42 FAQs
1. Is the full functionality of Mantis available on mobile devices? (1278 requests)
2. Why isn’t Jira used for the lectures if it is one of the most popular bug tracking systems and is most commonly found in the job vacancies? (1163 requests)
3. What are the criteria for the interestingness of the bug that needs to be made for homework of lecture №4? (1147 requests)
4. Bug reports on the second round come back with the same comment - is that expected? (1137 requests)
5. Is the bug tracker only a web app? (1136 requests)
6. When testing the website, can a tester report a bug in the code or should the bugs be described only on GUI? (1087 requests)
7. What do I do if Mantis displays bug reports that were not reported by me? What are these bug reports? (933 requests)
8. The «Your account may be disabled or blocked or the username / password you entered is incorrect» error message is shown in Mantis. What I need to do? (845 requests)
9. Do I need to change the category to Homework_3 if I reported a lot of functional bugs in Mantis in the Homework_2 category? (839 requests)
10. The «APPLICATION ERROR # 2800» error is displayed in Mantis. What should I do? (803 requests)
11. Is it possible to add bug reports for the previous homeworks if after the homework I'll have less then 50 bug reports in Mantis? (713 requests)
12. Where can I find examples of well-formed bug reports in Mantis? (683 requests)
13. The «A required parameter to this page (project_id) was not found» error is displayed in Mantis. What should I do? (661 requests)
14. The «APPLICATION ERROR # 400» error is displayed in Mantis. What should I do? (652 requests)
15. Where can I find the information about the severity and priority of bugs in Mantis? (650 requests)
16. Why do we need the «Category» field in the bug tracker? (641 requests)
17. The «APPLICATION ERROR # 203 A number was expected for id» error is displayed in Mantis. What should I do? (607 requests)
18. Is a bug-report evaluated when it is indicated as orange? (606 requests)
19. Where can I see the grade for my bug report? (585 requests)
20. Should the «what? where? when?» sequence be followed in the bug description? (581 requests)
21. Is there any way to remove duplicate bug reports? (578 requests)
22. Do I need to reassign a bug report after it was fixed? (575 requests)
23. Can you explain the values of all bug statuses in the bug tracker system? (574 requests)
24. How does a bug report verification notification arrive? (572 requests)
25. How do I attach multiple files at once? Can I add more screenshots only after creating a report? (561 requests)
26. What is the acceptable size of photos and videos for a bug report in Mantis? (558 requests)
27. How do I choose the defect priority? (556 requests)
28. Who should I assign bug reports to? (554 requests)
29. What should I write to the «Description» field? (553 requests)
30. If a bug report is returned with comments, do I need to change the report itself or the comments under it? (545 requests)
31. Does the «assigned» bug status mean that the bug report hasn't been checked yet? (536 requests)
32. Is there an opportunity to see examples of homework? (535 requests)
33. Are you working with Bugzilla or Jira? (532 requests)
34. How can I compress a video? The bug tracker shows a message that the video is too big? (527 requests)
35. How to know that the bug report has been reviewed and does not need improvement? (518 requests)
36. Are defects with «closed» status included in the limit of 50 defects? (512 requests)
37. What formats of screenshots and videos can I attach to a bug report in Mantis? (510 requests)
38. Can I learn more about the rules for filling all fields in the bug report? (503 requests)
39. Where I can indicate the information about testing on the emulator? (480 requests)
40. Where can I find instructions for working in the bt-w.qatestlab.com bug tracker system? (477 requests)
41. How to enter the bug tracker system? Is there a special login link or does the program need to be downloaded separately? (473 requests)
42. What is the number displayed in the «Summary» before the bug description? (461 requests)