diff --git a/app/crashReports.ts b/app/crashReports.ts
index 91934c1a0d96..bfb71ee0d8e7 100644
--- a/app/crashReports.ts
+++ b/app/crashReports.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ async function eraseDumps(
   );
 }
 
-export async function setup(getLogger: () => LoggerType): Promise<void> {
-  const isEnabled = !isProduction(app.getVersion());
+export function setup(getLogger: () => LoggerType, forceEnable = false): void {
+  const isEnabled = !isProduction(app.getVersion()) || forceEnable;
 
   if (isEnabled) {
-    getLogger().info('crashReporter: enabled');
+    getLogger().info(`crashReporter: ${forceEnable ? 'force ' : ''}enabled`);
     crashReporter.start({ uploadToServer: false });
   }
 
diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index 085fdbb9f453..0c6eaf3419b5 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { createSupportUrl } from '../ts/util/createSupportUrl';
 import { missingCaseError } from '../ts/util/missingCaseError';
 import { strictAssert } from '../ts/util/assert';
 import { drop } from '../ts/util/drop';
-import { consoleLogger } from '../ts/util/consoleLogger';
+import { createBufferedConsoleLogger } from '../ts/util/consoleLogger';
 import type { ThemeSettingType } from '../ts/types/StorageUIKeys';
 import { ThemeType } from '../ts/types/Util';
 import * as Errors from '../ts/types/errors';
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ let mainWindow: BrowserWindow | undefined;
 let mainWindowCreated = false;
 let loadingWindow: BrowserWindow | undefined;
 
+// Create a buffered logger to hold our log lines until we fully initialize
+// the logger in `app.on('ready')`
+const consoleLogger = createBufferedConsoleLogger();
+
+// These will be set after app fires the 'ready' event
+let logger: LoggerType | undefined;
+let preferredSystemLocales: Array<string> | undefined;
+let resolvedTranslationsLocale: LocaleType | undefined;
+let settingsChannel: SettingsChannel | undefined;
+
 const activeWindows = new Set<BrowserWindow>();
 
 function getMainWindow() {
@@ -170,6 +180,12 @@ const defaultWebPrefs = {
 const DISABLE_GPU =
   OS.isLinux() && !process.argv.some(arg => arg === '--enable-gpu');
 
+const FORCE_ENABLE_CRASH_REPORTS = process.argv.some(
+  arg => arg === '--enable-crash-reports'
+);
+
+setupCrashReports(getLogger, FORCE_ENABLE_CRASH_REPORTS);
+
 function showWindow() {
   if (!mainWindow) {
     return;
@@ -347,12 +363,6 @@ if (windowFromUserConfig) {
 
 let menuOptions: CreateTemplateOptionsType | undefined;
 
-// These will be set after app fires the 'ready' event
-let logger: LoggerType | undefined;
-let preferredSystemLocales: Array<string> | undefined;
-let resolvedTranslationsLocale: LocaleType | undefined;
-let settingsChannel: SettingsChannel | undefined;
-
 function getLogger(): LoggerType {
   if (!logger) {
     console.warn('getLogger: Logger not yet initialized!');
@@ -1673,7 +1683,8 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
 
   logger = await logging.initialize(getMainWindow);
 
-  await setupCrashReports(getLogger);
+  // Write buffered information into newly created logger.
+  consoleLogger.writeBufferInto(logger);
 
   if (!resolvedTranslationsLocale) {
     preferredSystemLocales = resolveCanonicalLocales(
diff --git a/ts/logging/debuglogs.ts b/ts/logging/debuglogs.ts
index 8b631fbc7b82..393ea38b442b 100644
--- a/ts/logging/debuglogs.ts
+++ b/ts/logging/debuglogs.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ const getHeader = (
     capabilities,
     remoteConfig,
     statistics,
-    appMetrics,
     user,
   }: Omit<FetchLogIpcData, 'logEntries'>,
   nodeVersion: string,
@@ -57,29 +56,6 @@ const getHeader = (
     headerSection('User info', user),
     headerSection('Capabilities', capabilities),
     headerSection('Remote config', remoteConfig),
-    headerSection(
-      'Metrics',
-      appMetrics.reduce((acc, stats, index) => {
-        const {
-          type = '?',
-          serviceName = '?',
-          name = '?',
-          cpu,
-          memory,
-        } = stats;
-
-        const processId = `${index}:${type}/${serviceName}/${name}`;
-
-        return {
-          ...acc,
-          [processId]:
-            `cpuUsage=${cpu.percentCPUUsage.toFixed(2)} ` +
-            `wakeups=${cpu.idleWakeupsPerSecond} ` +
-            `workingMemory=${memory.workingSetSize} ` +
-            `peakWorkingMemory=${memory.peakWorkingSetSize}`,
-        };
-      }, {})
-    ),
     headerSection('Statistics', statistics),
     headerSectionTitle('Logs'),
   ].join('\n');
diff --git a/ts/logging/main_process_logging.ts b/ts/logging/main_process_logging.ts
index 6126f295ee2a..c13452b3ab87 100644
--- a/ts/logging/main_process_logging.ts
+++ b/ts/logging/main_process_logging.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { CircularBuffer } from 'cirbuf';
 
