From b223d3b3856cea0c799ffd1bc904a6048bfd71e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baker <dave@matrix.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:37:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Catch unhandled errors in the electron process

Otherwise we pop up stack traces in dialog boxes if it fails to
to poll for updates or something.
---
 electron/src/electron-main.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/electron/src/electron-main.js b/electron/src/electron-main.js
index 09ae5729e8..a6e5a7766e 100644
--- a/electron/src/electron-main.js
+++ b/electron/src/electron-main.js
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ function pollForUpdates() {
     }
 }
 
+// handle uncaught errors otherwise it displays
+// stack traces in popup dialogs, which is terrible (which
+// it will do any time the auto update poke fails, and there's
+// no other way to catch this error).
+// Assuming we generally run from the console when developing,
+// this is far preferable.
+process.on('uncaughtException', function (error) {
+    console.log("Unhandled exception", error);
+});
+
 electron.ipcMain.on('install_update', installUpdate);
 
 electron.app.on('ready', () => {