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Spent all night tracking down a bug in the @pixelfed app that is causing crashes on startup

While it would be so nice to be able to use a 3rd party service like Sentry to more easily track bugs & crashes, I'm not willing to sacrifice user privacy in this regard

So I will start writing tests and setup a CI pipeline to help catch regressions, while keeping the app free of 3rd party APIs

#pixelfed #app

13 July at 7:57 | Open on mastodon.social
9 comments
Rob Adamson

@dansup @pixelfed I had the bug this morning after update overnight. Multiple crashes when trying to open. Closed off in App Switcher and tried to open again, same result. Switched off iPhone and app back to working as before. It posted some pics then crashed as it refreshed timeline. Web showed the uploaded pics were received properly. Bug hunting is a pain. Good luck and as always thank you for all your efforts!

13 July at 8:31 | Open on mastodon.scot
MoveFastAndFixThings

@dansup @pixelfed how about letting #TeamPixelfed users opt in to sending bug reports via sentry or similar?

13 July at 8:59 | Open on mastodon.social
eh

@dansup @pixelfed Have you considered using something like @telemetrydeck that's more privacy-friendly?

13 July at 9:42 | Open on functional.cafe
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Sumukha S

@dansup @pixelfed You are not the hero we deserve but the hero we need.

13 July at 10:38 | Open on mastodon.social
Amy (She/Her)

@dansup @pixelfed I had a crash trying to upload a picture yesterday. I just signed out and signed in, and it worked afterwards.

blank screen with text "posting, please wait"
13 July at 12:54 | Open on mastodon.cr
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mkroehnert
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@dansup @pixelfed Worth checking if it was posted from iOS Beta. Your app isn’t designed for the next version of iOS, so might be worth seeing if the crash info comes from iOS betas too

13 July at 21:30 | Open on floss.social
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