[1768] Restore unredacted avatar IDs to debug UI
WubTheCaptain
In VRChat 2025.4.1 and earlier, the avatar IDs used to appear in the debug UI unredacted.
Since VRChat 2025.4.2's major overhaul of Debug UI, avatar IDs are shown in redacted form in Shift + Tilde + 1 menu:
avtr_[first 8 hex]_****-****-****-************
.Please restore the former behavior of listing a history of unredacted avatar IDs, to avoid unnecessary workarounds and friction.
Old & new debug UI screenshots attached for comparison.
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WubTheCaptain
Regarding unnecessary friction and workarounds:
I had to (ab)use an avatar moderation report in-client and check my open reports with full debug logs to grab a Very Poor rated private avatar ID that was being loaded as a fallback for a bug report, while the full avatar ID was redacted in the debug UI and never appeared in AssetBundleDownloadManager errors.
2025.12.20 02:37:40 Error - [API] [171, 404, Get, -1 https://api.vrchat.cloud/api/1/avatars/avtr_2c03efc2-cf7a-44a7-8416-87d68a3b3919] Abandoning request, because - Avatar Not Found
This avatar ID was then correlated with download size and a redacted avatar ID from the debug UI.
WubTheCaptain
I have formerly used full unredacted avatar IDs from the debug UI extensively to investigate potentially abusive public avatars (to report to Trust & Safety, with screenshots; e.g. ticket #639757). Sometimes, these public avatars have not been indexed by Prismic's Avatar Search or such, and can only be found and changed into with an avatar ID.
Currently, the redacted avatar IDs create additional friction for investigation by requiring me to additionally:
- Enable full debug logs;
- Change my Maximum Download Size to 0 MB in Avatar Optimizations settings;
- I may need rejoin the current world, or clear my avatar cache and restart VRChat;
- Find the appropriate unredacted [AssetBundleDownloadManager] Avatar 'avtr_[...]' did not pass initial checks and won't be downloaded: AssetBundleBadPerformanceorAssetBundleSizeTooLargeline from VRChat's debug logs for the full unredacted avatar ID.
- Restore my former settings to download avatars again (and disable debug logs).