How do I report a bug?

But reports are vital in order to help improving the software. So don’t hesitate to report anything you find strange or if you encounter an outright error. This said, it will be helpful if you report these things in a structured manner. The following are a few hints on how to provide a good bug report.

Bugs should be reported here in the github issues section

In general, this information should always be included:

• What, in detail, happened? Did you see an error message? Did the end result look different than expected? Did nothing happen at all?
• From when is the version you are using? I.e, did you download it today or is it a few days or weeks old?
• If you are using an old version, did you test if the problem remains in the latest version (ie, nightly build from MPFB Downloads)?
• On what platform are you running blender?
• Exactly which blender version are you using?
• Screenshots clearly showing what the problem is

Without this kind of details, it is often simply not possible to figure out what the error is.

When creating an issue on GitHub, you should get a basic template where these questions are listed.

Log files

If closer examination is needed, you might be asked for log files.

On the developer panel you can find panels for increasing the log level and for exporting a log file.

If you want to help the process along, you could increase the log level to DEBUG, repeat the procedure that caused the bug, export the “default” log file, and attach this to your bug report.

Suggestions for improvements

If you have a suggestion which is not a bug but rather a feature request, then that is welcome too. There is a separate template for reporting these in the github issues section.