{
  "notice": "Please credit \"Is software solved?\" and the sources listed in credits when you reuse these numbers. They are our own aggregates. For original records, go to each source.",
  "id": "bugs",
  "name": "Bugs",
  "question": "Does software still break?",
  "metric": "New vulnerabilities published in the National Vulnerability Database, last 12 months",
  "solvedIf": "Fewer serious defects are found each year",
  "value": "98,371",
  "change": "+109%",
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      "label": "2019-12",
      "value": 17305
    },
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      "label": "2020-01",
      "value": 17749
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-02",
      "value": 18305
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    {
      "label": "2020-03",
      "value": 18877
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    {
      "label": "2020-04",
      "value": 19531
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-05",
      "value": 19232
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-06",
      "value": 19764
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-07",
      "value": 19563
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-08",
      "value": 18717
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-09",
      "value": 18779
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-10",
      "value": 18776
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-11",
      "value": 18370
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-12",
      "value": 18322
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    {
      "label": "2021-01",
      "value": 18190
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-02",
      "value": 18252
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    {
      "label": "2021-03",
      "value": 17944
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    {
      "label": "2021-04",
      "value": 17575
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    {
      "label": "2021-05",
      "value": 18031
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    {
      "label": "2021-06",
      "value": 17957
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    {
      "label": "2021-07",
      "value": 18122
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-08",
      "value": 19052
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-09",
      "value": 19361
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-10",
      "value": 19499
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-11",
      "value": 19736
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-12",
      "value": 20149
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-01",
      "value": 20641
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-02",
      "value": 21127
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    {
      "label": "2022-03",
      "value": 21739
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    {
      "label": "2022-04",
      "value": 21967
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-05",
      "value": 22515
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-06",
      "value": 23082
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-07",
      "value": 23469
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-08",
      "value": 23701
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-09",
      "value": 23996
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    {
      "label": "2022-10",
      "value": 24144
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-11",
      "value": 24594
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    {
      "label": "2022-12",
      "value": 25073
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    {
      "label": "2023-01",
      "value": 25394
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    {
      "label": "2023-02",
      "value": 25574
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-03",
      "value": 26032
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    {
      "label": "2023-04",
      "value": 26316
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-05",
      "value": 26713
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-06",
      "value": 26818
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    {
      "label": "2023-07",
      "value": 27154
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    {
      "label": "2023-08",
      "value": 27314
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    {
      "label": "2023-09",
      "value": 27265
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-10",
      "value": 28096
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    {
      "label": "2023-11",
      "value": 28587
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    {
      "label": "2023-12",
      "value": 28816
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    {
      "label": "2024-01",
      "value": 29073
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    {
      "label": "2024-02",
      "value": 29729
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    {
      "label": "2024-03",
      "value": 30522
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    {
      "label": "2024-04",
      "value": 31813
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    {
      "label": "2024-05",
      "value": 34394
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    {
      "label": "2024-06",
      "value": 35088
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    {
      "label": "2024-07",
      "value": 35896
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    {
      "label": "2024-08",
      "value": 36315
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    {
      "label": "2024-09",
      "value": 36681
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-10",
      "value": 37565
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    {
      "label": "2024-11",
      "value": 39172
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    {
      "label": "2024-12",
      "value": 39953
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-01",
      "value": 41634
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    {
      "label": "2025-02",
      "value": 42529
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    {
      "label": "2025-03",
      "value": 43218
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-04",
      "value": 43631
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-05",
      "value": 42612
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-06",
      "value": 43215
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-07",
      "value": 43878
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    {
      "label": "2025-08",
      "value": 44610
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    {
      "label": "2025-09",
      "value": 46417
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    {
      "label": "2025-10",
      "value": 47126
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    {
      "label": "2025-11",
      "value": 46091
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    {
      "label": "2025-12",
      "value": 48151
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    {
      "label": "2026-01",
      "value": 48178
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    {
      "label": "2026-02",
      "value": 49121
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    {
      "label": "2026-03",
      "value": 51357
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    {
      "label": "2026-04",
      "value": 53133
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-05",
      "value": 56089
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    {
      "label": "2026-06",
      "value": 60350
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    {
      "label": "2026-07",
      "value": 66344
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    {
      "label": "2026-08",
      "value": 74972
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    {
      "label": "2026-09",
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      "label": "2026-10",
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  "trendLabel": "New published vulnerabilities, rolling 12 months, one point per month.",
  "chartNote": "This chart shows counts. The score below adjusts counts for git pushes, so the two can move in opposite directions.",
  "caution": [
    "This counts reported vulnerabilities, not all bugs. More software and better detection, including by AI, also raise the count."
  ],
  "score": 0,
  "scoreReason": "Per git push: Up 23% since ChatGPT launched.",
  "fromHigh": "At its high",
  "status": "More reported",
  "rule": "More reported when more vulnerabilities are published than in the 12 months before.",
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  "checks": [
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      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "value": "98,371",
      "change": "+109%",
      "status": "More reported"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "value": "98,371",
      "change": "+109%",
      "status": "More reported"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/signals/bugs",
  "api": "/api/signals/bugs.json",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "National Vulnerability Database",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/",
      "signal": "bugs",
      "license": "US government work",
      "credit": "This product uses data from the NVD but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. We count entries and publish the results."
    }
  ]
}