Doc: Add info about automatic crash reporting

- Sentry sets a file size limit for crash reports
- Users are not notified about sending reports or whether
  it succeeds or fails
- Describe the location of the reports
- Add a note encouraging users to still report crashes in JIRA

Fixes: QTCREATORBUG-32061
Change-Id: I1a5ca5f24463cbad846d55f279f4bd02ec1d61ad
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
This commit is contained in:
Leena Miettinen
2024-11-26 10:36:21 +01:00
parent 06772004a2
commit 66e465420f

View File

@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@
\li Select \uicontrol {Enable crash reporting}. \li Select \uicontrol {Enable crash reporting}.
\endlist \endlist
Crash reports are sent automatically if they don't exceed the file size
limit that Sentry sets for accepting them. You are not notified about
sending the reports or whether it succeeded or failed.
\section1 Clear local crash reports
\QC stores crash reports on the computer in the following directories:
\list
\li On Windows: \c {%APPDATA%\QtProject\qtcreator\crashpad_reports}
\li On Linux and \macos:
\c {$HOME/.config/QtProject/qtcreator/crashpad_reports}
\endlist
To free up disk space that crash reports reserve on the computer, To free up disk space that crash reports reserve on the computer,
select \uicontrol {Clear Local Crash Reports}. You can see the select \uicontrol {Clear Local Crash Reports}. You can see the
size of the crash reports next to the button. size of the crash reports next to the button.
@@ -31,5 +45,8 @@
Select \uicontrol ? to view more information about Crashpad and the security Select \uicontrol ? to view more information about Crashpad and the security
policy. policy.
\note The best way to report a crash is to create a bug report and attach a
\e .dmp file or paste the corresponding stack trace to the report.
\sa {Contact Qt} \sa {Contact Qt}
*/ */