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This pull request replaces the in-memory main-process log buffer with a new file-based logging system, improving reliability and diagnostics, especially after crashes. The new MainLogFile class writes console output to disk, handles log rotation, and includes robust flood and error handling. The changes update all references and tests to use the new implementation.

Migration from in-memory to file-based logging:

  • Added MainLogFile in main-log-file.ts, which writes all main-process console output to main.log on disk, rotates logs when exceeding a size limit, and ensures logs persist across crashes. It includes flood control (repeat/suppression summaries, line length limits, and rate limiting) and robust error handling so logging never breaks the app.
  • Updated all code to use main-log-file instead of main-log-buffer, including imports in cliMain.ts and handlers.ts. [1] [2]

Testing and validation:

  • Added a comprehensive new test suite for MainLogFile in main-log-file.test.ts, covering log writing, rotation, error handling, flood control, and idempotency.
  • Removed the old main-log-buffer.ts implementation and its tests, as it is now obsolete. [1] [2]

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  • New Features
    • Main-process logs are saved in the app’s logs folder, with a launch header for each run and automatic rotation after the log reaches 5 MiB. Logging failures won’t interrupt console output.
    • Save Diagnostics now creates a ZIP containing diagnostic information and available main-process log files, including up to 256 KiB of recent logs. The report includes the log file location and any file-writing error.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the packaged-build diagnostics checklist with details about log storage, rotation, and diagnostic exports.

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The pull request replaces the in-memory main-process log buffer with a rotating file logger. GUI startup installs the logger, and diagnostic exports include a bounded log tail, the log path, and the latest file error.

Changes: Main-process logging and diagnostic export

Layer / File(s) Summary
File logger and buffer replacement
electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.ts, electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.test.ts, electron/diagnostics/main-log-buffer.ts, electron/diagnostics/main-log-buffer.test.ts
Adds MainLogFile to capture and forward console output, rotate main.log and main.old.log, read log tails, and limit repeated or high-volume messages. Adds tests for these behaviors and removes the in-memory buffer and its tests.
GUI startup and logger integration
electron/main.ts, electron/cli/cliMain.ts, electron/stt/index.ts
Installs and flushes the file logger for the GUI instance holding the single-instance lock. Updates the diagnostic-mode import and the comment describing the STT log destination.
Diagnostic ZIP creation and export
electron/diagnostics/zip.ts, electron/diagnostics/zip.test.ts, electron/ipc/handlers.ts
Adds ZIP creation and tests. Diagnostic exports include diagnostic.json, available main log files, up to 256 KiB of main-process log output, the log path, and any log-read error.
Logging documentation updates
technical-documentation/architecture/transcription-and-captions.md, technical-documentation/testing/manual-e2e-checklist.md
Updates the documented log destination, rollover behavior, diagnostic ZIP contents, and platform-specific log locations.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DiagnosticIPC
  participant MainLogFile
  participant LogFiles
  participant ZipCreator
  DiagnosticIPC->>MainLogFile: readTail up to 256 KiB and readFiles
  MainLogFile->>LogFiles: read current and old logs
  MainLogFile-->>DiagnosticIPC: return log data and status
  DiagnosticIPC->>ZipCreator: provide diagnostic.json and log files
  ZipCreator-->>DiagnosticIPC: return ZIP buffer
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Some diagnostic log entries lose argument details, but the issue is localized. The previously shared macOS log path has been separated, so the change is mergeable with a follow-up for log formatting.

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- Around line 88-123: Update MainLogFile.readTail to catch failures from
readLastBytes for both current and old log reads, call this.fail(error), and
continue with an empty whole-line result so diagnostic export can include
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this.flushSuppressed(now);
}

uninstall(): void {
if (!this.dir) return;
this.flush();
const console_ = console as unknown as Record<Level, (...args: unknown[]) => void>;
for (const level of LEVELS) {
const original = this.originals[level];
if (original) console_[level] = original;
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/** The last `maxBytes` of `main.old.log` + `main.log`, starting on a whole line. */
readTail(maxBytes: number): string {
if (!this.dir) return "";
this.flush();
const current = readLastBytes(path.join(this.dir, LOG_FILE), maxBytes);
let data = current.data;
let whole = current.whole;
if (current.whole && data.length < maxBytes) {
const old = readLastBytes(path.join(this.dir, OLD_LOG_FILE), maxBytes - data.length);
data = Buffer.concat([old.data, data]);
whole = old.whole;
}
const text = data.toString("utf-8");
return whole ? text : text.slice(text.indexOf("\n") + 1);
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printf '%s\n' '--- main-log-file beginning and implementation ---'
nl -ba electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.ts | sed -n '1,145p'
nl -ba electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.ts | sed -n '145,270p'
printf '%s\n' '--- diagnostics tests and handlers test references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*test.ts' -e 'exportDiagnosticFile' -e 'Save Diagnostics' -e 'mainProcessLogs' -e 'logFileError' -e 'readTail' electron || test "$?" -eq 1

