Hyprland/docs/ISSUE_GUIDELINES.md

# Issue Guidelines

First of all, please remember to:
- Check that your issue is not a duplicate
- Read the [FAQ](https://github.com/vaxerski/Hyprland/wiki/FAQ)
- Read the [Configuring Page](https://github.com/vaxerski/Hyprland/wiki/Configuring-Hyprland)

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# Reporting suggestions
Suggestions are welcome.

Many features can be implemented using bash scripts and Hyprland sockets, read up on those [Here](https://github.com/vaxerski/Hyprland/wiki/IPC). Please do not suggest features that can be implemented as such.

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# Reporting bugs

All bug reports should have the following:
- Steps to reproduce
- Expected outcome
- Noted outcome

If your bug is one that doesn't crash Hyprland, but feels like invalid behavior, that's all you need to say.

If your bug crashes Hyprland, append additionally:
- The Hyprland log
- Your config
- (v0.22.0beta and up) The Hyprland Crash Report
- (v0.21.0beta and below) Coredump / Coredump analysis (with a stacktrace)

**Important**: Please do NOT use any package for reporting bugs! Clone and compile from source.

## Obtaining the Hyprland log
If you are in a TTY, and the hyprland session that crashed was the last one you launched, the log will be printed with
```
cat /tmp/hypr/$(ls -t /tmp/hypr/ | head -n 1)/hyprland.log
```
feel free to send it to a file, save, copy, etc.

if you are in a Hyprland session, and you want the log of the last session, use
```
cat /tmp/hypr/$(ls -t /tmp/hypr/ | head -n 2 | tail -n 1)/hyprland.log
```

basically, directories in /tmp/hypr are your sessions.

## Obtaining the Hyprland coredump (v0.21.0beta and below)
If you are on systemd, you can simply use
```
coredumpctl
```
then go to the end (press END on your keyboard) and remember the PID of the last `Hyprland` occurrence. It's the first number after the time, for example `2891`.

exit coredumpctl (ctrl+c) and use
```
coredumpctl info [PID]
```
where `[PID]` is the PID you remembered.

## Obtaining the Hyprland Crash Report (v0.22.0beta and up)
Go to `~/.hyprland/` and you should find a file named `.hyprlandCrashReport[XXXX]` where `[XXXX]` is the PID of the process that crashed.

If you do not see it, make sure you have "show hidden files" enabled in your file manager.

Attach that file to your issue.

## Obtaining the debug Hyprland coredump
A debug coredump provides more information for debugging and may speed up the process of fixing the bug.

Make sure you're on latest git. Run `git pull --recurse-submodules` to sync everything.

1. [Compile Hyprland with debug mode](http://wiki.hyprland.org/Contributing-and-Debugging/#build-in-debug-mode)
> Note: The config file used will be `hyprlandd.conf` instead of `hyprland.conf`

2. `cd ~`
3. For your own convenience, launch Hyprland from a tty with the envvar `ASAN_OPTIONS="log_path=asan.log"`:
 - If using a wrapper, add `export ASAN_OPTIONS="log_path=asan.log"` in a separate line before the `exec Hyprland` line.
 - If launching straight from the tty, execute `ASAN_OPTIONS="log_path=asan.log" ~/path/to/Hyprland`
4. Reproduce the crash. Hyprland should instantly close.
5. Check out your `~` and find a file called `asan.log.XXXXX` where `XXXXX` will be a number corresponding to the PID of the Hyprland instance that crashed.
6. That is your coredump. Attach it to your issue.