The problem still exists with reportbug 6.6.3 on testing.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2211, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1081, in main return iface.user_interface() File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1703, in user_interface latest_first=self.options.latest_first) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/ui/gtk2_ui.py", line 1505, in func args, kwargs = op.sync_pre_operation (*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/ui/gtk2_ui.py", line 886, in sync_pre_operation http_proxy=http_proxy, archived=archived, source=source) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/debbugs.py", line 1275, in get_reports stats = debianbts.get_status(bugs) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/debianbts.py", line 179, in get_status reply = server.get_status(*nr) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/SOAPpy/Client.py", line 545, in __call__ return self.__r_call(*args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/SOAPpy/Client.py", line 567, in __r_call self.__hd, self.__ma) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/SOAPpy/Client.py", line 430, in __call timeout = self.timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/SOAPpy/Client.py", line 318, in call raise HTTPError(code, msg) SOAPpy.Errors.HTTPError: <HTTPError 500 Internal Server Error>