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Keep log read failures inside MainLogFile.

readLastBytes catches only openSync failures. A fstatSync, readSync, or closeSync failure escapes readTail. exportDiagnosticFile calls readTail before its write-error handler, so Save Diagnostics can reject instead of writing the bundle with logFileError.

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 	readTail(maxBytes: number): string {
 		if (!this.dir) return "";
 		this.flush();
-		const current = readLastBytes(path.join(this.dir, LOG_FILE), maxBytes);
+		const safeRead = (file: string, bytes: number) => {
+			try {
+				return readLastBytes(file, bytes);
+			} catch (error) {
+				this.fail(error);
+				return { data: Buffer.alloc(0), whole: true };
+			}
+		};
+		const current = safeRead(path.join(this.dir, LOG_FILE), maxBytes);
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 		let whole = current.whole;
 		if (current.whole && data.length < maxBytes) {
-			const old = readLastBytes(path.join(this.dir, OLD_LOG_FILE), maxBytes - data.length);
+			const old = safeRead(path.join(this.dir, OLD_LOG_FILE), maxBytes - data.length);
 			data = Buffer.concat([old.data, data]);
 			whole = old.whole;
 		}
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-	} catch {
-		return { data: Buffer.alloc(0), whole: true };
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (
+			error &&
+			typeof error === "object" &&
+			"code" in error &&
+			error.code === "ENOENT"
+		) {
+			return { data: Buffer.alloc(0), whole: true };
+		}
+		throw error;
 	}
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Update MainLogFile.readTail to catch failures from readLastBytes for both
current and old log reads, call this.fail(error), and continue with an empty
whole-line result so diagnostic export can include logFileError. In
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if (hasSingleInstanceLock) {
app.setAppLogsPath();
mainLogFile.install(app.getPath("logs"), `launch ${app.getVersion()} pid ${process.pid}`);

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printf '%s\n' '--- MainLogFile definition and tests ---'
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find electron -maxdepth 3 -type f \( -name '*main-log-file*' -o -name '*main-log-buffer*' \) -print
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🌐 Web query:

Electron 41 app.setAppLogsPath default path macOS userData singleInstanceLock documentation

💡 Result:

For **Electron 41.0.0**, the versioned docs say:

- **Default logs path on macOS:** `app.setAppLogsPath()` without an argument sets it to `~/Library/Logs/YourAppName`—not to `userData`. `app.getPath('logs')` also creates that default if you haven’t set a logs path first. ([github.com](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.0.0/docs/api/app.md))
- **`userData` is separate:** Electron documents its default as the app’s name appended to `appData` (on macOS, `~/Library/Application Support`). ([github.com](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.0.0/docs/api/app.md))
- **Single-instance lock on macOS:** Finder launches are already handled by macOS, but command-line launches bypass that mechanism. Use `app.requestSingleInstanceLock()` if you need to enforce one instance for those launches; it returns `false` when another instance holds the lock. ([github.com](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.0.0/docs/api/app.md))

These details are from the **v41.0.0 documentation**; behavior for a different Electron 41 patch version isn’t established here.

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.0.0/docs/api/app.md
- 2: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.0.0/docs/api/app.md
- 3: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.0.0/docs/api/app.md

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printf '%s\n' '--- app name and userData-related setup ---'
rg -n -C3 -F -e 'app.setName' -e 'app.name' -e 'app.setPath' -e 'getPath("appData")' -e 'getPath("userData")' electron/main.ts electron electron-builder.yml package.json
printf '%s\n' '--- package identity ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
from pathlib import Path
p = Path("package.json")
d = json.loads(p.read_text())
print("name =", d.get("name"))
print("productName =", d.get("build", {}).get("productName"))
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printf '%s\n' '--- package identity and app-name setup ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
from pathlib import Path
d = json.loads(Path("package.json").read_text())
print("package.name =", d.get("name"))
print("package.build.productName =", d.get("build", {}).get("productName"))
print("package.build.appId =", d.get("build", {}).get("appId"))
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Tie custom macOS logs to the single-instance lock.

app.requestSingleInstanceLock() is scoped to userData, but app.setAppLogsPath() without an argument uses the shared ~/Library/Logs/<AppName> path on macOS. Two instances with different userData paths can therefore write to the same main.log.

