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diff --git a/docs/crash-reporting/uploading_symbol.rst b/docs/crash-reporting/uploading_symbol.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1a7624ba07 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/crash-reporting/uploading_symbol.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Uploading symbols to Mozilla's symbol server +============================================ + +As a third-party releasing your own builds of Firefox or B2G, you should +consider uploading debug symbols from the builds to Mozilla's symbol +server. If you have not disabled crash reporting in your builds, crash +reports will be submitted to `Mozilla's crash reporting +server <https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/>`__. Without the debug symbols +that match your build the crash reports will not contain actionable +information. + +Symbols can be uploaded either via a web browser or a web API. + + +Building a Symbol Package +------------------------- + +To upload symbols, you need to build a symbol package. This is a +.zip file which contains the symbol files in a specific directory structure. + +If you are building Firefox,or a similar application using the Mozilla +build system, you can build the symbol package using a make target: + +:: + + ./mach buildsymbols + +This will create a symbol package in ``dist/`` named something like +``firefox-77.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64.crashreporter-symbols.zip`` . + +This step requires the ``dump_syms`` tool which should have been automatically +installed when you setup the Firefox build with ``./mach bootstrap``. If for +some reason it's missing or outdated running the bootstrap step again will +retrieve and install an up-to-date version of the tool. + +Uploading symbols +----------------- + +Symbols are uploaded via your account on symbols.mozilla.org. Visit +https://symbols.mozilla.org and log in. Then request upload +permission by filing a bug in the Socorro component using `this +template <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?assigned_to=nobody%40mozilla.org&bug_ignored=0&bug_severity=--&bug_status=NEW&bug_type=task&cc=gsvelto%40mozilla.com&cc=willkg%40mozilla.com&cf_fx_iteration=---&cf_fx_points=---&comment=What%20e-mail%20account%20are%20you%20requesting%20access%20for%3F%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%20symbols%20will%20you%20be%20uploading%20using%20this%20account%3F%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0AIs%20there%20somebody%20at%20Mozilla%20who%20can%20vouch%20for%20you%3F%0D%0A...%0D%0A&component=Upload&contenttypemethod=list&contenttypeselection=text%2Fplain&defined_groups=1&filed_via=standard_form&flag_type-4=X&flag_type-607=X&flag_type-800=X&flag_type-803=X&flag_type-936=X&form_name=enter_bug&maketemplate=Remember%20values%20as%20bookmarkable%20template&op_sys=Unspecified&priority=--&product=Tecken&rep_platform=Unspecified&short_desc=Symbol-upload%20permission%20for%20%3CPerson%3E&target_milestone=---&version=unspecified>`__. +If you don't have an account yet use the template to request one. + +After symbol upload is turned on, you can upload the symbol archive +directly using the web form at https://symbols.mozilla.org/uploads. +It is also possible to upload via automated scripts: see the `symbol upload API +docs <https://tecken.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ for more +details. |