name: Bug Report description: Report a bug in Stoat — please fill out every required field to help us triage quickly. title: "[Bug]: " labels: - bug - unconfirmed body: # ── Thank you section ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: markdown attributes: value: | **Thank you for taking the time to report a bug for Stoat!** Please follow the instructions below and provide as much detail as possible to help us understand and reproduce the issue. # ── Pre-flight checks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: checkboxes id: preflight attributes: label: Pre-flight checklist description: Please confirm all of the following before submitting. options: - label: I am on the latest available version of Stoat. required: true - label: I searched existing issues and did not find a duplicate. required: true - label: This is a bug report, not a support question or feature request. required: true # ── Bug description ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: textarea id: description attributes: label: Bug description description: > What happened? What did you expect to happen instead? Keep this brief — detailed steps go in the next field. placeholder: "Example: When I open a DM thread, new messages from the other person do not appear unless I reload the page." validations: required: true # ── Steps to reproduce ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: textarea id: steps attributes: label: Steps to reproduce description: > Provide a numbered list of every step needed to trigger the bug. The clearer this is, the faster we can fix it. placeholder: | 1. Log in to Stoat on the web client. 2. Open a direct message conversation. 3. Ask the other person to send a message. 4. Observe that the message does not appear without reloading. validations: required: true # ── Expected behavior ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: textarea id: expected attributes: label: Expected behavior description: What should have happened? placeholder: "New messages should appear in real time without a page reload." validations: required: true # ── Client / platform ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: dropdown id: platform attributes: label: Client / platform description: Which Stoat client are you using? options: - Web (browser) - Stoat for Desktop - Android - iOS - Self-hosted server validations: required: true # ── Client version ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: input id: version attributes: label: Client version description: > Find this in **Settings**. For the web client, include the build number shown in the footer or About page. placeholder: "e.g. Stoat for Desktop 1.3.0 or 0.2.1 (2025-10-10)" validations: required: true # ── OS / browser details ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: input id: os attributes: label: OS / browser details description: Your operating system and, for web bugs, your browser and its version. placeholder: "e.g. Windows 11, Chrome 121 or macOS 14.3, Stoat for Desktop 1.3.0 or Android 14" validations: required: true # ── Reproducibility ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: dropdown id: reproducibility attributes: label: Reproducibility description: How consistently does this bug occur? options: - Always - Usually - Rarely - Only once - Unknown validations: required: true # ── Screenshots or video ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: textarea id: screenshots attributes: label: Screenshots or video description: Paste images or drag-and-drop a screen recording here. GitHub accepts common image and video formats. validations: required: false # ── Additional context ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: textarea id: additional attributes: label: Additional context description: > Anything else that might help: workarounds you found, links to related issues, self-hosted configuration details (Redis, MongoDB, LiveKit, SMTP), network environment, etc. validations: required: false # ── Closing note ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── - type: markdown attributes: value: | --- A maintainer will review your report. Please watch for follow-up questions — issues that go unanswered are harder to resolve and may be closed after 30 days of inactivity.