When you report a bug, it goes through a specific life cycle with five stages. These are the identification, reproduction, analysis, resolution, and closure stages. Let's take a closer look at each stage and what it entails.
Table of Contents:
- The benefits of using a bug/defect life cycle in your project
- Identification - After a bug is reported, it is assigned to a specific person who will try to identify it.
- Reproduction - The person who identified the bug will try to reproduce it so that it can be analyzed.
- Analysis - The bug is analyzed to see what's causing it and how to fix it.
- Resolution - The resolution stage of a bug is when the bug is fixed
- Closure - The closure stage is when the bug is considered resolved and no longer open.
- What happens after a bug is reported?
The benefits of using a bug/defect life cycle in your project
The bug/defect life cycle allows the whole reporting and fixing of a bug to be documented and recorded. At UIlicious, we believe that it also makes it easier for everyone involved to see what stage a particular bug is in, making it easier to identify bugs and solve them quickly.
That is why we created a test automation tool that allows anyone, regardless of their experience with QA, to get detailed bug reports that can be used as references in defect solving.
We strongly recommend that you try our service if you have not already done so (we offer a free trial period). In any case, the framework explained below can be used with any test automation, code management, or ticketing tool.
Identification - After a bug is reported, it is assigned to a specific person who will try to identify it.
After a bug is reported, it is assigned to a specific person who will try to identify it. Once the issue is identified, the process of reproduction, analysis, resolution, and closure begins. The identification stage should include all information about the case, including what caused it.
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Moreover, the test reports are very detailed and can help developers and the QA team go through the defect/bug life cycle steps with ease.
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Reproduction - The person who identified the bug will try to reproduce it so that it can be analyzed.
Just like when you're debugging a program, reproduction is essential in finding out what is causing an issue because it validates the bug and its severity.
When someone reports a bug, they might not be able to reproduce it, and that's fine as long as there is enough information included in the report to identify what caused it.
Analysis - The bug is analyzed to see what's causing it and how to fix it.
At this point, the programmer determines whether or not they have enough information about the reported item, its symptoms, and potential causes of failure – or if additional investigation is required.
This stage shouldn't take too long unless there isn't enough evidence collected during identification phasis.
Resolution - The resolution stage of a bug is when the bug is fixed
Once a bug has been reproduced and analyzed, its resolution begins, which involves fixing it.
The resolution stage of a bug is when the bug is fixed and closed. A good estimate for this stage is about one hour per line of code that needs to be debugged, but this can vary depending on the complexity of the application or program in question.
Closure - The closure stage is when the bug is considered resolved and no longer open.
Finally, once a bug has been reproduced, analyzed, and fixed, its resolution begins, which involves fixing it and closing it.
The closure stage is when it is considered resolved and no longer open. However, unlike in some other methodologies, there are two types of closures:
Ones where no further action will be taken, and
Ones where the bug has been deferred and will be looked at again in the future.
The bug closure can sometimes take a little longer than the rest of the process. But, this duration depends on what is being fixed. However, depending on how long it takes for you to fix a bug, there might be bugs that slip through the cracks and cause additional problems later down the road.
What happens after a bug is reported?
As you can see from all five stages, reporting and fixing bugs is an important part of any development project; however, it's not always easy to determine whether or not they've actually been resolved and closed correctly. This is where continuous integration and delivery come into play; they can help us identify and fix bugs before releasing the code in question.
Before we go, we would like to remind you one last time that you can try UIlicious, our test automation tool, for free. Our service is designed to allow anyone to create flexible, robust tests in minutes and save hours of coding and testing every day on your project. What's more, UIlicious is particularly easy to learn, even for people who don't know how to code. So don't hesitate to check it out!
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