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Bug Squad (JBS)
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The purpose of the Joomla! Bug Squad is to reduce the number of bugs in Joomla.
Learn more about the Bug Squad on our portal!
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Martin Kopp
Switzerland
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Switzerland
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Apr 2026
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Jul 2022
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George Wilson
United Kingdom
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Switzerland
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Hannes Papenberg
Germany
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Feb 2023
Oct 2024
Troy Hall
United States
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Rick Spaan
Netherlands
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Oct 2021
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Germany
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Germany
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Germany
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United Kingdom
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Luca Racchetti
Italy
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Germany
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Ireland
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Constantin Romankiewicz
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Niels Braczek
Germany
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Nicola Galgano
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Robert Deutz
Germany
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The role involves the following:

Having Javascript ECMAscript 6 (ES6) expertise
Some free time & passion to help contribute
Proposing, create and testing Pull Requests (PRs)
Giving feedback on issues
Help squash bugs!
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Joomla 4.2 Release Lead
Joomla 4.3 Release Lead
Joomla 4.4 Release Manager
Joomla 5.0 Release Manager
Joomla 5.1 Release Manager
Joomla 5.2 Release Manager
Joomla 5.3 Release Manager
Joomla 5.4 Release Manager
Joomla 6.0 Release Manager
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Joomla Bug Squad Meeting - Apr 13th, 2026
By
Martin Kopp
on 2026-04-13 19:04 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Adarsh Dubey, Krishna Gandhi, al ikon, Weno Hans, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Discussed 4 items on the agenda - discussed issues on the identity portal (to get to Mattermost). Thank you. Next Meeting:  May 4th, 2026 (time yet to be determined - check...
Read more: Joomla Bug Squad Meeting - Apr 13th, 2026
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March 16th, 2026
By
Martin Kopp
on 2026-03-16 20:08 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Christiane, Krishna Gandhi, Hannes, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 45 minutes - Discussed 3 issues on the agenda - Thank you. Next Meeting:  April 13th, 2026 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March 16th, 2026
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Feb 23rd, 2026
By
Martin Kopp
on 2026-02-23 20:26 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Hannes, Christiane, Brian, Alikon, Krishna Gandhi, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 45 minutes - Discussed 2 issues on the agenda, Talked about handling feature requests in the future (moved to discussions) - Thank you. Next Meeting:  March 16th, 2026 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Feb 23rd, 2026
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Feb 2th, 2026
By
Martin Kopp
on 2026-02-02 21:21 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Hannes, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 75 minutes - Discussed issue tracker, worked through 2 issues on the agenda. Emmanuel talked about FOSDEM, Thank you. Next Meeting:  Feb 23rd, 2026 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Feb 2th, 2026
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Jan 12th, 2026
By
Martin Kopp
on 2026-01-12 20:05 in
Bug Squad
Happy new year! Attendees: Nicola (Alikon), Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 55 minutes - Worked through 2 issues on the agenda. Closed 1. Tested and discussed improvement on one. Thank you. Next Meeting:  Feb 2nd, 2026 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Jan 12th, 2026
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Dec 22th, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-12-23 00:38 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Hannes, Martina, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 55 minutes - Worked through 4 issues on the agenda. Closed 1. Discussed list of features in the Issue Cleanup Project. Thank you. Next Meeting:  Jan 12th, 2026 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Dec 22th, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Dec 1th, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-12-01 20:31 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Christiane, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 35 minutes - Worked through 1 issue on the agenda. May be valid with greater consequences Thank you. Next Meeting:  Dec 22th, 2025 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Dec 1th, 2025
Bug Squad Meeting at Joomla Day D-A-CH
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-11-14 17:11 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Patrick. Denise, Christoph, Christof,  Richard, Christian, Nadja, Allon, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Worked through 6 issues on the agenda. Closed 4  - changed 2 .Thank you. Next Meeting:  Dec 1th, 2025 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Bug Squad Meeting at Joomla Day D-A-CH
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Nov 10th, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-11-10 20:00 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Hannes, Emmanuel, Richard, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Worked through 10 issues on the agenda. Closed 7 - 1 PR created. Thank you. Next Meeting:  Dec 1th, 2025 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Nov 10th, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Oct 20th, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-10-20 19:50 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Hannes, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Worked through 8 issues. Closed 4 - 1 PR created. Thank you. Next Meeting:  Nov 10th, 2025 20:00 CET 19:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Oct 20th, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Sep 29th, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-10-20 10:34 in
Bug Squad
Attendees:Brian, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Worked through Backlog and Issue still relevant in Joomla Project "Issue Cleanup". Closed quite a few issues.  Thank you. Next Meeting:  Oct 18th, 2025 18:00 20:00 CEST 19:00 BST 18:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - Sep 29th, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - September 8, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-09-08 20:03 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Hannes, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Closed 21 Issues - discussed few other issues. Next Meeting:  Sept 29th, 2025 18:00 20:00 CEST 19:00 BST 18:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - September 8, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - August 18, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-08-19 09:22 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Emmanuel, Brian, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 30 minutes - Discussed few issues. Discussed need of developers for fixing bugs and not only testing. Next Meeting:  Sept 8th, 2025 18:00 20:00 CEST 19:00 BST 18:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - August 18, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - July 28, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-07-28 18:44 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Christiane, Emmanuel, Olivier, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 30 minutes - Holiday Edition with Greetings from Paris. Discussed 2 issues. Emphasis on using the Joomla Projects "Issue Cleanup" and "PR Cleanup" to have control over PRs/Issues already visited.  Thank you. Next...
