What are severity and priority in testing, and how are they described with examples?

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Accepted Answer

Severity and priority are terms used in software testing to prioritize and categorize defects.

Severity refers to the impact of a defect on the system or application under test.
Priority refers to the order in which defects should be fixed based on business needs.
Severity is usually categorized as high, medium, or low.
Priority is usually categorized as high, medium, or low as well.
Examples: A critical defect causing the application to crash has high severity and high priority.
A cosmetic defect like a misspelled word may have low severity but high priority if it affects the user experience.

Accepted Answer

1.severity

It is extend in which the defect in effect the software in order words define defect that given as defect has on the system

2.priprority

Priproity define in which would we should resolve a defect should we resolve right it now can't wait.

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