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Issue / Discussion: None. A Mac App Store user sent a support log: printing stopped (no KOT, no bill, no cash drawer) after TypeError: Object has been destroyed at ChromiumRasterRenderer.failSurface. PostHog had no record of it.

Summary

A user on the Mac App Store build lost printing to a crash in the raster renderer. We only learned about it because they pasted a log. This PR fixes the crash and makes the next failure like it visible to us, on every platform.

Commits, in reading order:

  1. fix(print): failSurface and isSurfaceSender no longer touch a raster window that is already destroyed. The next print builds a new surface.
  2. fix(posthog): main-process $exception events now carry the message, platform: node:javascript on every frame (PostHog parses frames by language tag), app_version, $os, $os_version (the macOS version from process.getSystemVersion(), not the Darwin kernel), install_source and process_type. The only main-process exception we have in PostHog (2026-10-16) arrived without them, and PostHog rejected its frames with missing field "platform".
  3. feat(diagnostics): a failed print job sends printer_failed to PostHog with kind, connection_type, failure_class, correlation_id and the error text. It uses the same gate as exceptions, so nothing goes out unless error sending is on.
  4. fix(posthog): the printer error text is scrubbed before it leaves the machine. Queue names (the failing printer's own name included), IPs, hosts, URIs and Windows, UNC and POSIX paths are removed. Status text and spooler codes stay.
  5. feat(diagnostics): new installs start with error sending off, and today the setup dialog never turns it on. A small card now asks, only after the device has recorded a problem. It shows at most 3 times, at least 14 days apart, and "Don't ask again" stops it for good. "Send reports" and "Not now" have the same size and style.
  6. feat(diagnostics): diagnostics_prompt_shown and diagnostics_prompt_accepted usage events, sent only under usage consent, so we can measure the opt-in rate.
  7. fix(diagnostics): the card sits in its own corner above the status bar, stays off POS, KDS, orders and tables, hides while a cart has items, and only loads for people who can manage settings. Its text states what reports are and what they hold, and the review fixes are in this commit too.

The card text:

FloCafe recorded 1 problem on this device. Send error reports automatically? They help us find bugs in FloCafe and contain no customer or payment data.

"What is sent" opens:

A report has the error, the FloCafe version and the operating system. A printer error adds the printer's message with names and addresses removed. Reports leave out customer names, orders, amounts and payments. You can turn them off at any time in Diagnostics & Logs.

Each claim was checked against the request bodies captured in the app walk. The text names a purpose (finding bugs) and does not promise to fix the user's problem. It does not say "anonymous": every report carries a random install ID, which makes it pseudonymous under GDPR recital 26. It says "automatically" because the button turns on ongoing sending, not a one-off send.

The design follows the EDPB consent guidelines (05/2020, para. 114: withdrawing must be as easy as giving consent) and the deceptive design guidelines (03/2022, section 4.1.1: no continuous prompting). The text still needs a privacy review before release. The 30 machine-assisted translations need a native read; fil, jv and ha are the least certain.

Scope

Out of scope:

  • Why Mac App Store builds send no PostHog events at all. That needs a Mac to prove.
  • Printer make and model in printer_failed. It is not known where the failure is reported.
  • Uploading source maps for the build:mas build.
  • One shared list of print failure classes between thermal.ts and posthog-scrub.ts. Both match today; a new class would be dropped from the event until both are updated.

Verification

Commands run, all exit 0: npm run lint, npm run build, npm run build:frontend, npx tsc --noEmit -p frontend, npm run i18n:check, npm run test:translations, npm run docs:check, npm run test:raster, npm run test:raster-surface-closed, npm run test:diagnostics, npm run test:diagnostics-prompt, npm run test:telemetry, npm run test:script-coverage, git diff --check.

New suites: raster-surface-closed, posthog-exception-fields, posthog-printer-failure, printer-error-text (15 real CUPS, IPP, Node network and Windows spooler strings), diagnostics-prompt. Each failed before its fix. The raster test also fails when either guard is removed.

