servo / servo/servo

(Bug) Unreliable terminal log with Black Box

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Description

Using the Black Box terminal to get the Servo logs is unreliable.

A renderer crash log doesn't appear in the terminal, only in the GUI window.

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Research direction

Reproduce a renderer crash while running Servo through the Black Box terminal and compare its output with the GUI window. Trace the logging path used for renderer crash messages; done means the crash log appears reliably in the terminal as well as in the GUI.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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