Where are application crash logs?

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@Bandit

as the logged in user

Then view Database screen for the job database path (likely in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Duplicati) and the Duplicati-server.sqlite server database should be there – and possibly also the crashlog file.

I’m not an expert in crashes, but also keep in mind that Duplicati might not be able to write the log when it crashes unexpectedly. I think there’s a post around here somewhere from the lead dev on intentional have-.NET-crash in a situation that’s too tough to unwind to a nicer end. In that case, it might be alive enough to write something somewhere beforehand. Then make that easy to find…

EDIT:

Some commentary on the finer points of crash logging.

@kenkendk

Sure, it should just exit with an error code, no need to re-throw the exception after it has been reported. But it is tricky to get right, so we are sure that the error is reported, throwing it ensures that it is reported and the process stops.

@kenkendk

When it crashes that way, it is the .NET runtime that crashes and that means that even the crashlog handler will never be invoked. The crashlog file that is mentioned may explain more, but most likely it will not be something that can be fixed in the Duplicati project.