The procedure of filling a new bug is quite simple and has been explained below.

Step 1 − Click on the ‘New’ link, present on the header or the footer or Click on the File a Bug button on the home page as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 2 − Now, select the product group in which the bug is noticed.

Step 3 − After selecting the Product, a form will appear where the user should enter the following details related to the bug −

• Enter Product
• Enter Component
• Give Component description
• Select version
• Select severity
• Select Hardware
• Select OS
• Enter Summary
• Enter Description
• Attach Attachment

Note − The above fields vary as per the customization of Bugzilla. The Mandatory fields are marked with a red asterisk (*).

Step 5 − Once the user starts typing in the Summary, Bugzilla filters the already logged in defects and displays the list to avoid duplicate bugs.

Step 6 − Click on the Submit Bug button to log the bug.

Step 7 − As soon as the user clicks on the Submit bug button, a Bug Id is generated with the details that of bug as that were entered.

Step 8 − The Deadline and the Status will be shown as depicted in the following screenshot.

A user can also add additional information to the assigned bug like URL, keywords, whiteboard, tags, etc. This extra-information is helpful to give more details about the Bug that is created.

• Large text box
• URL
• Whiteboard
• Keywords
• Tags
• Depends on
• Blocks

In the next chapter, we will learn how a bug can be cloned.