# Bug supervisor #### IMPORTANT This document has been migrated from help.launchpad.net as is, and has not yet been revised. The content might be outdated, links and images could be broken. We are aware and will fix any issues as soon as possible. The bug supervisor is a person or team that is responsible for bug management in a project or in a distribution. A common pattern is to create a *project*-qa team, containing the developers and other people who want to help with bug management. For very large projects the bug supervisor are a group who are neither project maintainers or drivers who help triage bugs. Being bug supervisor (or a member of a bug supervisor team) has the following powers: - Can set bugs to Triaged state, indicating that the project team has accepted they will work on the bug. (Other users can only set it to Confirmed.) - Cannot target bugs to a milestone or to a series. (Only project drivers/owners/release managers can do this.) - Can assign bugs to other people. (Others can only assign bugs to themselves.) When the bug supervisor is set, a [bug subscription](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/reference/bugs/bug-subscription/index.html.md#bug-subscription) to the project or distribution is created for the the user or team. The user or team admin can change the subscription using “Edit bug mail” link found on the project or distribution’s bug page. There are two restrictions when you appoint a bug supervisor: > - Only the project/distribution owner may appoint the bug > supervisor. > - You can only appoint yourself or a team which you administer.