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GitKraken Snap 11.3.0 fails to start due to toUpperCase is not a function in parseArgv.js #48

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Description

@arthursdo

Description:
After updating to GitKraken Snap version 11.3.0, the application fails to start.
Running with debug output (gitkraken -d) shows a TypeError in parseArgv.js where overrideActivityLogLevel is not a string.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Install GitKraken via Snap (snap install gitkraken or update to 11.3.0).
  2. Run gitkraken -d in the terminal.
  3. Observe the crash.

The application crashes immediately with the following stack trace:

/snap/gitkraken/263/usr/share/gitkraken/resources/app.asar/src/main/static/parseArgv.js:205
    overrideActivityLogLevel: (overrideActivityLogLevel || '').toUpperCase(),
                                                               ^
TypeError: (overrideActivityLogLevel || "").toUpperCase is not a function
    at parseArgv (/snap/gitkraken/263/usr/share/gitkraken/resources/app.asar/src/main/static/parseArgv.js:205:64)
    at /snap/gitkraken/263/usr/share/gitkraken/resources/app.asar/src/main/static/cli.js:8:25
    at Object.<anonymous> (/snap/gitkraken/263/usr/share/gitkraken/resources/app.asar/src/main/static/cli.js:36:3)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1544:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1629:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1282:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:12)
    at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:16955)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:179:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:28:49
Node.js v20.19.0

Environment:

  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04
  • GitKraken Snap version: 11.3.0 (revision 263)
  • Node.js bundled version: v20.19.0 (from Snap package)

Additional Notes:

  • Resetting ~/.config/gitkraken does not fix the issue.
  • The error seems to be caused by overrideActivityLogLevel being set to a non-string value before calling .toUpperCase().
  • This happens consistently on every launch.

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