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clarification on minidumps docs (#13732)
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docs/platforms/native/guides/minidumps/index.mdx

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is especially relevant for stack walking.
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- Optionally, the process heap. By default, this is not included to keep
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minidumps at a reasonable size. Sentry does not read the heap so that it can
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be safely omitted.
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be safely omitted. When using Sentry SDKs, no heap memory is included in minidumps.
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- The crash reason and an optional memory address associated to with the crash.
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For example, memory access violations. In the case of assertions, the
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assertion message is also included in the dump.
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they might contain sensitive information on the target system, such as
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environment variables, local pathnames or maybe even in-memory representations
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of input fields, including passwords. **Sentry does not store these memory
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dumps**. Once processed, they are removed immediately, and all sensitive
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information is stripped from the resulting issues.
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dumps by default**. Once processed, they are removed immediately, and all sensitive
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information is stripped from the resulting issues.
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You can configure Sentry to store the minidump as attachment.
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[Minidumps](/platforms/native/guides/minidumps/#what-is-a-minidump) may contain sensitive information about the target system, such as environment variables, local pathnames, or in-memory representations of input fields, including passwords. By default, Sentry only uses minidump files to create events and immediately drops them. All sensitive information is stripped from the resulting events.
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All other types of attachments, such as log files or screenshots, are stored for 30 days when sent to Sentry. Note that Sentry does not apply data scrubbing to attachments.
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All attachments types, including log files, screenshots and minidumps (if you enable Store Minidumps As Attachments),
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are stored for 30 days when sent to Sentry. Note that Sentry does not apply data scrubbing to attachments.

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