 import type { LoggerType } from '../types/Logging';
 import * as Errors from '../types/errors';
-import * as durations from '../util/durations';
 import { createRotatingPinoDest } from '../util/rotatingPinoDest';
 
 import * as log from './log';
@@ -64,13 +63,6 @@ export async function initialize(
   const logPath = join(basePath, 'logs');
   mkdirSync(logPath, { recursive: true });
 
-  let appMetrics = app.getAppMetrics();
-
-  setInterval(() => {
-    // CPU stats are computed since the last call to `getAppMetrics`.
-    appMetrics = app.getAppMetrics();
-  }, 30 * durations.SECOND).unref();
-
   try {
     await cleanupLogs(logPath);
   } catch (error) {
@@ -141,7 +133,6 @@ export async function initialize(
       ]);
       data = {
         logEntries,
-        appMetrics,
         ...rest,
       };
     } catch (error) {
@@ -340,7 +331,7 @@ export function fetchLogs(logPath: string): Promise<Array<LogEntryType>> {
 
 export const fetchAdditionalLogData = (
   mainWindow: BrowserWindow
-): Promise<Omit<FetchLogIpcData, 'logEntries' | 'appMetrics'>> =>
+): Promise<Omit<FetchLogIpcData, 'logEntries'>> =>
   new Promise(resolve => {
     mainWindow.webContents.send('additional-log-data-request');
     ipc.once('additional-log-data-response', (_event, data) => {
diff --git a/ts/logging/shared.ts b/ts/logging/shared.ts
index 5912c9f6fe1f..00f4b7c26340 100644
--- a/ts/logging/shared.ts
+++ b/ts/logging/shared.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 import pino from 'pino';
-import type { ProcessMetric } from 'electron';
 import { isRecord } from '../util/isRecord';
 import { redactAll } from '../util/privacy';
 import { missingCaseError } from '../util/missingCaseError';
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ export type FetchLogIpcData = {
   remoteConfig: Record<string, unknown>;
   statistics: Record<string, unknown>;
   user: Record<string, unknown>;
-  appMetrics: ReadonlyArray<ProcessMetric>;
 
   // We expect `logEntries` to be `Array<LogEntryType>`, but we don't validate that
   //   upfront—we only validate it when we go to log each line. This improves the
diff --git a/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts b/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts
index 47ed99ee8e1b..02658931e162 100644
--- a/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts
+++ b/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts
@@ -24,4 +24,48 @@ export const consoleLogger: LoggerType = {
     console.log(...args);
   },
 };
+
+export type BufferedLoggerType = LoggerType & {
+  writeBufferInto(logger: LoggerType): void;
+};
+
+export function createBufferedConsoleLogger(): BufferedLoggerType {
+  type BufferEntryType = Readonly<{
+    level: keyof LoggerType;
+    args: Array<unknown>;
+  }>;
+  const buffer = new Array<BufferEntryType>();
+  return {
+    fatal(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+      buffer.push({ level: 'fatal', args });
+      console.error(...args);
+    },
+    error(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+      buffer.push({ level: 'error', args });
+      console.error(...args);
+    },
+    warn(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+      buffer.push({ level: 'warn', args });
+      console.warn(...args);
+    },
+    info(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+      buffer.push({ level: 'info', args });
+      console.info(...args);
+    },
+    debug(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+      buffer.push({ level: 'debug', args });
+      console.debug(...args);
+    },
+    trace(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+      buffer.push({ level: 'trace', args });
+      console.log(...args);
+    },
+
+    writeBufferInto(output) {
+      for (const { level, args } of buffer) {
+        output[level](...args);
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
 /* eslint-enable no-console */