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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=thuth@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On 24/09/2026 15.56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > Recently QEMU has received a denial of service attack on > its bug tracker in the form of 120 reports in 10 minutes, > and now repeated by another reporter in the form of 50 > reports in the same day. > > Prior to switching security disclosures to the bug tracker, > single reporters have submited 18, 22, and 114 bug reports. > > None of this is sustainable. It is an effective denial of > service attack on the project maintainers' time. Every bug > report is a TODO item added to someone's workload. > > It is time to put hard limits on how many bugs, discovered > with assitance of automated tools, we are willing to accept > in a givenm time frame. > > This patch proposal suggests > > * No more than 5 bugs per week, per reporter > * No more than 10 bugs are permitted to be open at any > time, per reporter. > > This is explicitly scoped to bugs discovered with the assistance > of automated tools. Bugs where a human puts in exclusively > personal time / effort to discover a problem are not limited. I think this is a good idea, thanks for writing it up! > diff --git a/contribute/report-a-bug.md b/contribute/report-a-bug.md > index b506f9f..8fb7b0b 100644 > --- a/contribute/report-a-bug.md > +++ b/contribute/report-a-bug.md > @@ -32,6 +32,43 @@ on GitLab, taking into account the following guidance. > triage of their output to validate all findings and reproducer > scenarios prior to submitting a bug report. > > +* QEMU policy forbids the bulk filing of large numbers of > + bug disclosures that were generated with automated tools > + (AI/LLM, static analysis, fuzers). Such actions are not s/fuzers/fuzzers/ ? If you agree, I can fix the typo and commit the patch, no need to respin. Thomas