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If you find a very critical bug in software on the day before its scheduled release date, how would you handle this situation?
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Anonymous
6 months ago
First, I will try to find the impact of the bug on the application-impacted user groups and the number of users that would be impacted, as well as the impact on the downstream system. If the bug will impact a small set of users or has no downstream impact, I will document it as a known issue under an existing bug in the backlog and proceed with the release. if it's a medium-severity bug that has a manual intervention or roundabout, and I will still document the bug as a high priority item for fixing in the next immediate release and move forward with the release . If its more critical bug that impact more users with the manual workaround then We will discuss with the team and make a choice to stop or proceed with the release . If there is no work around then we will have to stop the release irrespective of weather we a fix for the critical bug or not as the fix in the last minute may introduce anther few set of bugs.
Interview question asked to Program Managers and Technical Program Managers interviewing at DigitalOcean, Acorns, BitMEX and others: If you find a very critical bug in software on the day before its scheduled release date, how would you handle this situation?.