Not to discredit you, but I think that this is a vital skill for a developer to have. If I see a bug that could impact something severely, it's my (ethical?) ob

Not to discredit you, but I think that this is a vital skill for a developer to have. If I see a bug that could impact something severely, it's my (ethical?) obligation as a developer to report this bug under the severity that it actually is. If I underplay it by saying it's of regular severity, I could do significant damage to my company and its clients.