Debian

Debian Bug Tracking System

The Debian BTS at bugs.debian.org tracks bugs against packages and pseudo-packages. Bug reports are accessible as machine-readable mbox files and structured CGI views, with email serving as the canonical interaction surface.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/debian/refs/heads/main/openapi/debian-bts-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/debian/refs/heads/main/json-schema/debian-bug.json

OpenAPI Specification

debian-bts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Debian Bug Tracking System API
  description: >-
    The Debian BTS exposes per-bug machine-readable views via .mbox and
    structured URLs at bugs.debian.org. Bug reports can also be retrieved
    in JSON via various community endpoints. The historical SOAP API at
    bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/soap.cgi is documented for reference.
  version: "1.0"
servers:
  - url: https://bugs.debian.org
    description: Debian Bug Tracking System
tags:
  - name: Bugs
paths:
  /{bugId}:
    get:
      summary: View a bug report
      operationId: getBug
      tags: [Bugs]
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: bugId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        "200":
          description: HTML and structured views of a bug report.
  /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi:
    get:
      summary: Bug report (mbox/text/HTML)
      operationId: getBugReport
      tags: [Bugs]
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: bug
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
        - in: query
          name: mbox
          schema:
            type: string
            enum: ["yes"]
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Bug report in the requested format.
  /cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi:
    get:
      summary: List bugs against a package
      operationId: getPackageBugs
      tags: [Bugs]
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: pkg
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        "200":
          description: List of bugs against the package.