Crashpad cannot be disabled

[miaoski]

• [X] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• [X] I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.

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Bug Description

Crashpad cannot be disabled by --disable-crashpad in Linux version of the official app.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install signal-desktop per the instruction of the official website.
2. /opt/Signal/signal-desktop --disable-crashpad in a terminal.
3. ps ax

Actual Result:

   8626 pts/1    SLl+   0:01      |   \_ /opt/Signal/signal-desktop --disable-crashpad --enable-crashpad
   8629 pts/1    S+     0:00      |       \_ /opt/Signal/signal-desktop --type=zygote --no-zygote-sandbox --enable-crashpad --enable-crashpad
   8668 pts/1    Sl+    0:00      |       |   \_ /opt/Signal/signal-desktop --type=gpu-process --enable-crashpad --enable-crash-reporter=718de9af-fb70-4e59-b28a-7fd9889a0d68,no_channel --user-data-dir=/h
   8630 pts/1    S+     0:00      |       \_ /opt/Signal/signal-desktop --type=zygote --enable-crashpad --enable-crashpad
   8632 pts/1    S+     0:00      |       |   \_ /opt/Signal/signal-desktop --type=zygote --enable-crashpad --enable-crashpad

Expected Result:

User should be able to disable crashpad and choose not to send a crash report with UUID.

Screenshots

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Platform Info

Signal Version: 5.45.0

Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Linked Device Version: 5.40.4

Link to Debug Log

Not necessary to include a debug log.

[indutny-signal]

Thanks for the report. The crashpad isn't enabled on production versions (only in Beta and development), and in any case it is configured to not send the crashreports to any server. If you experience a crash in dev/beta and restart the app - you will be asked if you'd like to upload the crash report or just delete it.

[indutny-signal]

Meanwhile, we will see if we can make --disable-crashpad work again. Thanks for reporting it.

[womanlike]

The crashpad isn't enabled on production versions (only in Beta and development)

@indutny-signal this is not true in my case either. I run the production version and every Signal process runs with --enable-crashpad. I understand it is not configured to connect to a server, but it's better to nip potential leaks in the bud.