Defect Detection Terms allow customers to specify when the presence of a certain string in an Issue, Pull Request or Branch indicates that the associated object is working on a Critical Defect.
When a new repo is created, a "Defect Term" is created by default for "hotfix." This ensures that if work happens on a hotfix branch, or if an issue is opened with "Hotfix" in the title, that a Critical Defect is created to track how long until the branch is merged and deployed.
To add or delete the Defect Detect Terms for your repos, visit Settings => "Critical Defect detection terms," where you'll find a form allowing you to modify the terms that indicate a Critical Defect has occurred.
In this contrived example, any issue, branch or PR that mentions "bodega" will be recognized as a Critical Defect. It will contribute to all of the DORA-based stats that track the time to address a Critical Defect.