Question

A request for information. It produces an answer, not a change — and how it resolves says something about the system rather than about the asker.

Resolution	What it tells you
The answer existed and was findable	Retrieval is failing — it should never have needed asking
The answer existed only in someone's head	Write it down — which raises a chore or a capability
The answer did not exist	Something is undesigned. That is a decision to take, not work to do

The rate of questions arriving is a signal about the system, not about the people asking. Answers routinely producing new work is the normal, healthy case.