How to Report a Bug on the Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

Use the Bug Reporting Hub on forums.flightsimulator.com for bugs in the core simulator or first-party content. Before posting, search the existing reports and use the voting system — only create a new topic if your bug isn't already listed. When you do post, follow two rules: one bug per topic, and use the required template that appears when you click "New Topic."

Where bug reports belong

The forum separates bug reporting from general help, and putting your report in the right place matters:

The forum guidance is explicit that 3rd Party Support/Bug Reporting should be sent to the designated support funnels of each third-party developer and should not be conducted on these forums. If your problem is with an add-on rather than the sim itself, go to that developer first.

Before you post: search and vote

The Bug Reporting Hub uses a voting system. The intended workflow is:

1. Search first. Look for an existing report matching your issue.
2. If it exists, vote for it rather than starting a duplicate. The forum asks users to post only if they do not see their bug already listed.
3. If it doesn't exist, create a new report.

This keeps one thread per bug, so votes and reproductions concentrate in one place instead of splitting across duplicates.

What makes a report valid here

The Bug Reporting Hub is for suspected or confirmed bugs that other users are able to reproduce. That's the bar to aim for: a report another simmer can follow and see the same result.

Two requirements apply to every new topic:

• One bug per topic. Don't bundle several unrelated issues into a single report.
• Use the required template. It populates automatically when you click "New Topic" — fill it in rather than writing free-form.

Step by step

1. Go to forums.flightsimulator.com and open the Bug Reporting Hub category.
2. Search for your issue and check whether a report already exists.
3. If it does, add your vote and any reproduction details to that thread.
4. If it doesn't, click New Topic. The required template appears.
5. Complete the template fields describing the bug and the steps to reproduce it.
6. Submit the topic.

Common pitfalls

• Posting a duplicate. If a report exists, vote instead of creating a new topic.
• Filing a third-party bug here. Add-on issues go to the developer's own support funnel, not the forum.
• Skipping the template. The template is required and appears on "New Topic" — don't replace it with a plain description.
• Combining multiple bugs. Split them into separate topics, one bug each.
• Reporting something others can't reproduce. The hub is aimed at suspected or confirmed bugs that other users can reproduce, so include enough detail for someone else to try.

Related sections you may need instead

• User Support Hub — user-to-user support for help questions.
• Official Microsoft Flight Simulator — version information for msfs-2024 and msfs-2020, plus beta discussion areas such as the Sim Update beta threads.
• Community Content Hangar — screenshots, videos, tutorials, fly-in events, and groups.
• Discussion Hub — general discussion of core and third-party products and features.