What information does the dump log file contain?
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I would like to know if the log file that we should send upon reporting a bug can contain private information.
Sometimes a crash happens but I am afraid of sending the log file as it may contain personal sensitive data, specially crypto wallet seed phrases as I am logged into my wallets.Can anyone clarify if that type of personal data and other passwords can be contained within the log file?
Thanks
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@sandrom The dump file is a file that can be opened by a developer to debug a crash. You can open one with visual studio if you have it installed to see what is in it. I tried this myself and it contains the following things:
- The date of the crash
- The process that crashed (including the install path)
- The error code of the crash
- Your OS version & whether it is 64-bit or 32-bit
- A list of DLL files / drivers that were in use
- It will also have some information about internal functions in use at time of crash
I would not worry about it containing personal information. The file is only 1MB in size. Even a basic website or extension has at least 10s of MB of memory (which would be where the personal data is stored) in use each.
You can read more on this, if you are OK with technical documents, from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/read-small-memory-dump-file#small-memory-dump-files
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@LonM Thank you for your reply, when I opened the file with Sublime Text it seemed to be encoded and not plaintext.
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@sandrom Yes, you need a hex editor or debugger to read it properly. Most of the file is actually "NULL" bytes and contains no information at all.
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@LonM Ah I see. Thanks for the info.
