Fix bug: Tasks with BACKLOG status are displayed as ASSIGNED

[coderabbitai]

Problem

Tasks that have BACKLOG status are incorrectly displayed as ASSIGNED in the UI.

Tasks

1. Investigate where the status display logic incorrectly maps BACKLOG to ASSIGNED
2. Fix the status display to correctly show BACKLOG status
3. Add/update tests to verify BACKLOG status is displayed correctly

References

• PR: hotfix: show task status dropdown to backlog task status #1391
• Discussion: hotfix: show task status dropdown to backlog task status #1391 (comment)
• Requested by: @AnujChhikara

[AnujChhikara]

@coderabbitai can we close this issue as #1392 already exists for the same issue

[coderabbitai]

Closing as duplicate of #1392. Both issues appear to be related to the same underlying problem with backlog task status handling.

[coderabbitai]

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@AnujChhikara, I've checked both issues and found that:

1. Issue #1394 is already closed - no action needed there.

2. These are actually different issues, not duplicates:

   • Fix bug: Tasks with BACKLOG status are displayed as ASSIGNED #1394: Tasks with BACKLOG status are incorrectly displayed as ASSIGNED (a display/rendering bug)
   • bug: task status dropdown not visible to backlog task status #1392: The task status dropdown is not visible for tasks with BACKLOG status (a UI interaction bug)

Both issues are related to BACKLOG status tasks, but they address different problems. Issue #1392 is about missing UI controls for changing the status, while #1394 was about incorrect status display. They can coexist as separate issues since they tackle different aspects of the BACKLOG functionality.

Since #1394 is already closed, there's nothing to do here. Would you like me to help with anything else related to these issues?