{"record":{"id":"39eaa9097d19d3fc","repo":"zed-industries/zed","slug":"failed-to-attach-signal-handler","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to attach signal handler","messagePattern":"failed to attach signal handler","errorType":"panic","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/crashes/src/crashes.rs","lineNumber":136,"sourceCode":"                // on macos this \"ping\" is needed to ensure that all our\n                // `client.send_message` calls have been processed before we trigger the\n                // minidump request.\n                client.ping().ok();\n                let r = client.request_dump(crash_context);\n                if let Err(e) = &r {\n                    eprintln!(\"failed to request dump: {:?}\", e);\n                }\n                #[cfg(target_os = \"macos\")]\n                macos::resume_all_other_threads();\n                r.is_ok()\n            } else {\n                true\n            };\n            CrashEventResult::Handled(res)\n        };\n        crash_handler::make_crash_event(handler)\n    })\n    .expect(\"failed to attach signal handler\");\n\n    info!(\"crash signal handlers installed\");\n    send_crash_server_message(&client, CrashServerMessage::Init(crash_init));\n\n    #[cfg(all(target_os = \"linux\", target_env = \"gnu\"))]\n    if let Some(address) = abort_message_address() {\n        send_crash_server_message(\n            &client,\n            CrashServerMessage::AbortMessageLocation(AbortMessageLocation {\n                pid: process::id(),\n                address,\n            }),\n        );\n    }\n\n    #[cfg(target_os = \"linux\")]\n    handler.set_ptracer(Some(_crash_handler.id()));\n","sourceCodeStart":118,"sourceCodeEnd":154,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/f4178619acd0d47ea1f76a2025c42962c6d6638c/crates/crashes/src/crashes.rs#L118-L154","documentation":"Raised in the crash reporter's connect_and_keepalive/init path when attaching the signal handler for crash interception fails. Without the handler, minidumps cannot be captured on crash, so the crash-reporting subsystem aborts setup with this error.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/crashes/src/crashes.rs:136 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check that only one crash handler is installed (double init is rejected by some platforms)","Verify seccomp/sandbox policies allow sigaction on crash signals","Report if this occurs after a prior init in the same process"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"f4178619acd0d47ea1f76a2025c42962c6d6638c","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T19:29:52.058Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-20T19:29:52.058Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}