Index: third_party/crashpad/crashpad/handler/crashpad_handler.md |
diff --git a/third_party/crashpad/crashpad/handler/crashpad_handler.md b/third_party/crashpad/crashpad/handler/crashpad_handler.md |
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--- a/third_party/crashpad/crashpad/handler/crashpad_handler.md |
+++ b/third_party/crashpad/crashpad/handler/crashpad_handler.md |
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ establish the Crashpad client environment before running a program. |
become a client of the second one. The second instance will be started with |
the same **--annotation**, **--database**, **--monitor-self-annotation**, |
**--no-rate-limit**, **--no-upload-gzip**, and **--url** arguments as the |
- original one. The second instance will not be started with a |
+ original one. The second instance will always be started with a |
+ **--no-periodic-tasks** argument, and will not be started with a |
**--metrics-dir** argument even if the original instance was. |
Where supported by the underlying operating system, the second instance will |
@@ -183,6 +184,20 @@ establish the Crashpad client environment before running a program. |
To prevent excessive accumulation of handler processes, _ARGUMENT_ must not |
be `--monitor-self`. |
+ * **--no-periodic-tasks** |
+ |
+ Do not scan for new pending crash reports or prune the crash report database. |
+ Only crash reports recorded by this instance of the Crashpad handler will |
+ become eligible for upload in this instance, and only a single initial upload |
+ attempt will be made. |
+ |
+ This option is not intended for general use. It is provided to prevent |
+ multiple instances of the Crashpad handler from duplicating the effort of |
+ performing the same periodic tasks. In normal use, the first instance of the |
+ Crashpad handler will assume the responsibility for performing these tasks, |
+ and will provide this argument to any second instance. See |
+ **--monitor-self**. |
+ |
* **--no-rate-limit** |
Do not rate limit the upload of crash reports. By default uploads are |