Stories of all the ways software crashes, what to do about them, plus what we've learned building and growing a small software company.
Getting feedback from your users is an incredibly important part of the development and support process. However, traditional methods of learning about your critical defects are often not sufficient for producing great software.
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What goes into building your own or purchasing a crash or error reporting tool? Here are some of the critical things to consider before taking the next step.
UI refinements and feature updates to the BugSplat web app, including improved navigation, clearer dashboards, upgraded charting, and better crash workflows designed to stay out of the way as teams scale.
Version 7.0.0 of BugSplat for Windows introduces a unified Windows and Xbox SDK, improved WER integration, and more reliable out-of-process crash reporting.
Discover what’s inside a crash report and how detailed crash data helps developers diagnose and fix issues quickly.
In short: yes! Crash reporting helps dev teams ship smoother apps and games by catching issues early, fixing faster, and launching with confidence.
Break free from scattered crash data. Learn how consolidating crash reports with BugSplat simplifies debugging and improves app stability.
How to show a customized, crash-specific message when your game crashes using the Unreal Engine crash reporter.
MCPs promise a smarter way to connect LLMs with your tools and data. We explore what it is, why it matters, and how we’re experimenting with it at BugSplat.
Introducing Regression Alerts: Catch recurring bugs early! Automatically detect and address regressions in newer software versions with real-time notifications via Discord, Teams, or Slack. Keep bugs fixed for good and maintain high software quality. Learn more today!
With almost all of 2025 out in front of us, we wanted to make sure that you saw all of the great progress and useful features that got pushed live in 2024! Last year was a year of big strides forward, meaningful conversations with our community, and exciting updates to
Get a quick overview of BugSplat's monthly newsletter! This month features Regression Alerts, our Postman API Collection, the Gameye Report on multiplayer game best practices, and the new BugSplat Monthundrum—a brain teaser with a chance to win a $100 gift card. Check your inbox for details!
BugSplat's default crash POST size limit has been increased to 100 MB, giving developers more flexibility to include logs, screenshots, and attachments. Need more space? Contact support@bugsplat.com to customize your limits.
🐛Hi there, every third Thursday of the month, BugSplat sends out a monthly update to our users and mailing list. This newsletter gives an overview of what we've been up to this month, aims to educate readers about useful new features and tools inside of BugSplat, and gives
BugSplat now supports Dark Mode! Choose between Dark Mode, Light Mode, or Match System Settings for a more comfortable debugging experience. Your theme preference will be saved across sessions. Learn how to switch modes and optimize your workflow with this new feature.
Implementing crash reporting early saves time and prevents costly bugs. Catching issues early in development reduces complexity and risks, ensuring a smoother workflow. Discover how integrating crash reports with Jira can streamline your bug-fixing process and keep your project on track.
We're excited to announce that BugSplat's integration with Monday.com is live and brings a powerful combination of crash reporting and project management together, helping development teams work more efficiently and resolve issues faster.
The 80/20 rule of bug fixing: ~20% of defects cause ~80% of crashes. By identifying and fixing these critical bugs using tools like BugSplat, developers can significantly improve app stability and user experience while saving time and resources.
BugSplat's new Custom Attributes feature lets developers add any number of custom data points to crash reports. Fully searchable and filterable, this enhancement offers deep integration and customization for your projects, helping you gain valuable insights and improve application performance.
As the excitement builds for this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC), we're thrilled to announce that BugSplat will be there, and we can't wait to connect with you! GDC has always been a hub for creativity, innovation, and collaboration in the gaming industry, and
As we've turned the final pages of 2023 and now set our sights on 2024, it felt like an appropriate moment to pause, reflect, and shine a light on the steps we've made over the past year at BugSplat. There are a couple of compelling reasons
Auto-create defects from BugSplat databases directly into your favorite third-party trackers like Jira, GitHub, and Azure DevOps.
Introduction When you're knee-deep in C++ code, wrestling with the intricacies of memory management and low-level system calls, the last thing you want to deal with is spending hours on crash analysis. Enter BugSplat, a powerhouse for automated crash reporting and analysis, equipped to dissect your
Introduction BugSplat's primary focus is to assist developers in analyzing crashes and errors to gain a better understanding of issues within their applications. Software development is complex with multiple components that must work together, making bugs inevitable. Although the goal is to achieve perfect code, it is a
Boost game stability with BugSplat's crash reporting. Catch bugs pre-launch, resolve post-release issues, and receive early alerts. Simplify bug tracking, prioritize fixes, ensure stable gaming, and gain a positive reputation. Track crashes across platforms.
Save time and fix app crashes efficiently with BugSplat's Batch Reprocess Tool. Reprocess multiple crash reports simultaneously, eliminating manual reprocessing.
Learn why crash reporting is crucial for software development teams, how uncaught crashes can harm your application's reputation, and the financial consequences of ignoring end-user defects.
BugSplat's auto-grouping feature groups similar crashes together so developers can focus on the most serious issues. Customizable auto-group rule
Finding and fixing bugs is a critical part of the development process, both in development and production, but is it possible to be more effective in less time? A poll of thousands of software industry members conducted by Stripe revealed
For many of us, our computer is the central touchpoint of our working lives. We spend hours each day typing away as we work, bringing back everything we've touched while grabbing a snack, running to the bathroom, working out at lunch, or taking a break with some coworkers.
Are you looking to get better insight into crashes and errors in your Unreal Engine project? Look no further than crash reporting from BugSplat. Our powerful toolset helps you quickly identify and fix game crashes, allowing you to focus on creating the best possible gaming experience for your users.
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Discover the top 10 benefits of using crash reporting software for developers. Learn how it can save time, improve user experience, and increase revenue. Try BugSplat's free trial today.
At BugSplat, we are passionate about preventing software and video game crashes—but not all crashes are caused by bugs in code! In the early 80’s the video game industry was booming in North America - the price of home consoles had dropped, and the demand for new video games was skyrocketing.
On a fall day in mid-October 1958, a nuclear physicist, Dr. William “Willy” Higinbotham, prepared something special for the visitors of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s annual public exhibition. At that event he unwittingly created what might be the worlds first video game.
BugSplat recently added Crash Grouping and Aggregation in Search. Grouping crashes provides new insight into your product's stability and allows you to prioritize fixes based on a wide variety of criteria. To try out this new feature, navigate to the Crashes page.
Crashpad is a cross-platform system for end-to-end crash reporting. Crashpad supports reporting of native crashes on a variety of operating systems including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Crashpad also provides tools such as dump_syms, symupload and minidump_stackwalk that provide developers with function names, file
Crash Report Client is an Unreal Engine tool that allows developers to capture C++ crash reports from supported platforms. At crash time, a dialog is shown to the user so that they may add comments or replication steps to the details of the report. Once the crash report is submitted,
BugSplat recently added Crash Grouping and Aggregation in Search. Grouping crashes provides new insight into your product's stability and allows you to prioritize fixes based on a wide variety of criteria. To try out this new feature, navigate to the Crashes page.
You’re typing away on your computer, minding your own business when your application freezes. There’s that moment of panic, maybe the software’s just be
BugSplat now supports attachments for Crashpad out of the box. Developers can include additional files with the Crashpad crash upload using the newest release of the BugSplat Crashpad SDK.
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One of the most cost-effective and efficient ways to build and grow your tech business is to provide exceptional support to your users.
BugSplat now includes local variables and function arguments for our Windows Native, Unity, and Unreal C++ integrations. By including local variables and function arguments, we can provide another level of contextual information about the cause of your crash.