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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# stdlib
+import argparse
+import pickle
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import BinaryIO, List
+
+# third party
+from github.Issue import Issue
+
+# other zephyr/scripts modules
+from github_helpers import get_github_object
+
+# Note that type annotations are not currently statically checked, and
+# should only be considered documentation.
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    '''Parse command line arguments.'''
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='''
+A helper script which loads all open bugs in the
+zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr repository using the GitHub API, and writes
+them to a new pickle file as a list of github.Issue.Issue objects.
+
+For more information, see:
+
+  - GitHub API: https://docs.github.com/en/rest
+  - github.Issue.Issue:
+    https://pygithub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/github_objects/Issue.html
+  - pickle: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html
+''',
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+    parser.add_argument('out_file', metavar='OUTFILE', type=Path, nargs='?',
+                        help='''file to write pickle data to (default:
+                        stdout)''')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+def get_open_bugs() -> List[Issue]:
+    zephyr_repo = get_github_object().get_repo('zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr')
+    return list(zephyr_repo.get_issues(state='open', labels=['bug']))
+
+def open_out_file(args: argparse.Namespace) -> BinaryIO:
+    if args.out_file is None:
+        return open(sys.stdout.fileno(), 'wb', closefd=False)
+
+    return open(args.out_file, 'wb')
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+    open_bugs = get_open_bugs()
+
+    with open_out_file(args) as out_file:
+        pickle.dump(open_bugs, out_file)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()