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When reproduced, the compatibility bug will be qualified to determine the action to take:
When reproduced, the compatibility bug will be qualified to determine the action to take:
* Minor bug: the add-on's main functions work acceptably. No action taken.
* Minor bug: the add-on's main functions work acceptably.
* Major bug: the add-on is significantly broken. The add-on developer will be contacted. If the breakage continues to happen on Beta, the add-on version will be added to the blacklist.
** The add-on developer will be contacted.
* Critical bug: the compatibility bug breaks Firefox in some way. The add-on developer will be contacted and the add-on version will be added to the blacklist immediately. The developer will be encouraged to use the no-dtc flag in install.rdf.
* Major bug: the add-on is significantly broken.  
* Crashes: same as critical bugs, but the regular crash procedure should also be followed, with the possibility of blocklisting.
** The add-on developer will be contacted.  
** If the breakage continues to happen on Beta, the add-on version will be added to the blacklist.
* Critical bug: the compatibility bug breaks Firefox in some way.
** The add-on developer will be contacted.
** The add-on version will be added to the blacklist immediately.
** The developer will be encouraged to use the no-dtc flag in install.rdf.
* Crashes.
** Same as critical bugs, but the regular crash procedure should also be followed, with the possibility of blocklisting.


== Reporting ==
== Reporting ==
The Add-ons Team will produce a weekly report on add-on incompatibility that will be presented in the Product Planning Meeting.
The Add-ons Team will produce a weekly report on add-on incompatibility that will be presented in the Product Planning Meeting.
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