--- title: Identifying Bugs: A Bug Is in the Eye of the Beholder description: Identifying bugs requires recognizing when software behavior deviates from user expectations, which isn't always obvious. Key signals include moments of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/identifying-bugs-a-bug-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-vkminumme twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Identifying Bugs: A Bug Is in the Eye of the Beholder | daily.dev og:description: Identifying bugs requires recognizing when software behavior deviates from user expectations, which isn't always obvious. Key signals include moments of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/identifying-bugs-a-bug-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-vkminumme og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VKMINUmmE.png og:image:alt: Identifying Bugs: A Bug Is in the Eye of the Beholder og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Identifying Bugs: A Bug Is in the Eye of the Beholder **[Atomic Spin](https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Identifying bugs requires recognizing when software behavior deviates from user expectations, which isn't always obvious. Key signals include moments of hesitation, unclear error messages, miscalculated or inconsistent data displays, confusing workflows, and behaviors that violate conventions established by other apps. 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