Bug 507955

Summary:	Warn users before they submit bug reports for unsupported versions
Product:	[Websites] bugs.kde.org	Reporter:	Colin S <bugs.kde.org>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KDE sysadmins <sysadmin>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	sheedy
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Colin S 2025-08-06 23:09:51 UTC

SUMMARY
Currently, Bug Janitor Service automatically closes bugs that are created by users who submit a new bug with an outdated version number. There is no indication on the form that this will happen which means users waste time submitting bug reports that get auto-closed without a human seeing them. The “bug reporting instructions” link says, buried halfway down the page, “please don't file Bugzilla issues against a version of KDE Software that's more than a year old”, but BJS is closing bugs on versions that were only released a few weeks ago (any 6.3).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start creating a new bug
2. Choose an old version number (currently, anything lower than 6.4, according to BJS)

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing on the page says not to submit the report, and the form allows it.

EXPECTED RESULT
At a minimum I believe there should be some warning on the bug submission page that tells users not to submit bug reports for KDE versions older than X because they will be automatically closed. The warning needs to show up *before* the user submits their report to stop them from wasting time. It is no use to hook only once the submit button has been pressed.

Best regards,