Topcoder QA Fun Challenge Series - Challenge 1

Welcome to the Topcoder QA Fun Challenge Series - Challenge 1.

Topcoder is building a new track called QA (Quality Assurance) and looking forward to seeing more new members competing in this track. This challenge is a bug hunt challenge of this fun challenge series.
To understand what is bug hunt, click here: https://help.topcoder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115008845167-What-is-a-Bug-Hunt

Challenge Requirements

As this is a “Fun Challenge”, the task is so easy!

In this challenge, we are going to guide new testers to find at least 5 bugs in the domain “topcoder.com”, e.g. the valid url can be http://www.topcoder.com , http://www.topcoder.com/challenges , etc.  
Bug type label can be one of the following: “Functional”, “UI”, “UX / Usability” and “Content”. Below are the detailed info about these bug labels.
Functional bugs - the improper system behavior or enabled product features

UI bugs - layout issues (misalignment, overlapping, spacing), font and color issues, etc.

UX / Usability bugs - user experience issues and enhancements of current application

Content bugs - grammar/spelling issues

Prizes

• First 50 members with valid submission will win a T-shirt.

 

 

Final Submission Guidelines

1. Submit a zip file with a Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx) in it.

2. The Microsoft Word file needs to contain at least 5 bugs in it, each bug report needs to follow the bug report template format provided below.

Bug Report Template

<Bug Title: concise description of the bug>

### Reproduction Steps ###

<Detailed steps to reproduce the bug>

### Expected Result ###

<Expected result after reproduction steps>

### Actual Result ###

<Actual result after reproduction steps>

### Screenshots or screencast ###

<Screenshots or screencast showing the bug>

### Device/OS/Browser Information ###

<Detailed device and browser information>

### Bug Label ###

<one of Functional, UI, UX/Usability, Content>

 

Sample Bug Report

Bug Title: valid credential cannot login

Reproduction Steps:

1. Open the url http://www.topcoder.com

2. Click “Log In” button

3. Enter “test” for username, “test” for password

4. Click “LOG IN” button

Expected Result: User should be logged in.

Actual Result: User is not logged in, error message is shown as “That password is incorrect. Please check that you entered the right one.”.

Screenshots or screencast

 

Device/OS/Browser Information

Device: Computer/Laptop

OS: Windows 10

Browser: Firefox 73.0

Bug Label: Functional