The app is free/libre/open-source software, metadata has been submitted and build recipes are verified to work. This does not imply it has already been published.

Related to handling APK Signatures

a work priority for the Bazaar funding

The app has already been reviewed, added or declined in a prior request.

Issues that do not require lots of familiarity with this code base, good for new contributors!

The app is currently has blocking issues, e.g. when a non-free dependency is used in a otherwise free/libre/open-source submission.

The app might be free/libre/open-source software, but includes binary dependencies like JARs and AARs. Those might be free software, but need to be build from sources or pulled in from trusted repositories.

issues related to handling Unicode and display of info in formats specific to language/country(aka l18n)

The app is non-free software and there is little chance to liberate it, e.g. there is no source code at all or the license is non-free.

when something is not 100% free software

Requires work be done that can only be done by an admin, e.g. f-droid.org server setup, gitlab user permissions, new git repos, etc.

Requires changes to the fdroidclient app in order to be work.

The app might be free/libre/open-source software, but requires non-free build dependencies to be used (e.g. play-services, firebase, crashlytics).

Requires changes to fdroidserver in order to function.

Requires changes to the website in order to be complete.

issues and things related to making custom "white label" builds of F-Droid

related to using .yml files for build metadata, e.g. fdroiddata