BugBot Not Finding All Bugs First Pass

Hey @Jacob_Steele this is a known issue that several teams have reported. BugBot sometimes surfaces findings bit by bit across multiple passes instead of catching everything at once.

There’s an existing thread with more context and discussion here: Bugbot doesn't catch all issues on first pass - multiple review cycles needed

A couple of workarounds that can help reduce the back-and-forth:

  • Comment cursor review on the PR to manually trigger a re-check. This can surface more findings without needing a new commit.
  • In the .cursor/BUGBOT.md file, try adding clear instructions to focus on high and medium severity issues and to be thorough on the first pass, like: “Report all issues found across all changed files in a single review. Prioritize high and medium severity bugs over formatting suggestions.”

These are workarounds though. The core issue is on our radar and the team is aware. No ETA yet, but reports like yours from teams where this affects daily workflow help with prioritization.

If you can share a link to a specific PR where this happened, that’d be useful for the team to investigate further.