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Consider this scenario: A tester spots a checkout flow breaking on Safari. They drop a message in Slack: <\/span>“Hey, checkout seems broken on Safari – @devs can someone look?”<\/span><\/i> A developer glances at it, assumes someone else will log it, and moves on. Two days before release, a QA Lead runs a sweep of open issues and finds the ticket was never formally logged. The bug is still there.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span> Consider this scenario: A tester spots a checkout flow breaking on Safari. They drop a message in Slack: “Hey, checkout seems broken on Safari – @devs can someone look?” A developer glances at it, assumes someone else will log it, and moves on. Two days before release, a QA Lead runs a sweep of open issues and finds the ticket was never formally logged. 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