diff --git a/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs b/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs
index 771a0f5605..a08dfb44bd 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ pub static MINIDUMP_ENDPOINT: LazyLock<Option<String>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
         .or_else(|| env::var("ZED_MINIDUMP_ENDPOINT").ok())
 });
 
+pub fn should_install_crash_handler(channel: ReleaseChannel) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        env::var("ZED_GENERATE_MINIDUMPS").as_deref(),
+        Ok("true" | "1")
+    ) || (channel != ReleaseChannel::Dev && MINIDUMP_ENDPOINT.is_some())
+}
+
 static DOTNET_PROJECT_FILES_REGEX: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     Regex::new(r"^(global\.json|Directory\.Build\.props|.*\.(csproj|fsproj|vbproj|sln))$").unwrap()
 });
diff --git a/crates/remote_server/src/server.rs b/crates/remote_server/src/server.rs
index e00c9173bb..ffbea71cfe 100644
--- a/crates/remote_server/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/remote_server/src/server.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ use smol::{
     stream::StreamExt as _,
 };
 use std::{
-    env,
     ffi::OsStr,
     fs::File,
     io::Write,
@@ -571,10 +570,8 @@ pub fn execute_run(
     let app = gpui_platform::headless();
     let pid = std::process::id();
     let id = pid.to_string();
-    let should_install_crash_handler = matches!(
-        env::var("ZED_GENERATE_MINIDUMPS").as_deref(),
-        Ok("true" | "1")
-    ) || *RELEASE_CHANNEL != ReleaseChannel::Dev;
+    let should_install_crash_handler =
+        client::telemetry::should_install_crash_handler(*RELEASE_CHANNEL);
 
     let crash_handler = if should_install_crash_handler {
         Some(app.background_executor().spawn(crashes::init(
@@ -851,10 +848,8 @@ pub(crate) fn execute_proxy(
     let server_paths = ServerPaths::new(&identifier)?;
 
     let id = std::process::id().to_string();
-    let should_install_crash_handler = matches!(
-        env::var("ZED_GENERATE_MINIDUMPS").as_deref(),
-        Ok("true" | "1")
-    ) || *RELEASE_CHANNEL != ReleaseChannel::Dev;
+    let should_install_crash_handler =
+        client::telemetry::should_install_crash_handler(*RELEASE_CHANNEL);
 
     if should_install_crash_handler {
         smol::spawn(crashes::init(
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index f640d204a6..0c161e2e56 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -382,11 +382,8 @@ fn main() {
         return;
     }
 
-    let should_install_crash_handler = matches!(
-        env::var("ZED_GENERATE_MINIDUMPS").as_deref(),
-        Ok("true" | "1")
-    ) || *release_channel::RELEASE_CHANNEL
-        != ReleaseChannel::Dev;
+    let should_install_crash_handler =
+        client::telemetry::should_install_crash_handler(*release_channel::RELEASE_CHANNEL);
 
     let crash_handler = if should_install_crash_handler {
         Some(