Bug 1903319 Comment 17 Edit History

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(In reply to Jamie Nicol [:jnicol] from comment #16)
> Even though it's a MOZ_CRASH it's (by default) only enabled in debug builds: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/cb1060f7b4581e6c2d30f1accc84c7d807132d82/gfx/wr/webrender/src/device/gl.rs#1488
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> But setting the pref `gfx.webrender.panic-on-gl-error` to true will also enable it in release builds, so you can try that. Probably needs a restart after setting the pref to take effect

What happens to the user if we don't panic?
(In reply to Jamie Nicol [:jnicol] from comment #16)
> Even though it's a MOZ_CRASH it's (by default) only enabled in debug builds: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/cb1060f7b4581e6c2d30f1accc84c7d807132d82/gfx/wr/webrender/src/device/gl.rs#1488
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> But setting the pref `gfx.webrender.panic-on-gl-error` to true will also enable it in release builds, so you can try that. Probably needs a restart after setting the pref to take effect

What happens to the user if we don't panic? I guess it triggers a context reset, we tear down everything and try again....

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