Bug 171916 - In Help menu rename "Restart in Safe Mode" to "Troubleshoot Mode"
Summary: In Help menu rename "Restart in Safe Mode" to "Troubleshoot Mode"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
26.2.2.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Adolfo Jayme Barrientos
URL:
Whiteboard: target:26.8.0 inReleaseNotes:26.8
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Blocks: Safe-Mode
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Reported: 2026-04-30 08:24 UTC by grofaty
Modified: 2026-06-25 19:24 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description grofaty 2026-04-30 08:24:59 UTC
Description:
Currently option name is "Restart in Safe Mode", but "safe" word can be interpreted in different way like "this is safe" vs. "this is unsafe". But actually this is actually "Troubleshoot Mode".

Firefox did exactly the same change from "Safe Mode" to "Troubleshoot Mode".

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click on Help menu


Actual Results:
Current option is "Restart in Safe Mode".

Expected Results:
Recommendation: "Troubleshoot Mode"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Firefox did the same change few releases ago.
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2026-04-30 09:50:19 UTC
Sounds good to me.
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2026-04-30 13:08:02 UTC
+1 from me also. "Safe mode" has been a misnomer since implemented at 5.3, its function has always been "trouble shooting" and recovery.
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2026-04-30 23:55:04 UTC
-1 I don’t agree that the proposal is clearer than the original text.
Comment 4 BogdanB 2026-05-01 17:24:37 UTC
The order I prefer:
- Restart in Safe Mode (I get used to it from LibreOffice over years)
- Repair & Restart (simple and clear)
- Troubleshoot Mode (I did not remember seeing/using somewhere)
Comment 5 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2026-05-05 12:47:51 UTC
Agreed that this is a misnomer. In Spanish we’ve been translating it for years as “Modo a prueba de errores”, which means something like “fail-safe mode”.
Comment 6 Commit Notification 2026-05-06 18:50:01 UTC
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/fc1af7dd2c10d36a5dfbe0a3125ff009361f522f

tdf#171916 Rename “Safe Mode” to “Troubleshoot Mode”

It will be available in 26.8.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 7 Commit Notification 2026-05-06 18:51:04 UTC
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/76ac68479da80064c9fe4f3620ea8ba48e2d8150

tdf#171916 Rename “Safe Mode” to “Troubleshoot Mode”
Comment 8 Eyal Rozenberg 2026-05-20 18:01:51 UTC
(In reply to grofaty from comment #0)
> But actually this is actually "Troubleshoot Mode".

I wouldn't say there's a troubleshoot _mode_. There's a troubleshooting _dialog_.

I don't like the new wording TBH.
Comment 9 Tex2002ans 2026-06-25 19:24:23 UTC
Huge -1 from me too.

"Safe Mode" is a perfectly understandable term.

There is *tons* of documentation and posts out there too, trying to help users reset or debug their sticky messes. And the kinds of users who usually run into those troubles... are the same exact ones who would then say "this option/button/menu doesn't exist"... causing a whole new avalanche of useless QA.