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What is that column "steps to reproduce" mean in bug tracking?

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What is that column "steps to reproduce" mean in bug tracking?


Answer1:
Well, steps to reproduce are just that: what are the steps you need to take to reproduce the stated problem.
The steps to reproduce (STR) must be as clear as possible, preferably with screenshots and/or test data. The steps should also be definite (so no 'maybe', 'it sometimes works if you do this' type statements).
In the test projects, you've always tried to keep the STR down to a maximum of 5, this to make sure that the problem is easy and clear to communicate to the developers, to reproduce and hence resolve.

Answer2:
Ideally, once you identify a bug - you would need to determine the least number of steps required to reproduce the bug. This would help your developer to reproduce the bug easily on his development environment.

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