The Discreet Charm of the Bugeoisie: A First Look at Bug Reports Created by Researchers
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Many ISSTA papers present automated tools to find software bugs. Some researchers create bug reports for the bugs they deem worth reporting, e.g., new bugs found by the tools. We study bug reports created by researchers and coin the term Bugeoisie to refer to such bug reports. We collect the Bugeoisie for ISSTA 2025 by reading the papers, examining the artifacts, and contacting the authors, trying to “chase” bug report links. This process turns out to be surprisingly challenging because only a few authors make such links readily available. We then analyze the Bugeoisie to understand potential bad practices. For most papers that claim some bugs reported or confirmed, independently checking the claims is again surprisingly challenging. We also start analyzing Bugeoisie for FSE 2025 to check generalizability of our findings. Our findings point out to the important changes that conference organizers and reviewers may want to require for the Bugeoisie. We also provide some suggestions for paper authors to prepare and describe their Bugeoisie in their papers and artifacts.
DOI: 10.1145/3832244
Institutions: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, The University of Texas at Dallas, Jahangirnagar University, American University of Beirut, Egyptian e-Learning University, Alexandria University, University of Dhaka, PES University, National University of Singapore, Tribhuvan University, American International University-Bangladesh
Language: English
Subfield: Software
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7215079110