Debugger: Add a note to the debugger log about expected contents

Change-Id: I22402d07d23cb8bcfe24e80bb73a2aeaf33c5bed
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/logwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/logwindow.cpp
index 9bbd5033ac..b421ee1cc5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/logwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/logwindow.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,16 @@ LogWindow::LogWindow(QWidget *parent)
             this, &LogWindow::doOutput);
 
     setMinimumHeight(60);
+
+    showOutput(LogWarning,
+        tr("NOTE: This log contains possibly confidential information about your machine, "
+           "environment variables, in-memory data of the processes you are debugging, and more. "
+           "It is never transferred over the internet by Qt Creator, and only stored "
+           "to disk if you manually use the respective option from the context menu, or through "
+           "mechanisms that are not under Qt Creator's control, for instance in swap files.\n"
+           "You may be asked to share the contents of this log when reporting bugs related "
+           "to debugger operation. In this case, make sure your submission does not "
+           "contain data you do not want to or you are not allowed to share.\n\n"));
 }
 
 void LogWindow::executeLine()