Word for a software bug that occurs again after having fixed it?
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00:00 Word For A Software Bug That Occurs Again After Having Fixed It?
00:47 Accepted Answer Score 129
00:59 Answer 2 Score 27
01:18 Answer 3 Score 20
01:32 Answer 4 Score 10
01:58 Answer 5 Score 7
02:17 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 129
You're looking for "regression".
ANSWER 2
Score 27
Such bugs may simply be called recurring bugs. There are even papers on such bugs:
Previous research confirms the existence of recurring bug fixes in software systems...
ANSWER 3
Score 20
The bug was reintroduced by a subsequent change, resulting in a regression.
ANSWER 4
Score 10
UNFIXED.
And that is not the same as regression error. If you try to fix something, deploy it, and it turns out not to be fixed, then it was never fixed! period.
Regression error is when the fix attempt BROKE SOMETHING ELSE THAT PREVIOUSLY WORKED, hence that "something" has regressed.
ANSWER 5
Score 7
A mandelbug (named after Benoît Mandelbrot's fractal) is a bug whose causes are so complex that it defies repair, or makes its behavior appear chaotic or even non-deterministic.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug