The solution to this is to require a bug/ticket/tracking item as part of the change. Since QA knows that dev needs to create one anyway, they might as well get

The solution to this is to require a bug/ticket/tracking item as part of the change. Since QA knows that dev needs to create one anyway, they might as well get the credit. Where this starts to break apart is that QA can get overzealous and file bugs for different incarnations of the same bug. It's a bit of give and take.