Ticket Keywords

The following keywords may be used in the Keywords field of tickets. Individual keywords should be separated by a space.

  • appCrash: NVDA causes another application to crash.
  • appFreeze: NVDA causes a freeze in another application.
  • crash: NVDA itself crashes.
  • freeze: NVDA itself freezes.
  • memoryLeak: Issue is a memory leak caused by NVDA; i.e. memory is consumed but never released even after a given operation is completed.
  • needsCodeReview: A fix/implementation has been provided, but the code needs review by another developer.
  • needsExternalFix: Issue requires a fix in an external project. An issue report should probably be filed with the project in question.
  • performance: Issue relates to performance, generally speed.
  • regression: Issue is a regression; i.e. something worked in a previous version but is now broken.
  • security: Issue is a security problem.
  • startupCrash: NVDA crashes at startup.

Keywords are also used to indicate when an issue is covered by a particular grant or contract; e.g. !AdobeGrantJul2009.