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# Configure Windows Error Reporting (Watson) for crash dump collection↩
# This enables automatic crash dump generation for debugging browser and WebDriver crashes↩
# Only enabled when System.Debug is true to avoid disk space issues in normal runs↩
try {↩
Write-Host "Configuring Windows Error Reporting (Watson) for crash dump collection..."↩
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# Enable Windows Error Reporting↩
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" -Name "Disabled" -Value 0 -Type DWord -Force↩
Write-Host "✓ Windows Error Reporting enabled"↩
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# Configure local dump collection↩
$localDumpsPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps"↩
if (!(Test-Path $localDumpsPath)) {↩
New-Item -Path $localDumpsPath -Force | Out-Null↩
Write-Host "✓ LocalDumps registry key created"↩
}↩
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# Set dump folder to artifact staging directory so dumps are automatically published↩
Set-ItemProperty -Path $localDumpsPath -Name "DumpFolder" -Value "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)" -Type ExpandString -Force↩
Write-Host "✓ Dump folder configured: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"↩
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# Configure dump type (2 = full dump with all memory)↩
Set-ItemProperty -Path $localDumpsPath -Name "DumpType" -Value 2 -Type DWord -Force↩
Write-Host "✓ Dump type set to full dump"↩
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# Keep up to 10 crash dumps to avoid filling disk space↩
Set-ItemProperty -Path $localDumpsPath -Name "DumpCount" -Value 10 -Type DWord -Force↩
Write-Host "✓ Dump count limit set to 10"↩
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Write-Host ""↩
Write-Host "Windows Error Reporting configured successfully!"↩
Write-Host "Any browser or WebDriver crashes will generate crash dumps in the artifacts."↩
}↩
catch {↩
Write-Warning "Failed to configure Windows Error Reporting: $($_.Exception.Message)"↩
Write-Warning "Registry access may be restricted on this machine."↩
Write-Host "Continuing without crash dump collection..."↩
}↩
displayName: 'Configure Watson crash reporting (debug mode)'↩
condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT'), eq(variables['System.Debug'], 'true'))↩