App failing with Database startup error after update

[carel-lubbe]

• I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates

• [X ] I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.

Bug Description

• After updating to the latest available Signal-desktop version my Signal desktop application does not start and exits with the below error.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Using Debian's "apt" package manager i upgraded from version 6.18.1 to version 6.19.0
2. Execute Signal-Desktop via the Terminal

Actual Result:

Database startup error:

Error: Error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by [REDACTED].unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node)
at process.func [as dlopen] (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:1822)
at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:18)
at Object.func [as .node] (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:2049)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1096:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:937:12)
at f._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13330)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1120:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
at bindings ([REDACTED]/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:112:48)
at new Database ([REDACTED]/node_modules/@signalapp/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:48:64)
at Worker. ([REDACTED]/ts/sql/main.js:61:26)
at Worker.emit (node:events:513:28)
at MessagePort. (node:internal/worker:234:53)
at [nodejs.internal.kHybridDispatch] (node:internal/event_target:735:20)
at exports.emitMessage (node:internal/per_context/messageport:23:28)

Expected Result:

Under version 6.18.1 the application would start without any issues

Platform Info

Signal Version 6.19.0

Operating System:

uname -a
Linux phobos 5.10.0-0.bpo.8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-4~bpo10+1 (2021-08-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux

[scottnonnenberg-signal]

It looks like you'll need to stay on 6.18.x, because we increased the minimum libc requirement in 6.19, and we didn't do it quite right. The actual requirement is 2.31. We've dropped support for downlevel linux.

Note that 6.18.x will expire 90 days after it was released, so this isn't a permanent solution.