These answers cover common defect management questions.
A defect is an issue found during testing or reported directly. Defects can include priority, severity, assignee, due date, comments, attachments, traceability links, and external issue references.
Open Defects, select Create Defect, choose Hawzu or external tool creation where available, and enter the required details.
Learn more in Create Defect.
The current visible defect statuses are:
Closure resolutions are tracked separately where applicable:
Yes. Defects can link to test cases, executions, releases, and requirements. These links support traceability and release review.
Learn more in Defect Traceability.
Yes, when an issue-tracking integration is configured and available to the project.
You can create external issues from Hawzu defects, link existing external issues, open external issue cards, and unlink Hawzu references without deleting the external issue.
Use the defect details view to review similar and related defects, duplicate relationships, comments, traceability, and history.
Learn more in Similar and Related Defects.