App walk on the final commit, hidden Electron app, scratch database, fake ESC/POS printer and fake PostHog host on 127.0.0.1:

  • Order, cash payment, receipt and KOT print (raster GS v 0 in the captured bytes).
  • Closing the raster surface: the app keeps running, there is no Object has been destroyed, and the next receipt prints. On main the same step logs the user's exact error.
  • Error sending on, a failed KOT to a printer named Kitchen-Station 7 and a failed receipt: printer_failed arrives with all fields, and error_text is Network error: connect ECONNREFUSED <ip>. No printer name, IP or path in any request body. The $exception from the same failure carries app_version, platform, $os and platform on every frame.
  • Error sending off: nothing is sent.
  • The card shows after a problem, and after "Don't ask again" and a restart it stays away.
  • The new card text fits in English, Spanish and Russian (the longest), and on a 390 px screen.
  • After the second review: the card stays open with an error toast when saving fails, and closes once a retry works. A server sees no card and makes no request for its state (the route answers 403). It hides on tables. A screen reader status line carries its text.
  • No new errors or warnings in the main log or the browser console compared with main.

Review: two reviewers read the full diff (quality and simplification). Fixed: the failing station printer's name was not the one scrubbed, the card could show on an empty POS, the card's "already on" check ignored consent, printer_failed lacked $process_person_profile: false, an unused rule, the aria label. Rejected: a shared constant for failure classes (touches printer code outside this PR), merging the exception context with super properties (changes SDK-captured events), a server-side 14-day check (the server already enforces the 3-time cap).

Second review, on the full diff again. Fixed: host names without a dot (ENOTFOUND till-pc) passed the scrubber, while Windows spooler text, quoted numbers and version numbers were scrubbed when they should stay; frames were tagged with the OS name (darwin), which PostHog's frame parser does not accept; $os_version reported the Darwin kernel on macOS; no test proved a server role gets 403; the card asked for its state for every role, closed even when the save failed, and showed on tables; the exception context was rebuilt for each event. Each fix is squashed into the commit it belongs to. Rejected: a rate limit on the new route (the existing settings limiter skips local addresses, which is all of this route's traffic, and only managers can call it).

Not run: the full npm test, Windows and macOS runtime (Linux only), real printer hardware, the Mac App Store IPP path.

Compatibility & data safety

  • Database/data impact: three new settings keys (diagnostics_prompt_count, diagnostics_prompt_last_at, diagnostics_prompt_dismissed). Absent keys read as 0, null and false.
  • Migration: None.
  • User-visible behavior: the card, only on installs with error sending off that recorded a problem. The raster crash no longer stops printing.
  • Offline/network impact: None. PostHog sends stay best-effort and are dropped when offline.

Screenshots

All shots use test data. Full set: https://gist.github.com/carvalab/raw

The card after a problem, English, light theme. It sits above the status bar.

The card after a problem, English, light theme. It sits above the status bar.

Dark theme.

Dark theme.

Spanish.

Spanish.

Russian, the longest text of the 32 languages. It still fits.

Russian, the longest text of the 32 languages. It still fits.

After a click on "What is sent".

<img src="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/carvalab/cd2bacdf42919972213f338339547b61/raw/3893aaa00d426dc6d878e940718d8f2fd6ecdea5/08-card-whatissent-en.png" width="720" alt="After a click on "What is sent".">

POS with an item in the cart: no card.

POS with an item in the cart: no card.

Back on the Dashboard with an empty cart: the card returns.

Back on the Dashboard with an empty cart: the card returns.

After Send reports, Support > Diagnostics & Logs shows sending on.

After Send reports, Support > Diagnostics & Logs shows sending on.

390 px wide (browser build).

390 px wide (browser build).

Cross-cutting surfaces

Surface Status
UI affected, verified (card, 7 screenshots)
API affected, verified (/settings/diagnostics-prompt)
Persistence affected, verified (3 settings keys)
Upgrade path not affected (no migration)
CSV not affected
Web print not affected
Thermal print affected, verified (raster, KOT, failure path)
LAN / server app not affected
RTL affected, not walked (card uses logical end-4)
Dark mode affected, verified
Timezone not affected
Permissions not affected

Developer documentation

  • Existing developer documentation updated: docs/architecture/cloud-integrations.md lists the two new usage events.

