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The defect life cycle consists of the following stages:
New: Potential defect that hasn't been validated.
Assigned: Assigned to a team for resolution, but not yet resolved.
Active: Developers are currently investigating the defect and addressing it. Deferred or Rejected are the two possible outcomes at this stage.
Test: The defect has been fixed and can be tested.
Verified: The defect has been retested and the results have been verified by QA.
Closed: Defect in its final state, which can be closed after retesting by QA or when considered duplicate or not a defect.
Reopened: QA reopens/reactivates a defect when it has not been fixed.
Deferred: A defect that can't be addressed in the current cycle is deferred to a future release.
Rejected: There are three common reasons for rejecting a defect: duplicate, not a defect, and not reproducible.
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