Fortnite's low-priority bug reports are regularly wiped, which Epic titles CEO says is "normal," but Rust boss says he'd "rather have them logged than forgotten," even if they're old

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Subscribe to our newsletter When it comes to bugs and glitches in Fortnite, Epic is pretty ruthless about what gets priority, according to CEO Tim Sweeney.

There's a queue of importance, but the low-priority items get wiped periodically, something that's prompted one of the leads on Rust to provide an alternative methodology.On Twitter, Sweeney responded to a report that Epic just deletes the backlog of bug reports, even when entries haven't been looked at yet.

"We prioritize reported bugs," he says.

"We fix them in priority order.

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At the bottom are low-priority, low-impact bugs.

We find the cutoff point where fixing those bugs is less valuable to the game than other things, and we drop them."He calls this "normal software development," and clarifies this never includes things players are experiencing to a widespread degree.

"Bugs that many players experience and that affect the quality of the game are not those abandoned low-priority, low-impact bugs," Sweeney states.

"They are higher priority bugs the team is tasked with fixing ## Editor's Note Stay tuned for more updates as this story develops. Source: [GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fortnite/fortnites-low-priority-bug-reports-are-regularly-wiped-which-epic-games-ceo-says-is-normal-but-rust-boss-says-hed-rather-have-them-logged-than-forgotten-even-if-theyre-old/)