Defect tracking

{{Short description|Process of tracking a product's defects throughout its lifetime}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2026}}

In engineering, '''defect tracking''' is the process of tracking the logged defects in a product from beginning to closure (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects. Defect tracking is important in software engineering as complex software systems typically have tens, hundreds, or thousands of defects; therefore, managing, evaluating and prioritizing these defects is a difficult task.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Defect Tracking? |url=https://browserstack.wpengine.com/test-reporting-and-analytics/features/test-failure-root-cause-analysis/what-is-defect-tracking/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=BrowserStack |language=en-US}}</ref> When the number of defects gets quite large, and the defects need to be tracked over extended periods of time, use of a defect tracking system can make the management task much easier.

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