Bugathon

Bugathons: turn bug-hunting into a competitive sport

A bugathon is a time-boxed competition where participants race to find, reproduce, and report bugs in a target codebase. Sponsors are typically software vendors who want pre-release QA at scale, security-focused companies wanting a community-sourced pentest signal, or maintainers running a hardening sprint.

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What happens at a bugathon

  • Target — sponsor publishes the codebase / API / app under test, with rules of engagement.
  • Scoring — bugs valued by severity (critical / major / minor); reproducibility required.
  • Output — verified bug reports that go directly into the sponsor's issue tracker.

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