Auto-populate console device sub-model in crash reports
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Description
Console crash reports surface generic platform labels ("Xbox", "PlayStation") without sub-model detail. Customers cannot distinguish crashes by device SKU (e.g., Xbox Series X vs Series S, PS5 vs PS5 Pro).
- Platform APIs on Xbox (GDK) and PlayStation expose device model identifiers
- The SDK does not currently populate
device.modelwith SKU-level data - Workaround: manually set a custom tag at SDK init time
Auto-populate device.model (or equivalent console tag) from platform APIs during SDK initialization, enabling sub-model breakdowns in issues and dashboards without manual instrumentation.
Reported by a gaming console customer (Triiodide Technologies).
Action taken on behalf of Richard Propst.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the SDK initialization paths for Xbox and PlayStation and the existing handling of device.model or equivalent console tags. Confirm how each platform API exposes its device model identifier, then verify that initialized crash reports contain SKU-level values for Xbox and PlayStation without manual tags.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- observability-sre
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100