{"id":71137,"date":"2020-01-09T14:50:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T09:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?p=71137"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:52:24","slug":"anatomy-of-a-bug","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/anatomy-of-a-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The core of Bugzilla is the screen which displays a particular bug. It&#8217;s a good place to explain some Bugzilla concepts. Bug 1 on Landfill is a good example. Note that the labels for most fields are hyperlinks; clicking them will take you to context-sensitive help on that particular field. Fields marked * may not be present on every installation of Bugzilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Product and Component: Bugs are divided up by Product and Component, with a Product having one or more Components in it. 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