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Meaning of it's not a bug, it's a feature | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

What one user may consider a software bug, other users may consider to be a useful feature or an intentional consequence of the system's design.
A self-deprecating response when confronted by a bug in the software that one is authored or is introducing to another user.
humorous
Affirms the validity of a counterintuitive behavior within a system; it is by design.
broadly

Equivalents

日本語それは仕様です

Examples

“One annoyance, or maybe it’s one of those “it’s-not-a-bug-it’s-a-feature” situations, is the gearshift.”

““It is a feature, not a bug of Article 3 that the courts grant relief for the people in front of them,” Sauer said.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

it's not even funny it's not every day it's not my fault it's not over 'til the fat lady sings it's not over till the fat lady sings it's not over until the fat lady sings