[mq] working branch - merge a2116d0 on top of main at d239f91

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Author: dd-mergequeue[bot]

ddtrace/internal/core/crashtracking.py

@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ def _get_args(additional_tags: Optional[Dict[str, str]]):
     )
 
     # Create crashtracker receiver configuration
+    # Pass all environment variables to the receiver process so it can access
+    # all env vars since it's spawned using execve() and not fork()
     receiver_config = CrashtrackerReceiverConfig(
         [],  # args
-        {},  # env
+        dict(os.environ),  # env - pass all environment variables
         dd_crashtracker_receiver,  # path_to_receiver_binary
         crashtracker_config.stderr_filename,
         crashtracker_config.stdout_filename,

releasenotes/notes/crashtracker-receiver-env-f54ab26496183a6b.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    crashtracker: Fixes missing env variables inheritance for receiver process.

tests/internal/crashtracker/test_crashtracker.py

@@ -790,3 +790,44 @@ def test_crashtracker_no_zombies():
                 break
             except Exception as e:
                 pytest.fail("Unexpected exception: %s" % e)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not sys.platform.startswith("linux"), reason="Linux only")
+@pytest.mark.subprocess()
+def test_crashtracker_receiver_env_inheritance():
+    """
+    The receiver is spawned using execve() and doesn't automatically inherit the
+    env, so we need to ensure all env variables are explicitly passed
+    when building the receiver config.
+    """
+    import ctypes
+    import os
+
+    import tests.internal.crashtracker.utils as utils
+
+    test_env_key = "MY_TEST_ENV_VAR"
+    test_env_value = "my_test_value"
+    os.environ[test_env_key] = test_env_value
+
+    with utils.with_test_agent() as client:
+        pid = os.fork()
+        if pid == 0:
+            assert os.environ.get(test_env_key) == test_env_value
+
+            ct = utils.CrashtrackerWrapper(base_name="env_inheritance")
+            assert ct.start()
+            stdout_msg, stderr_msg = ct.logs()
+            assert not stdout_msg, stdout_msg
+            assert not stderr_msg, stderr_msg
+
+            ctypes.string_at(0)
+            sys.exit(-1)
+
+        # Check for crash ping
+        _ping = utils.get_crash_ping(client)
+        # Check for crash report
+        report = utils.get_crash_report(client)
+        assert b"string_at" in report["body"]
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop(test_env_key, None)