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Reproduction
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Reproduction
Reproduction Steps Are a Recipe, Not a Rant
SevThe degree of harm a defect causes when it occurs, judged independently of when the team plans to fix it.
PriThe team's scheduling decision about when a defect should be fixed relative to other work.
TriageThe review decision that routes a report to an owner, a severity, a priority, and a next action.
StatusThe report's current position in the workflow, such as new, triaged, in progress, fixed, or verified.
A defect report is a piece of technical writing with a job to do.
Reproduction
The Shortest Reproducing Case Wins Every Argument
SevHow much damage the defect causes when it occurs: data loss, crash, corruption, wrong output, or cosmetic glitch, judged independently of how soon anyone plans to fix it.
PriWhen the team intends to act on the defect relative to other work: now, next, later, or never, set by product and engineering context rather than by the defect's raw harm.
TriageThe routing decision made at review: accept, defer, duplicate, needs-info, cannot-reproduce, or not-a-bug, each with an owner and a next action.
StatusWhere the report sits in the workflow: new, triaged, assigned, in progress, fixed, verified, reopened, or closed.
Most arguments about a defect are not really arguments about the defect.
Reproduction
Trim Your Repro Steps Until the Bug Disappears
SevHow much damage the defect causes to users, data, or the product surface when it occurs.
PriWhen the team intends to schedule and fix the defect relative to other work.
TriageThe routing decision made at review that assigns owner, severity, priority, and next action.
StatusWhere the report sits in the workflow, such as new, triaged, in progress, fixed, or verified.
A reproduction is not a description of a bug.
Reproduction
Environment Details Decide Whether a Bug Reproduces at All
SevDamage is judged by how far a defect spreads across supported environments, how many users it can reach, and whether it blocks a core workflow or merely degrades it.
PriPriority reflects when the team intends to act, weighed against release timing, customer commitments, and the cost of leaving the defect in place.
TriageTriage routes the report to an owner, assigns a severity and priority, and decides whether it is fixed now, scheduled later, or closed with a documented reason.
StatusThe report's position in the workflow, from new through triaged, assigned, in progress, fixed, verified, or closed, with the reason for any terminal state.
A bug report is a claim about the world, and like any claim it depends on the conditions under which it was observed.