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+---
+name: Bug report
+about: File a bug report
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+**To Reproduce**
+Steps to reproduce the behaviour:
+
+**Version**
+
+Output of `cloud-hypervisor --version`:
+
+Did you build from source, if so build command line (e.g. features):
+
+**VM configuration**
+
+What command line did you run (or JSON config data):
+
+Guest OS version details:
+
+Host OS version details:
+
+**Logs**
+
+Output of `cloud-hypervisor -v` from either standard error or via `--log-file`:
+
+Linux kernel output: