The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
dancing frog
n.
[Vancouver area] A problem that occurs on a computer that will not reappear
while anyone else is watching. From the classic Warner Brothers cartoon One
Froggy Evening, featuring a dancing and singing Michigan J. Frog that just
croaks when anyone else is around (now the WB network mascot).
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
dancing frog
A bug or glitch that only occurs for
a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to
anyone else.
The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a
man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes
this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in
front of anyone else.
(2004-10-16)