Balancing bug fixes and new features in agile teams is crucial to maintaining product stability and ensuring user satisfaction.In agile environments,the focus on delivering value quickly through iterative development can sometimes lead teams to prioritize new features over resolving bugs.However, neglecting bug fixes can create tech debt, which impacts long-term stability and the overall quality of the product.To avoid this: Prioritize Bugs Alongside Features.Mix bug fixes and new features in each sprint.Implement CI and automated testing to catch bugs early, ensuring that new features don't introduce more instability. Regularly review Tech debts and educate stakeholders on the importance of balancing both aspects for long-term success.

???? Bugs are like churn, the secret killer... You need a plan for to keep 'em under control, my game plan: - Establish a clear reporting system, ensure all info is provided in advance to prevent back and forth (how to reproduce the bug for example) - Define an escalation process for critical bugs - Assign a weekly rotating bugs' responsible to: set a priority for the bug, request additional info (if necessary) and triage it by either: -- Escalate the bug -- Add the bug to be added to the sprint -- Place the bug in the backlog - Leave room in your sprint for bugs - Analyze metrics, what kind of bugs are we getting, anything that can be done to prevent them - Discuss recurring bugs during retros to decide if specific areas need refactoring

The key in product stability is about how you balance all of its priorities - bugs and new features included. Regarding bugs, prioritizing them is going to be done on their impact to product performance, UX, business goals, security - just to name a few. Understand also if these bugs hinder new feature development because if they manifest as tech debt, then the priority goes up. However, new features that add to the abovementioned impacted areas must take precedence because new features lead to customer satisfaction, confidence, retention, etc. Thus, releasing quickly and in small increments can manage bug creation against the impact of the newly developed features. This helps the product team remain agile in its product development.