Tweak the issue template for bugs (#43719)

Lena , Miguel Raz Guzmán Macedo , and Kunall Banerjee created 

- shorten some phrases to (hopefully) retain attention better
- move the required field up to not bore people with scrolling
- call it a bug and not an issue to further emphasize we want feature
requests in Discussions where the product managers are
- remove the default from the WSL question since not everyone does
WSL or even Windows

Release Notes:

- N/A

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Co-authored-by: Miguel Raz Guzmán Macedo <miguel@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Kunall Banerjee <hey@kimchiii.space>

Change summary

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1.bug-report.yml | 50 ++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Detailed changes

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1.bug-report.yml đź”— 

@@ -1,39 +1,50 @@
-name: Report an issue
-description: Report an issue with Zed.
+name: Report a bug
+description: Report a problem with Zed.
 type: Bug
 labels: "state:needs triage"
 body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
       value: |
-        Feature requests should be opened in [discussions](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/new/choose).
+        Is this bug already reported? Upvote to get it noticed faster. [Here's the search](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues). Upvote means giving it a :+1: reaction.
 
-        Before opening a new issue, please do a [search](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues) of existing issues and :+1: upvote the existing issue instead. This will help us maintain a proper signal-to-noise ratio.
+        Feature request? Please open in [discussions](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/new/choose) instead.
 
-        If you need help with your own project, you can ask a question in our [Discord Support Forums](https://discord.com/invite/zedindustries).
+        Just have a question or need support? Welcome to [Discord Support Forums](https://discord.com/invite/zedindustries).
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
       label: Reproduction steps
-      description: A step-by-step description of how to reproduce the issue from a **clean Zed install**. Any code must be sufficient to reproduce (make sure to include context!). Include code as text, not just as a screenshot. **Issues with insufficient detail may be summarily closed**.
+      description: A step-by-step description of how to reproduce the bug from a **clean Zed install**. The more context you provide, the easier it is to find and fix the problem fast.
       placeholder: |
         1. Start Zed
         2. Click X
-        3. Y will happen
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
       label: Current vs. Expected behavior
       description: |
-        A clear and concise description of what is the current behavior (screenshots, videos), vs. what you expected the behavior to be.
+        Current behavior (screenshots, videos, etc. are appreciated), vs. what you expected the behavior to be.
 
-        **Skipping this/failure to provide complete information will result in the issue being closed.**
-      placeholder: "Based on my reproduction steps above, when I click X, I expect this to happen, but instead Y happens."
+      placeholder: |
+        Current behavior: <screenshot with an arrow> The icon is blue. Expected behavior: The icon should be red because this is what the setting is documented to do.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Zed version and system specs
+      description: |
+        Open the command palette in Zed, then type “zed: copy system specs into clipboard”.
+      placeholder: |
+        Zed: v0.215.0 (Zed Nightly bfe141ea79aa4984028934067ba75c48d99136ae)
+        OS: macOS 15.1
+        Memory: 36 GiB
+        Architecture: aarch64
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
-      label: If applicable, attach your Zed log file to this issue.
+      label: Attach Zed log file
       description: |
         Open the command palette in Zed, then type `zed: open log` to see the last 1000 lines. Or type `zed: reveal log in file manager` in the command palette to reveal the log file itself.
       value: |
@@ -49,7 +60,7 @@ body:
       required: false
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
-      label: If applicable, attach your relevant Zed settings to this issue
+      label: Relevant Zed settings
       description: |
         Open the command palette in Zed, then type “zed: open settings file” and copy/paste any relevant (e.g., LSP-specific) settings.
       value: |
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ body:
       required: false
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
-      label: If applicable, provide details about your model provider
+      label: (for AI issues) Model provider details
       placeholder: |
         - Provider: (Anthropic via ZedPro, Anthropic via API key, Copilot Chat, Mistral, OpenAI, etc.)
         - Model Name: (Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro, GPT-5)
@@ -73,18 +84,6 @@ body:
         - Other details (ACPs, MCPs, other settings, etc.):
     validations:
       required: false
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Zed version and system specs
-      description: |
-        Open the command palette in Zed, then type “zed: copy system specs into clipboard”. **Skipping this/failure to provide complete information will result in the issue being closed**.
-      placeholder: |
-        Zed: v0.215.0 (Zed Nightly bfe141ea79aa4984028934067ba75c48d99136ae)
-        OS: macOS 15.1
-        Memory: 36 GiB
-        Architecture: aarch64
-    validations:
-      required: true
   - type: dropdown
     attributes:
       label: If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?
@@ -97,4 +96,3 @@ body:
         - Pop!_OS
         - NixOS
         - Other
-      default: 0