LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days

LibreOffice is used by 200 million people around the world. Every major release goes through extensive testing, with Alpha, Beta and Release Candidate versions – and there are regular monthly minor updates to fix issues too. The QA Team analyses bug reports from users, and here’s an example of how quickly they work when everything goes to plan:

• 2025-01-21 21:14:02 UTC: Bug report submitted.
• 2025-01-23 18:16:53 UTC: raal from the QA Team looks at the bug report and rules out Linux.
• 2025-01-25 06:05:46 UTC: Saburo confirms that the error occurs on Windows. And – which is extremely helpful – finds the commit that has caused the error.
• 2025-01-25 08:08:16 UTC: raal informs the affected developer.
• 2025-01-25 09:54:38 UTC: Mike Kaganski provides a bug fix.
• 2025-01-25 11:35:15 UTC: After the bug fix has been successfully built and tested on all supported operating systems, it is included in the next daily build of LibreOffice.

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