apple / apple/swift-container-plugin

Enable backtracing for images created with the plugin

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kind/enhancement status/needs-design
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Description

Include swift-backtrace-static, from the swift static SDK, alongside the binary when it's copied into the container in order to allow the container to capture stack traces on a crash and report them.

I'm tempted to ask for a way to set a default environment variable (SWIFT_BACKTRACE) on the container as well, but the permutations get large for the [docs of that feature](https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/blob/main/docs/Backtracing.rst), and that can be set at runtime as well, so I'm not certain it's nearly as critical as just enabling the binary to capture the stack traces.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by tracing the plugin's step that copies the built binary into the container and check how dependencies from the Swift static SDK are selected. Confirm how swift-backtrace-static should be packaged alongside the binary, then verify that a generated container can capture and report stack traces after a crash.

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Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
devops, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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