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - July 28, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - July 7, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-07-07 19:04 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Hannes, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 60 minutes - Closed 6 no further Action Taken Issues. Discussed a few other issues. Hannes informed us about the switch from Drone CI to Github Action. Keep an eye on the Issues Cleanup Project. Thank you. Next Meeting:  July...
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - July 7, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - June 16, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-06-16 19:10 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Christiane, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 50 minutes - Closed 8 no further Action Taken Issues. Discussed a few other issues. Bringing one issue to maintainers. Next Meeting:  July 7th, 2025 18:00 20:00 CEST 19:00 BST 18:00 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - June 16, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - May 19, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-05-19 20:38 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Hannes, Christiane, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 50 minutes - Discussed a few issues. Statistics Server Issue - see Meeting Agenda. Next Meeting:  June 16th, 2025 moved 1 week because of holiday (Pentecost)
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - May 19, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - April, 28, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-04-29 15:10 in
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Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 59 minutes - Discussed a few issues. We will try to close more issues. Discussed minimal PHP Version. No problem with PHP 8.3 as long as DB Version don't change. Aftermath: Instead of using a separate list, we will use...
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - April, 28, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March, 31, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-04-01 16:20 in
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Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Hannes, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 61 minutes - Discussed 5 PR/issues - talked about getting old, abandoned PRs out of the way of testers - Thanks to everyone participating and contributing.
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March, 31, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March, 10, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-03-10 20:41 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Christiane, Emmanuel, Nicola, Olivier, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 67 minutes - Discussed 7 PR/issues - talked about GSoC 2025 (not really business of the Bug Squad) - Thanks to everyone participating and contributing.
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March, 10, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - February, 17, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-02-17 20:14 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Brian, Christiane, Emmanuel, Nicola, Olivier, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 61 minutes- Talked about PBF, we will have 90 servers thanks to Olivier and Carlos. - Discussed the google sheet for PBF- need to have more easy testable PR's for 5.3.0- Martin will go through issues and...
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Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - January, 27, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-01-27 20:02 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Emmanuel, Nicola, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 59 minutes - Discussed 5 issues, 4 moved to next meething. closed 0, 499 Issues marked as bug, 749 in total.
Thanks to the team for bringing the numbers down! Next Meeting: 2025-02-17 2000 CET 1900 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - January, 27, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - January, 6, 2025
By
Martin Kopp
on 2025-01-06 20:07 in
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Attendees: Rolf, Brian, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 55 minutes - Discussed 12 issues closed 6, 501 Issues marked as bug, 751 in total. Thanks to the team for bringing the numbers down! Next Meeting: 2025-01-20 2000 CET 1900 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - January, 6, 2025
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - December, 9, 2024
By
Martin Kopp
on 2024-12-09 20:02 in
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Attendees: Rolf, Brian, Hannes, Emmanuel, Nicola, Martin (Teamlead)
Duration: 50 minutes
Discussed 4 issues
591 Issues marked as bug, 756 in total.
Thanks to the team for bringing the numbers down!
Next Meeting: 2025-01-06 2000 CET 1900 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - December, 9, 2024
Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - November, 18, 2024
By
Martin Kopp
on 2024-11-18 21:36 in
Bug Squad
Attendees: Rolf Dautrich, Brian Teeman, ChristianeMaier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg, Martin Kopp (Teamlead)
Duration: 65 minutes
Discussed 15 issues, Closed 6, Relabeled 3

Next Meeting: 2024-12-09 2000 CET 1900 UTC
Read more: Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - November, 18, 2024
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Joomla uses GitHub as its code repository and for reporting bugs. You will need a GitHub user account to report issues on the CMS Issue tracker. You will use your GitHub user account to submit patches (PRs) against the Joomla code repository for bug fixes. You will use your GitHub user account to test patches using the Joomla! Patch Tester. Send an email request to the Bug Squad requesting membership in the Joomla! Bug Squad. You will have to provide your GitHub Username.
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