How to Serve Open Source Maintainers Without Annoying Them

Explore best practices for reporting bugs to open source maintainers in this 37-minute conference talk by Munawar Hafiz from OpenRefactory, Inc. Learn about the Alpha-Omega project within OpenSSF and its efforts to identify and fix bugs in top open source projects. Discover the Intelligent Code Repair (iCR) and Omega analyzer tools used for Java and Python code analysis. Gain insights into the bug reporting portal, coordinated disclosure processes, and real-life experiences of bug reporting outcomes. Understand the current 40% acceptance rate for reported bugs and explore strategies to improve collaboration between security practitioners and open source maintainers while minimizing friction.