How the report server works, what it checks, and why unsafe content never gets
delivered.
How the report pipeline works
Every bug report is processed by an automated pipeline running on our servers:
Report → Full content scan → Secure storage in our database
Text policy scan — every typed field (title, steps, expected/actual behavior, logs, notes, versions) is scanned for sexual, child-exploitation, hateful and racial content.
Image moderation — every attached screenshot is scanned by our automated moderation system for nudity and explicit content.
Log verification — uploaded log files must match the content generated by the official install scripts; unrecognized or edited files are rejected.
Size guard — max 8 MB per file, 24 MB per report, 10 images per report.
NSFW content never gets stored
The server rejects explicit or hateful content with an automated rejection BEFORE anything is kept.
The sender receives:
"One of the attached images was blocked by the content filter.
Explicit or unsafe images cannot be attached to reports."
This means no explicit image, no sexual text and no hate speech can ever be
stored on our servers or in our database — the full content scan makes sure
of that automatically, on every single report, with no exceptions.
Delivery rules
Clean reports are stored securely on our servers and in our database, together with their screenshots and the verified log, where our team reviews them to fix bugs.
If the moderation service is temporarily unavailable, the server fails closed — the report is not sent, so unsafe content can never slip through.
If a check fails for a technical reason, you are asked to try again — your report is not lost or delivered half-checked.
Decisions are automatic and final. After removing the flagged content, a genuine report is always welcome.
Why these rules exist
The report system exists for one reason: to fix bugs in Fedora MacTahoe. NSFW and
hateful content has nothing to do with bugs, has no place on this website, and is
not acceptable — per the
Terms of Service and
Conditions of Use.
Keep the report system clean, and bugs get fixed faster for everyone.