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Bug severity helper

Free tool for testers and developers

Answer three questions and get a suggested severity with a one line reason. It runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Answer the questions

Pick one answer in each group

The suggestion appears here and changes as you answer.

    What does the bug do?
    Who runs into it?
    Is there a way around it?

    Copy the reason

    Your severity and reason appear here.

    How the suggestion is made

    Each answer adds or removes points. What the bug does counts most, then how many people meet it, then whether there is a way around it. The total maps to Low, Medium, High or Critical. Nothing you type is read, only the choices.

    This is a starting point for a conversation, not a rule. Teams define severity in their own way, so use the names and levels your team agreed on and treat the reason as the useful part.

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    Built by Taskivator, the makers of BugIt.