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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Reporting a Defect Against the Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded
+**************************************************************
+
+You can use the Yocto Project instance of
+`Bugzilla <https://www.bugzilla.org/about/>`__ to submit a defect (bug)
+against BitBake, OpenEmbedded-Core, against any other Yocto Project component
+or for tool issues. For additional information on this implementation of
+Bugzilla see the ":ref:`Yocto Project Bugzilla <resources-bugtracker>`" section
+in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. For more detail on any of the following
+steps, see the Yocto Project
+:yocto_wiki:`Bugzilla wiki page </Bugzilla_Configuration_and_Bug_Tracking>`.
+
+Use the following general steps to submit a bug:
+
+#.  Open the Yocto Project implementation of :yocto_bugs:`Bugzilla <>`.
+
+#.  Click "File a Bug" to enter a new bug.
+
+#.  Choose the appropriate "Classification", "Product", and "Component"
+    for which the bug was found. Bugs for the Yocto Project fall into
+    one of several classifications, which in turn break down into
+    several products and components. For example, for a bug against the
+    ``meta-intel`` layer, you would choose "Build System, Metadata &
+    Runtime", "BSPs", and "bsps-meta-intel", respectively.
+
+#.  Choose the "Version" of the Yocto Project for which you found the
+    bug (e.g. &DISTRO;).
+
+#.  Determine and select the "Severity" of the bug. The severity
+    indicates how the bug impacted your work.
+
+#.  Choose the "Hardware" that the bug impacts.
+
+#.  Choose the "Architecture" that the bug impacts.
+
+#.  Choose a "Documentation change" item for the bug. Fixing a bug might
+    or might not affect the Yocto Project documentation. If you are
+    unsure of the impact to the documentation, select "Don't Know".
+
+#.  Provide a brief "Summary" of the bug. Try to limit your summary to
+    just a line or two and be sure to capture the essence of the bug.
+
+#.  Provide a detailed "Description" of the bug. You should provide as
+    much detail as you can about the context, behavior, output, and so
+    forth that surrounds the bug. You can even attach supporting files
+    for output from logs by using the "Add an attachment" button.
+
+#.  Click the "Submit Bug" button submit the bug. A new Bugzilla number
+    is assigned to the bug and the defect is logged in the bug tracking
+    system.
+
+Once you file a bug, the bug is processed by the Yocto Project Bug
+Triage Team and further details concerning the bug are assigned (e.g.
+priority and owner). You are the "Submitter" of the bug and any further
+categorization, progress, or comments on the bug result in Bugzilla
+sending you an automated email concerning the particular change or
+progress to the bug.
+
+There are no guarantees about if or when a bug might be worked on since an
+open-source project has no dedicated engineering resources. However, the
+project does have a good track record of resolving common issues over the
+medium and long term. We do encourage people to file bugs so issues are
+at least known about. It helps other users when they find somebody having
+the same issue as they do, and an issue that is unknown is much less likely
+to ever be fixed!