# Triage defects and assess regression risk

Prioritizes bugs by severity and impact and flags regression risk.

- Topic: Software Development
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/triage-defects-and-assess-regression-risk

## Prompt

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Role: Act as a QA engineer triaging defects and assessing release regression risk.

Context: Defect reports (symptom, area, frequency, environment): [DEFECTS]. Severity/priority definitions: [SEV_DEFS]. Planned release scope and changed areas: [RELEASE_SCOPE]. Test coverage by area: [COVERAGE]. Release date and constraints: [RELEASE_CONSTRAINTS].

Task: For each defect: assign severity and priority against the definitions with a one-line rationale, note likely affected users and any workaround, and flag if it is a regression. Then produce a regression-risk assessment for the release: which changed areas are risky given coverage and defect history, what additional testing is warranted, and a go / caution / no-go recommendation with conditions.

Format: Sections: Triaged defects (table) | Regression-risk assessment | Recommendation & conditions.

Verification: Apply the severity/priority definitions consistently; flag defects with insufficient detail to triage rather than guessing.

Validation: Challenge the recommendation as a release manager: is 'go' actually justified given the riskiest changed area's coverage? State the residual risk plainly.
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## What to fill in

- DEFECTS
- SEV_DEFS
- RELEASE_SCOPE
- COVERAGE
- RELEASE_CONSTRAINTS

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