[fleaflicker]

Business value is a good way to think about it:

> As a software developer, fixing bugs is a good thing. Right? Isn’t it always a good thing?

> No!

> Fixing bugs is only important when the value of having the bug fixed exceeds the cost of the fixing it.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/31/hard-assed-bug-fix...

[pfdietz]

If you have high volume automated testing, you want to fix all the bugs, even ones not directly affecting customers, otherwise they keep showing up and may keep you from finding other more customer-relevant bugs.