Contributor checklist

  • This is a small isolated fix/doc update OR follows an approved issue/direction.
  • Unrelated cleanups, refactors, and dependency changes were kept out of this PR.
  • Tests were added or updated for any behavior changes.
  • Verification commands were run and documented above.
  • Customer data and upgrade safety were preserved (if touching database/storage).
  • Documentation or translations were updated where relevant.
  • I understand and can explain all submitted changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Managers may be prompted to opt in to sending diagnostic reports, with options to send, decide later, or stop future prompts. The prompt is available in multiple languages.
    • Printer failures can be included in diagnostic reporting, with sensitive details removed.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved stability when printer surfaces are closed during rendering.

failSurface() read surface.webContents after the window closed, so Electron
threw "Object has been destroyed" from the closed handler and the app
crashed. Guard the window teardown with isDestroyed() and make failSurface
and isSurfaceSender no-ops once the surface is gone. Pending renders still
resolve with render-failed.
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This pull request adds a diagnostics consent prompt with stored state, API routes, and translations. It also extends PostHog exception and printer-failure reporting with scrubbing, and guards raster-renderer operations when a surface is destroyed.

Changes

Diagnostics consent prompt

Layer / File(s) Summary
Prompt policy, state, and API
shared/diagnostics-prompt.ts, main/services/diagnostics-prompt.ts, main/routes/diagnostics-prompt.ts, main/routes/index.ts, tests/diagnostics-prompt.test.ts
The prompt policy checks consent, dismissal, problem count, prompt cap, and elapsed time. The service stores prompt state and counts local diagnostics. Permission-protected routes expose that state and accept shown, accepted, and dismissed events. Tests cover policy, API behavior, and access restrictions.
Prompt display, events, and translations
frontend/src/app/(dashboard)/layout.tsx, frontend/src/components/support/DiagnosticsPromptCard.tsx, frontend/src/lib/i18n/messages/*.json, shared/posthog-scrub.ts, tests/posthog-client.test.ts, docs/architecture/cloud-integrations.md
The dashboard renders the prompt. It checks eligibility and page context, posts prompt events, and offers consent, deferral, and permanent dismissal actions. Locale files add prompt text, and PostHog documentation and tests cover the usage events.

PostHog telemetry and printer failures

Layer / File(s) Summary
Telemetry fields and scrubbing
shared/posthog-scrub.ts, shared/printer-error-text.ts
Exception scrubbing merges supplied context and fills missing frame platforms. Diagnostic printer events use allowlisted fields and scrubbed error text. The printer text scrubber removes identified queue and network details and limits output length.
Exception context and printer-failure capture
main/services/posthog.ts, main/printers/thermal.ts
The PostHog service adds OS properties and cached exception context. It also captures printer-failure events when diagnostics transmission is enabled. The thermal printer failure path supplies the failure details and resolved printer name.
Telemetry and scrubbing validation
tests/posthog-exception-fields.test.ts, tests/posthog-printer-failure.test.ts, tests/printer-error-text.test.ts, package.json
Tests cover exception fields, printer-failure consent and event scrubbing, and printer error-text handling. Package scripts include these tests.

Raster surface closure

Layer / File(s) Summary
Destroyed-surface handling and validation
main/printers/raster-renderer.ts, tests/raster-surface-closed.test.ts, package.json
The renderer checks whether a surface is destroyed before accessing its webContents or removing listeners. Tests cover surface closure, destruction, and a late ready event. The raster test script runs the new test.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Manager
  participant DiagnosticsPromptCard
  participant PromptAPI
  participant PromptState
  participant PostHog
  Manager->>DiagnosticsPromptCard: Open dashboard
  DiagnosticsPromptCard->>PromptAPI: Read prompt state
  PromptAPI->>PromptState: Read stored state and diagnostic count
  PromptState-->>PromptAPI: Return prompt state
  PromptAPI-->>DiagnosticsPromptCard: Return prompt state
  DiagnosticsPromptCard->>PromptAPI: Post shown or accepted event
  PromptAPI->>PromptState: Update prompt state when applicable
  PromptAPI->>PostHog: Capture shown or accepted usage event
  DiagnosticsPromptCard->>PromptAPI: Enable diagnostics after acceptance
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Possibly related PRs

  • FreeOpenSourcePOS/FloCafe#1468: Both changes modify PostHog exception context and scrubbing in main/services/posthog.ts and shared/posthog-scrub.ts.
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review c120f

Printer failure reports can still include fragments of local paths or printer queue names, and can name the wrong printer, which undercuts the privacy promise of the new consent prompt. One new telemetry test also fails because of a stale consent cache. Fix the scrubber gaps, the target-printer reporting and the test before merging. The prompt-card robustness issues can follow.

