GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Crash in debug mode: dragging a brush layer into a boolean operation layer

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#3,155 opened on Sep 9, 2025

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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/38562fa1-265c-46ef-9c02-601d3d195361

It doesn't always happen in a localhost debug build, and never happens in a production build. If you have trouble reproducing it from the video instructions above, here is a file where the last step of dragging the brush layer into the boolean layer will produce the crash:

crash.graphite.txt

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Research direction
Reproduce the crash by following the video instructions. Use the provided .graphite file to trigger the crash. Focus on the layer hierarchy handling when dragging a brush layer into a boolean operation layer. Check the debug assertions or unsafe code that may cause the crash only in debug mode. Look at the code that handles layer drag and drop and boolean operations.
Tech stack
rust
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frontend
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3
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1-2 days
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Clear
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60