From: jbicha@debian.org   
      
   Source: reportbug   
   Version: 13.2.0   
      
   I think it would be helpful for bug triage if reportbug included   
   information about when and how Debian was installed. Sometimes there   
   are bugs which aren't as easily reproducible from a new install (like   
   https://bugs.debian.org/1127710 ).   
      
   I noticed that the official Debian installer creates   
   /var/log/installer/lsb-release which appears to have useful   
   information. I requested that the Live installer do something like   
   this too in   
   https://bugs.debian.org/1127998 . I don't know if the Debian Cloud   
   images provide a metadata field with the date of their image.   
      
   Here's what the file looks like for a Debian install I did today with   
   the weekly testing netinst ISO.   
   $ cat /var/log/installer/lsb-release   
   DISTRIB_ID=Debian   
   DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"   
   DISTRIB_RELEASE="13 (trixie) - installer build 20260209-00:02:35"   
   X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom   
      
   And here's with a Debian 13 installer from the beginning of 2026. I   
   believe this was actually from the Debian 13.2 netinst ISO so the   
   metadata isn't as precise as would be ideal:   
   $ cat /var/log/installer/lsb-release   
   DISTRIB_ID=Debian   
   DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"   
   DISTRIB_RELEASE="13 (trixie) - installer build 20250803+deb13u2"   
   X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom   
      
   Thank you,   
   Jeremy Bícha   
      
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