From dcde30d3325db20d6b009e1742c7ec662f065ffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "seer-by-sentry[bot]"
 <157164994+seer-by-sentry[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 21:32:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix(sentry): Prevent access violation from UI component
 initialization on non-UI thread

---
 .../GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_Init.cpp       | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_Init.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_Init.cpp
index 3530de6fcd1..5a012ad79bb 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_Init.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_Init.cpp
@@ -1042,6 +1042,11 @@ void NGMP_OnlineServicesManager::InitSentry()
 	}, nullptr);
 #endif
 
+	// Disable the crash handler backend to prevent it from attempting to
+	// initialize Windows UI components (SystemNavigationManagerStatics::GetForCurrentView)
+	// on a non-UI thread during sentry_init(), which causes an access violation.
+	sentry_options_set_backend(options, nullptr);
+
 	sentry_init(options);
 #endif
 }