There's no back-link mechanism for a ticket. If there were (when viewing the code there's some visual queue that there's a todo ticket open for this line) then

There's no back-link mechanism for a ticket. If there were (when viewing the code there's some visual queue that there's a todo ticket open for this line) then I'd agree. Also consider the infuriating practice where managers (often with the help of supercilious bots) close tickets "just because".