From e16e75155b23255c64633dc85ece3a513b2fc65e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leroy0715 <40634737+leroy0715@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:02:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] meta: add bug report issue template

Added a structured bug report form to reduce back-and-forth and get reproducible reports faster
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 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e187cb87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Bug report
+description: Report a reproducible bug
+title: "[Bug]: "
+labels: ["bug"]
+body:
+  - type: textarea
+    id: summary
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: What happened? What did you expect?
+      placeholder: A clear and concise description of the bug.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: steps
+    attributes:
+      label: Steps to reproduce
+      description: Provide exact steps so we can reproduce.
+      placeholder: |
+        1. ...
+        2. ...
+        3. ...
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: logs
+    attributes:
+      label: Logs / Output
+      description: Paste relevant logs (redact secrets).
+      render: shell
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: input
+    id: environment
+    attributes:
+      label: Environment
+      description: OS, Docker version, client (geth/reth/nethermind), etc.
+      placeholder: "Ubuntu 22.04, Docker 25.x, geth"
+    validations:
+      required: false