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What is a Defect Life Cycle or a Bug Lifecycle in Software Testing

Defect life cycle is a cycle which a defect goes through during its lifetime.

Defect Life Cycle Diagram

States of Bug Life Cycle

1 .New: When a defect is signed and published initially. It’s condition is given as new.

2 .Assigned: After the specialist has published the bug, the cause of the specialist grants that the bug is authentic

States of Bug Life Cycle

3. Open: At this condition the designer has began examining as well as on the defect fix.

4. Fixed: When designer creates necessary rule changes and confirms the changes then he/she can create bug position as ‘Fixed’ and the bug qualifies to examining group.

States of Bug Life Cycle

5. Awaiting retest: After solving the defect the designer has given that particular rule for retesting to the specialist

6. Retest: At this point the specialist do the retesting of the modified rule which designer has given to him to confirm whether the defect got set or not.

States of Bug Life Cycle

7. Verified: The specialist assessments the bug again after it got set by the designer.

8. Reopen: If the bug still prevails even after the bug is set by the designer, the specialist changes the position to “reopened”.

States of Bug Life Cycle

9. Closed: Once the bug is set, it is examined by the specialist.

10. Rejected: If the designer seems that the bug is not authentic, he denies the bug.

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