue.number,
+                            desired_issue.goal_document.path.display(),
+                        )))
+                    })?;
+                Some(existing_issue)
             }
         } else {
             // b. If the markdown does not have a declared tracking issue, then we can search through

crates/rust-project-goals/src/gh/issues.rs

@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ pub fn fetch_issue(repository: &Repository, issue: u64) -> Result<ExistingGithub
         .arg("title,assignees,number,comments,body,state,labels,milestone")
         .output()?;
 
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        spanned::bail_here!(
+            "fetching `{}` issue {} failed: {}",
+            repository.to_string(),
+            issue,
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+        );
+    }
+
     let e_i: ExistingGithubIssueJson = serde_json::from_slice(&output.stdout)?;
 
     Ok(ExistingGithubIssue::from(e_i))

crates/rust-project-goals/src/goal.rs

@@ -451,6 +451,15 @@ fn extract_metadata(sections: &[Section]) -> Result<Option<Metadata>> {
             spanned::bail!(r[1], "accepted goals cannot have an empty tracking issue");
         }
 
+        if has_tracking_issue && !r[1].contains("rust-project-goals#") {
+            spanned::bail!(
+                r[1],
+                "tracking issues are issues in the rust-project-goals repository. \
+                The `{}` issue can go in the `Other tracking issues` row.",
+                r[1].as_str(),
+            );
+        }
+
         // For the others, it's of course optional.
         if has_tracking_issue {
             Some(r[1].parse()?.content)

src/2025h2/delegation.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Delegation
 
-| Metadata            |                         |
-| :------------------ | :---------------------- |
-| Point of contact    | @petrochenkov           |
-| Status              | Not accepted            |
-| Zulip channel       | N/A                     |
-| Tracking issue      | [rust-lang/rust#118212] |
-| [compiler] champion | @petrochenkov           |
+| Metadata              |                         |
+| :-------------------- | :---------------------- |
+| Point of contact      | @petrochenkov           |
+| Status                | Not accepted            |
+| Zulip channel         | N/A                     |
+| Other tracking issues | [rust-lang/rust#118212] |
+| [compiler] champion   | @petrochenkov           |
 
 ## Summary
 

src/2025h2/gcc-backend-tests.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 |:-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 | Point of contact | @GuillaumeGomez                                |
 | Status           | Proposed                                       |
-| Tracking issue   | [rust-lang/compiler-team#891]                  |
+| Other tracking issues | [rust-lang/compiler-team#891]             |
 | Zulip channel    | [#rustc-codegen-gcc][rustc-codegen-gcc]        |
 | [compiler] champion | @WesleyWiser |
 | [infra] champion | @marcoieni |

src/2025h2/rustdoc-doc-cfg.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 |:-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 | Point of contact | @GuillaumeGomez                                |
 | Status           | Proposed                                       |
-| Tracking issue   | [rust-lang/rust#43781]                         |
+| Other tracking issues | [rust-lang/rust#43781]                    |
 | Zulip channel    | [#t-rustdoc][t-rustdoc]                        |
 | [rustdoc] champion | @GuillaumeGomez |
 [t-rustdoc]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/266220-t-rustdoc