Report States
All reports are either Open or Closed and can be changed to a variety of different states.
Open Report States
When reports haven't been acted on or resolved, they are in an open state. These are the Open report states:
| State | Detail |
|---|---|
| Pre-submission | This report state is only applicable when Human-Augmented Signal is enabled for the program. The report starts in the pre-submission state when it has been flagged as potentially invalid. A HackerOne security analyst will first review the report before it's sent to the program. |
| New | The report is in an unread state. |
| Triaged | The report is evaluated but hasn't been resolved. It is in the state of being fixed. |
| Needs More Info | More information is needed from the hacker about the vulnerability. Reports that are in the Needs More Info state for more than 30 days will automatically close and won't have a negative impact on the hacker's reputation. |
There are impacts to hacker reputation when the program changes the report state. Reputation isn't impacted when the hacker changes the report state themselves. They can self-close a report until it's marked as triaged.
Closed Report States
When a report is complete, and no further dialogue with the team, triager, or hacker is needed, it's changed into a closed state. Closed states change a hacker's reputation.
These are the Closed report states:
| State | Detail | Change to Hacker Reputation |
|---|---|---|
| Resolved | The report is valid and no further dialogue with the hacker is needed. | Increase +7 |
| Informative | The report contains useful information but doesn't warrant an immediate action or a fix. A program can consider providing an alternative risk assessment or other mitigating factors, and public disclosure is available with mutual agreement. | No change |
| Duplicate | This issue has already been reported. Programs can build trust by attributing the issue to its original discoverer and linking it to a previous report or including other details about its discovery. Public disclosure isn't available for this state. Note: If a hacker files a duplicate of a public report, their reputation will go down. |
If the hacker submits the original report: Resolved: +2 Not Applicable: -5 Informative: 0 |
| Not Applicable | The report doesn't contain a valid issue and has no security implications. Security teams should describe why the report was invalid, so the hacker can improve their hacking skills. | Decrease -5 |
| Spam | The report is invalid because the hacker didn't describe a legitimate security vulnerability. You should notify HackerOne so additional restrictions can be applied to the hacker. | Decrease -10 |