diagnostics_agent(8) [mojave man page]

diagnostics_agent(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 				      diagnostics_agent(8)

NAME

     diagnostics_agent -- Triggers log submission

DESCRIPTION

     diagnostics_agent is a system process with runs periodically. It collects diagnostics and usage data and logs it for later submission to
     Apple. Additionally, diagnostics_agent periodically initiates the log submission process.

     Sending diagnostic and usage reports to Apple helps us improve the quality and performance of our products and services.  It helps Apple
     identify common usage trends and issues that enable us to allocate our resources efficiently, and it helps us provide better support services
     to you and other customers.  All of the diagnostic and usage information is collected anonymously from your computer in a way that does not
     personally identify you.

     Automatic reporting of diagnostic information is off by default and no information is sent to Apple unless a user has opted-in to automatic
     collection of diagnostic information.  A user is offered the opportunity to opt-in for automatic collection of additional diagnostic and
     usage information after the user has manually sent a crash, hang or panic report to Apple.  Users may at any time opt in or out of automatic
     reporting in the Security & Privacy pane of the System Preferences application under the "Privacy" tab.

SEE ALSO

     SubmitDiagInfo(8)

macOS								 October 25, 2016							     macOS

ReportCrash(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					    ReportCrash(8)

NAME

     ReportCrash -- Generates crash reports

SYNOPSIS

     ReportCrash

DESCRIPTION

     ReportCrash analyzes crashing processes and saves a crash report to disk.	A crash report contains information that can help a developer
     diagnose the cause of a crash.  ReportCrash also records the identity of the crashing process and the location of the saved crash report in
     the system.log and the ASL log database.

     ReportCrash is invoked automatically by launchd when a crash is detected.	For applications and other processes running in the per-user
     launchd context, ReportCrash runs as a LaunchAgent and saves crash reports in the user's ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ directory.  For
     daemons, other processes running in the system launchd context and other privileged processes, ReportCrash runs as a LaunchDaemon and saves
     crash reports in the system's /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports directory where they are only readable by admin users.  If there are too many
     crash reports saved for a particular process, older reports will automatically be removed in order to conserve disk space.

     launchtl can be used to disable and re-enable crash reporting.  To disable crash reporting:

	   launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ReportCrash.plist
	   sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ReportCrash.Root.plist

     To re-enable crash reporting:

	   launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ReportCrash.plist
	   sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ReportCrash.Root.plist

     For application crashes (but not background process crashes) ReportCrash will display a dialog notifying the user that the application unex-
     pectedly quit and offering to reopen the application or send the report to Apple.	For developers, the behavior of this dialog can be
     adjusted using /Developer/Applications/Utilities/CrashReporterPrefs.app which is installed as part of the developer tools.

     Crash reports which are sent to Apple are submitted anonymously by the SubmitDiagInfo process.  The reports are used by Apple to improve its
     products.	Users who need support should use http://www.apple.com/support or other authorized support channels.  Developers who are ADC mem-
     bers should report bugs using http://bugreporter.apple.com in order to allow for two way communication between Apple and the bug reporter.

     More information about interpreting the contents of crash reports can be found in Technote 2123: http://developer.apple.com/tech-
     notes/tn2004/tn2123.html

SEE ALSO

     launchd(8), launchd.plist(8), launchctl(8), spindump(8), SubmitDiagInfo(8)

Mac OS								   June 1, 2019 							    Mac OS