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layout: doc
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title: Reporting Bugs
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permalink: /doc/reporting-bugs/
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redirect_from:
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- /en/doc/reporting-bugs/
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- /doc/BugReportingGuide/
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- /wiki/BugReportingGuide/
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- /reporting-bugs/
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- /bug/
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- /bugs/
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- /bug-report/
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- /bug-reports/
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---
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Reporting Bugs
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One of the most important ways in which you can [contribute to the Qubes OS Project] is by reporting any bugs you have found.
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Important
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- **To disclose a security issue confidentially, please see the [Security] page.**
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- **In all other cases, please do not email individual developers about bugs.**
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- **Please note that many issues can be resolved by reading the [documentation].**
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Where to submit your report
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All issues pertaining to the Qubes OS Project (including auxiliary infrastructure such as the [website]) are tracked in [qubes-issues], our GitHub issues tracker.
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However, [qubes-issues] is not intended for personal, localized troubleshooting questions, such as problems that affect only a specific laptop model.
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Those questions should instead be asked in [qubes-users], where they are more likely to be answered.
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Instead, [qubes-issues] is meant for tracking more general bugs, enhancements, and tasks that affect a broad range of Qubes users.
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Please see the [`qubes-issues` guidelines] and [mailing list guidelines] below for more information.
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`qubes-issues` guidelines
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- **Every issue must be about a single, actionable thing.**
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If your issue is not actionable, please send it to the appropriate [mailing list][mailing list guidelines] instead.
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If your issue would be about more than one thing, file them as separate issues instead.
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- **New issues should not be duplicates of existing issues.**
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Before you submit an issue, check to see whether it has already been reported.
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Search through the existing issues -- both open and closed -- by typing your key words in the **Filters** box.
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If you find an issue that seems to be similar to yours, read through it.
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If you find an issue that is the same as or subsumes yours, leave a comment on the existing issue rather than filing a new one, even if the existing issue is closed.
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The Qubes team will see your comment and reopen the issue, if appropriate.
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For example, you can leave a comment with additional information to help the maintainer debug it.
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Adding a comment will subscribe you to email notifications, which can be helpful in getting important updates regarding the issue.
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If you don't have anything to add but still want to receive email updates, you can click the "watch" button at the bottom of the comments.
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- **Every issue must be of a single type.**
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Every issue must be exactly one of the following types: a bug report (`bug`), a feature request (`enhancement`), or a task (`task`).
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Do not file multi-typed issues.
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Instead, file multiple issues of distinct types.
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The Qubes team will classify your issue according to its type.
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- **New issues should include all relevant information.**
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When you file a new issue, you should be sure to include the version of Qubes you're using, as well as versions of related software packages.
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If your issue is related to hardware, provide as many details as possible about the hardware, which could include using command-line tools such as `lspci`.
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If you're reporting a bug in a package that is in a [testing] repository, please reference the appropriate issue in the [updates-status] repository.
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Project maintainers really appreciate thorough explanations.
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It usually helps them address the problem more quickly, so everyone wins!
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Once your issue is addressed, your GitHub issue may be closed.
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After that, the package containing the fix will move to the appropriate [testing] repository, then to the appropriate stable repository.
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If you so choose, you can test the fix while it's in the [testing] repository, or you can wait for it to land in the stable repository.
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If, after testing the fix, you find that it does not really fix your bug, please leave a comment on your issue explaining the situation.
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When you do, we will receive a notification and respond on your issue or reopen it (or both).
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Please **do not** create a duplicate issue or attempt to contact the developers individually about your problem.
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Mailing list guidelines
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Before submitting a report on the mailing lists, please check to see whether your issue has already been reported by searching through the archives.
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You can do this by visiting the Google Groups web interfaces for both [qubes-users] and [qubes-devel].
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Please see the [Mailing Lists][support] page for further information.
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How to copy information out of dom0
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-----------------------------------
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Copying information out of dom0 can be useful when reporting bugs.
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See [Copying from (and to) dom0] for more information.
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Testing new releases and updates
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Please see [Testing New Releases and Updates][testing].
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Improving the code
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Please see our guidelines on [how to contribute code].
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[contribute to the Qubes OS Project]: /doc/contributing/
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[Security]: /security/
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[documentation]: /doc/
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[website]: /
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[qubes-issues]: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues
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[mailing list guidelines]: #mailing-list-guidelines
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[support]: /support/
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[qubes-users]: /support/#qubes-users
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[qubes-devel]: /support/#qubes-devel
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[testing]: /doc/testing/
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[updates-status]: https://github.com/QubesOS/updates-status/issues
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[Copying from (and to) dom0]: /doc/copy-from-dom0/
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[how to contribute code]: /doc/contributing/#contributing-code
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