MainLogFile closes and renames the current file during rotation. A second instance can keep writing through its existing descriptor, and a later rotation can replace the other instance's main.old.log.

🐛 Suggested fix
--- "a/electron/main.ts"
+++ "b/electron/main.ts"
@@ -209,10 +209,16 @@
 // bundle from the tray started the app where no such variable can be set. Only the
 // instance holding the lock writes, so a second launch never rotates the file under
 // the running one, and never in a CLI run, whose stdout is its own protocol.
 if (hasSingleInstanceLock) {
-	app.setAppLogsPath();
+	const userDataPath = app.getPath("userData");
+	const defaultUserDataPath = path.join(app.getPath("appData"), app.getName());
+	if (userDataPath === defaultUserDataPath) {
+		app.setAppLogsPath();
+	} else {
+		app.setAppLogsPath(path.join(userDataPath, "logs"));
+	}
 	mainLogFile.install(app.getPath("logs"), `launch ${app.getVersion()} pid ${process.pid}`);
 }
 
 if (cliCommand) {
 	runCli(cliCommand);
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if (hasSingleInstanceLock) {
app.setAppLogsPath();
mainLogFile.install(app.getPath("logs"), `launch ${app.getVersion()} pid ${process.pid}`);
if (hasSingleInstanceLock) {
const userDataPath = app.getPath("userData");
const defaultUserDataPath = path.join(app.getPath("appData"), app.getName());
if (userDataPath === defaultUserDataPath) {
app.setAppLogsPath();
} else {
app.setAppLogsPath(path.join(userDataPath, "logs"));
}
mainLogFile.install(app.getPath("logs"), `launch ${app.getVersion()} pid ${process.pid}`);
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Update the log-path setup in the hasSingleInstanceLock block so custom userData
directories get their own logs directory, while the default userData path
continues using Electron’s default logs path. Keep mainLogFile.install pointed
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Thanks, this is a real improvement over the in-memory buffer, and the flood guard is well thought out.

  1. Please rebase on main: electron/cli/cliMain.ts conflicts with 095955b (import of isDiagnosticModeEnabled).
  2. On main the buffer is installed at the very top of main.ts, before anything logs (ef38e13). Here it is installed after requestSingleInstanceLock(), so lines logged while the module loads (error guards, dev HTTP cache, Linux switches) no longer reach the file. Could you take the lock earlier and install right after it?
  3. Minor: the checklist says ~/.config/Openscreen/logs on Linux; the rc.3 Linux pass in the same file uses ~/.config/openscreen. Please check the case on a real install.

Take the single-instance lock right after parsing the CLI args so the log
file catches the lines logged while main.ts loads. Give an instance on a
custom userData its own logs folder on macOS. Report a failed tail read as
logFileError instead of failing Save Diagnostics, and use the lowercase
Linux config folder in the checklist.

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// An Error's message and stack are not enumerable, so JSON.stringify writes `{}`.
if (arg instanceof Error) return arg.stack ?? `${arg.name}: ${arg.message}`;
try {
return JSON.stringify(arg);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Log undefined, functions and symbols as text.

JSON.stringify returns undefined, not a string, for undefined, functions and symbols. Array.prototype.join turns undefined into an empty string. A call such as console.log("value:", undefined) is therefore written as value: , and console.log(undefined) is written as an empty line. The diagnostic bundle loses the value, and the console shows something different from the file.

Fall back to String(arg) when JSON.stringify returns undefined.

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--- "a/electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.ts"
+++ "b/electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.ts"
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 			// An Error's message and stack are not enumerable, so JSON.stringify writes `{}`.
 			if (arg instanceof Error) return arg.stack ?? `${arg.name}: ${arg.message}`;
 			try {
-				return JSON.stringify(arg);
+				return JSON.stringify(arg) ?? String(arg);
 			} catch {
 				return String(arg);
 			}
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Review comment at @electron/diagnostics/main-log-file.ts at line 252:
Update the argument serialization in the relevant log-formatting flow so that
when JSON.stringify returns undefined for values such as undefined, functions,
or symbols, it falls back to String(arg). Preserve the existing JSON
serialization behavior whenever it returns a string.

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Save Diagnostics now writes a .zip holding diagnostic.json and main.log
(plus main.old.log once it has rotated), instead of only the JSON with a
256 KiB tail. The zip is written with node:zlib, so no new dependency.
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Changed the diagnostic logic to just zip the whole log file + environment json

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