Defect has been promoted from an Issue subtype to its own top-level Visi type. You can now create, track, and report on Defects independently across web and mobile.
Why we made the change
Issues and Defects behave differently in Visibuild, and bundling them under a single category was causing confusion when creating, filtering, and reporting on them. Splitting them out makes it clearer which workflow you're using and sets us up for a much bigger release coming soon — support for custom Visi types.
What's new
- Defect appears as its own Visi type throughout the web and mobile app — in tracker views, filters, dashboards, creation flows, and settings
- The combined Issues + Defects settings page has been split into two dedicated pages, with all existing functionality preserved
- Multi-reviewer approval workflows are now configurable at the subtype level for both Issues and Defects
No action is required — all existing Defect Visis have been automatically reclassified.
A note for Core API users
The API is unchanged in this release. A V2 of the core API is coming in the next month or two that will reflect these category changes (plus some new capabilities we're building). The current API version will keep working after V2 ships, with a deprecation window to give you time to migrate. Read more →