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The title "fix(print): survive a closed raster surface and report print failures" matches the main changes. The raster renderer guard fixes the crash, and the printer_failed reporting covers the second part. The title is specific and concise, and it follows a conventional commit style. It omits the diagnostics prompt and PostHog exception fields, but the title does not need to cover every detail.

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Every main-process $exception now carries a message, a type, a platform on
each frame, and the release, OS, install source and process, even when the
SDK captured it outside FloCafe's own calls. The 2026-10-16 main-process
exception was rejected by PostHog for a missing platform.
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Review comments at @frontend/src/components/support/DiagnosticsPromptCard.tsx:
- Around line 102-108: Update dontAskAgain so the card does not close before the
dismissal POST succeeds; on failure, keep it open and report the failed save so
the user can retry during this launch. Alternatively, persist a retryable
dismissal that ensures the choice is not lost when the POST fails.
- Around line 69-71: Update the shown-event handling in DiagnosticsPromptCard so
a failed POST does not permanently mark the event as sent. Keep it retryable
until the server confirms success, while preventing duplicate requests during an
in-flight attempt; preserve the existing visibility check and three-ask limit
behavior.
- Around line 47-48: Update the launch-time diagnostics check in
DiagnosticsPromptCard so a failed GET does not leave checkedThisLaunch set for
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Review comments at @frontend/src/lib/i18n/messages/en.json:
- Line 485: Update the whatIsSentBody disclosure in every locale to state that a
printer message may include receipt-row text when a financial receipt cannot
print, while retaining the accurate disclosure about removed printer names and
network addresses.

Review comments at @main/printers/thermal.ts:
- Line 1842: Update reportPrintFailure and the delivery-slip and payment-ticket
adapters to pass the selected printer on both failure and catch paths, using
args[4] for delivery slips and args[2]?.targetPrinter for payment tickets. Widen
the printer override’s connection_type and name types to unknown so the
delivery-slip target type-checks; preserve the existing fallback when no target
is provided.

Review comments at @shared/printer-error-text.ts:
- Around line 18-19: Update the path-scrubbing logic in
shared/printer-error-text.ts to redact a quoted path as a complete unit before
applying WINDOWS_PATH or POSIX_PATH fragment replacements, including paths with
spaces such as “Ada Smith.” Preserve the existing fragment redaction for
unquoted paths.
- Line 54: Update the quoted queue-name rule using match, inner, and SAFE_QUOTE
so unknown quoted names are redacted regardless of length; remove the
42-character exemption while preserving the existing checks that exclude
angle-bracketed values and safe quotes.

Review comments at @tests/posthog-printer-failure.test.ts:
- Around line 101-103: Update the test’s setSetting helper to use
upsertSettings, or explicitly invalidate the PostHog consent cache after each
setting write, so capturePostHogPrintFailure observes the updated consent before
creating or reusing a client.

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A failed print job now reaches PostHog as printer_failed from the printer
capture point, behind the same error-sending consent as exceptions. It
carries the failure class, connection type, job kind, release, OS, install
source and correlation id, plus the scrubbed error text. Make and model are
not known at the failure report, so the event leaves them out.
A print failure carries the queue name, the printer host, IP addresses,
spool file paths, and the staff home folder. Each one is now replaced by a
placeholder before the event leaves the machine, and the reason that a fix
needs stays readable.
Fresh installs send no errors, so a crash on a user's machine stays
invisible. A small react-hot-toast card now asks, once a problem is on
the device, whether anonymous error reports may be sent.

The show/hide rules live in one pure function and enforce the EDPB
limits on continuous prompting: at most 3 asks per install, 14 days
apart, nothing while an order or a payment is open, and "Don't ask
again" is final. The server enforces the same cap so a client cannot
nag past it.

"Send reports" calls the existing diagnostics settings route, so the
withdrawal path in Settings > Diagnostics stays the same one click.

Usage events diagnostics_prompt_shown and _accepted are not added yet.
The card now sits in its own corner above the status bar, stays off the
POS and KDS screens and hides while a cart has items.

Its text no longer promises to fix the problems it counts, and no longer
calls the reports anonymous, since every report carries a random install
ID. It says reports are sent automatically, and "What is sent" lists what
a report holds and where to turn it off. All 32 locales are updated.

Review fixes: the failing station printer's queue name is the one
scrubbed, the card's "already on" check uses the same consent gate as the
sender, and anonymous print failures skip the person profile.
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