Research Template

Copy the template below to start a new research task.

### description
<what is this and why are we doing it>

### related issues
<existing issues about the task>

### blocked by (dependencies)
<description of blockers that need to be resolved for this to complete>

### blocks other
<description of other tasks that are blocked from completing by this task>

### tasks overview
<breakdown effort into independent work units>
<e.g. code changes, refactors, tests, additional research, documentation, deprecation plans, etc...>