Where Does ABRT Store Crash Reports on Fedora?
ABRT keeps crash dumps in /var/spool/abrt on Red Hat systems, reported through Problem Reporting tools.
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Fedora and RHEL catch crashing programs with ABRT, which writes each incident into a spool directory with core dumps, backtraces and package versions. The desktop Problem Reporting tool reads from there.
Reports pile up fast on unstable systems and each carries a core dump. Old entries delete safely once reported or ignored. Server installs without the desktop tooling still accumulate the same spool.
Where Fedora stores this, by platform
/var/spool/abrt
One directory per crash with dump and metadata. Manage with abrt-cli list and abrt-cli rm. Retrace server uploads from here need no local debug symbols.
Frequently asked questions
can i delete files in var spool abrt
Yes, once crashes are reported or dismissed. Use abrt-cli rm to remove them cleanly. The daemon recreates entries for future crashes automatically.
how do i report a fedora crash
Open Problem Reporting, review the ABRT entry, and submit to Bugzilla or the retrace server. The spool directory already holds every file the report needs.
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